The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications announced on Tuesday that seven parties have registered to receive public subsidies in FY2017. The formation of the Democratic Party and dissolution of the Vision of Reform and the New Renaissance Party resulted in three less parties than last year. (Abridged)
Estimated amount of public subsidies for political parties in FY2017
|
Party |
Estimated amount |
Increase or decrease from FY2016 |
|
Liberal Democratic Party |
17 billion 622 million yen |
186 million yen |
|
Democratic Party |
8 billion 718 million yen |
▼629 million yen |
|
Komeito Party |
3 billion 135 million yen |
83 million yen |
|
Nippon Ishin (Japan Innovation Party) |
1 billion 9 million yen |
301 million yen |
|
Liberal Party |
398 million yen |
47 million yen |
|
Social Democratic Party |
395 million yen |
▼ 46 million yen |
|
Party for Japanese Kokoro |
493 million yen |
▼50 million yen |
Notes: Amounts estimated by the Mainichi Shimbun.
▼ indicates a decrease.
Numbers are rounded down to the nearest million yen.
