We start in Japan, where the main ruling Liberal Democratic Party is struggling with a deepening money scandal that has engulfed several party factions.
The Abe faction, once led by the late Prime Minister Abe Shinzo, and several other factions allegedly funneled money to the offices of lawmakers who'd exceeded their quotas for selling tickets for political fundraising events.
They're suspected of failing to declare the payouts in their financial reports.
彼らは怠ったと疑われています、その支払いを明らかにすることを、彼らの資金に関する報告書の中で。
Among the allegations, the offices of more than 10 lawmakers are each thought to have received kickbacks of over 10 million yen, or nearly 70,000 dollars, over a five-year period.