Japanese Prime Minister, Naoto Kan, has admitted receiving political donations from a contributor South Korea, which is illegal in Japan, but said he had no intention of resigning. The head of Japan's Government has informed his Cabinet that one of its political funds received these donations without proof that he had came from a foreign resident, according to Kyodo.
Seiji Maehara resigned on Sunday as foreign minister of Japan for having received an illegal donation from a South Korean taxpayers, which he estimated at 50,000 yen (435 euros) while the opposition increased to 200,000 yen (1,735 euros). The Funds Control Law of Japan keeps Political donations from individuals or foreign companies Nippon representatives to prevent them from influencing local politics.
The recognition of this donation abroad by the prime minister, whose popularity is just over 20%, occurs after the Asahi newspaper published on Friday that Khan's political funds donations from Koreans for a million yen (8730 euros) in 2006 and 2009. Some of the money received, according to Asahi, in November 2009, when he was deputy prime minister of Japan with the Government of the Democratic Party (PD).
According to Japanese newspaper, the donation came from the director of a financial institution associated with Korean residents and was made under a Japanese name. The Prime Minister said he did not know that these donations came from South Korea and, if it proves so, return the money, according to Kyodo.
Naoto Kan was elected prime minister of Japan on June 8, 2010 after the abrupt resignation of Yukio Hatoyama, who on August 30, 2009 had won the general election with the PD, pushing the government to the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in power in Japan for over half a century. Public support for the Executive Kan is very low, only 22% according to the latest survey released.
The opposition has been demanding for months Naoto Kan to dissolve the Diet (Parliament) and call early general elections. The PD-Kan has a wide majority in the House of Representatives in July 2010 but lost control of the Senate, which allows the opposition to block some of their legislative initiatives. 
Seiji Maehara resigned on Sunday as foreign minister of Japan for having received an illegal donation from a South Korean taxpayers, which he estimated at 50,000 yen (435 euros) while the opposition increased to 200,000 yen (1,735 euros). The Funds Control Law of Japan keeps Political donations from individuals or foreign companies Nippon representatives to prevent them from influencing local politics.
The recognition of this donation abroad by the prime minister, whose popularity is just over 20%, occurs after the Asahi newspaper published on Friday that Khan's political funds donations from Koreans for a million yen (8730 euros) in 2006 and 2009. Some of the money received, according to Asahi, in November 2009, when he was deputy prime minister of Japan with the Government of the Democratic Party (PD).
According to Japanese newspaper, the donation came from the director of a financial institution associated with Korean residents and was made under a Japanese name. The Prime Minister said he did not know that these donations came from South Korea and, if it proves so, return the money, according to Kyodo.
Naoto Kan was elected prime minister of Japan on June 8, 2010 after the abrupt resignation of Yukio Hatoyama, who on August 30, 2009 had won the general election with the PD, pushing the government to the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in power in Japan for over half a century. Public support for the Executive Kan is very low, only 22% according to the latest survey released.
The opposition has been demanding for months Naoto Kan to dissolve the Diet (Parliament) and call early general elections. The PD-Kan has a wide majority in the House of Representatives in July 2010 but lost control of the Senate, which allows the opposition to block some of their legislative initiatives.
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