On Dec. 20, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications disbursed a total of 7.93426 billion yen in the fourth tranche of 2019 government subsidies to eight political parties. The Japanese Communist Party did not apply for a subsidy as it is opposed to the subsidy system. The subsidies are provided in four installments a year. In order of amount, the subsidies provided to political parties were as follows:

Political Party Allocation (billions of yen)

• Liberal Democratic Party: 4.35013
• Democratic Party for the People: 1.21081
• Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan: 1.01357
• Komeito: 0.75679
• Nippon Ishin (Japan Innovation Party): 0.44285
• Social Democratic Party: 0.09161
• NHK Kara Kokumin Wo Mamoru To (The Party to Protect the People from NHK): 0.03491
• Reiwa Shinsengumi: 0.03356