TOKYO -- A political fundraising scandal in Japan has hit the ruling Liberal Democratic Party hard, particularly its largest intra-party faction once led by the late Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, potentially creating room for the government to relax its cautious immigration policy.
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Japan could relax immigration policy as Abe faction wanes in LDP
Once-powerful conservative group led by Shinzo Abe hit by fundraising scandal
Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, and a general meeting of the Abe faction at the LDP headquarters in Tokyo on May 11. The faction once led by Abe has come to a point where its grip on the LDP may weaken, possibly prompting the governing party to change its policy direction.
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