The Japan Restoration Party’s proposal to limit expenses for “family drinking parties” to 5，000 yen per person has angered office workers．

The Japan Restoration Party disclosed its policy activity expenses for the two months of November and December 2023, but has been criticized because much of the 6 million yen spent was on food and drink, and the destination of the expenditure was shaded in yellow so it could not be confirmed, and the cost of dining per person could not be confirmed. Regarding Hashimoto’s criticisms, Otokita denied the frequency of drinking parties and the high cost of them, but agreed that reforms were needed regarding dining out. So he proposed setting the following rules: “When meeting with party members, the limit is 5,000 yen per person,” and “When meeting with non-party members and private rooms or other arrangements are required, the limit is 15,000 yen per person.” And they prided themselves on these proposed limits being “rules (governance code) on par with or even better than those in the private sector.” (Political reporter)
However, there was a lot of criticism within X about the “5,000 yen per person” limit on spending at “family drinking parties” that Otokita proposed. 《In the private sector, having a meeting with food and drinks for 5,000 yen is unheard of.》
《In principle, when it’s between family members, the company pays for it (5,000 yen is the standard) once or twice a year for team-building social gatherings, but for regular friends, it’s normal to pay for everything out of your own pocket.》
《In my case, I usually pay for my own drinking parties at work… but the private sector and the political world are different…》
《In the majority of private companies, when employees go out drinking together, they pay for everything out of their own pocket. At best, you might get a little assistance for the end-of-year party. Do you know how many small and medium-sized businesses there are in Japan? Isn’t this a mistake with the vacancy code? 》
A veteran secretary of the Liberal Democratic Party said this. “Diet member dining expenses are often listed as “meetings” or “dining expenses” under “organizational activity expenses” included in the political activity expenses section of the expenditures section of the political funding report. On one occasion, a member of the House of Representatives who held a high-ranking position in the party posted on social media that he had gone out for meals and drinks at a Latin American restaurant with four or five staff members from a relevant department at the LDP headquarters. The lawmaker’s income and expenditure report included the date, the name and address of the Latin American restaurant to which the expenditure was made, and the amount. In the case of private companies, such drinking parties among friends may generally not be recognized as expenses, but in Nagatacho, drinking parties among friends are not considered a problem as long as they are listed as political activity expenses.

「民間企業じゃありえない」日本維新の会 “身内の飲み会”は「1人あたり5000円」案がサラリーマン感情を逆なで！（SmartFLASH） - Yahoo!ニュース

日本維新の会・音喜多駿政調会長が、9月16日に自身のXに投稿した “飲みニケーション” に関する内容に批判があがっている。 　発端は、9月9日に橋下徹元大阪府知事が、9月9日にXに投稿した《政治

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