Yamaguchi: Lawmakers should donate 30% of pay to victims

March 18 , 2011

Yamaguchi calls for lawmakers’ donations on Mar. 17Yamaguchi calls for lawmakers’ donations on Mar. 17

March 18: New Komeito Chief Representative Natsuo Yamaguchi and members of the party’s Central Secretariat Committee met on Thursday, March 17, in Tokyo to discuss additional initiatives to support the victims of the mega-quake and tsunami that struck northeastern Japan on March 11.

Yamaguchi told reporters that he would be calling on Diet members of all political parties to reduce annual salaries by 30% in the next fiscal year and reallocate the savings toward the relief and reconstruction effort.

New Komeito has already established a special relief fund, whose proceeds will be donated to the Japanese Red Cross shortly.