Tokyo, Dec. 5 -- A criminal complaint was filed against Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Thursday, alleging that she has received a political donation from a company that exceeded the legal maximum.
The complaint, sent by Hiroshi Kamiwaki, a constitutional law professor at Kobe Gakuin University, said a local chapter of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in Nara Prefecture, represented by Takaichi, received in August 2024 a 10 million yen (USD 64,400) donation, above a 7.5 million yen limit stipulated in the political funds control law for a donor of that size.
Similarly, an LDP chapter in Kanagawa Prefecture led by Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi was the recipient of a 10 million yen donation from another firm, also...