DP ▁polit icians ▁was ▁to ▁raise ▁enorm ous ▁amounts ▁of ▁political ▁funds , ▁most ▁not ably ▁from ▁business ▁sector . ▁ ▁Despite ▁modifications ▁of ▁Political ▁Fund s ▁Control ▁Law ▁made ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 5 ▁as ▁in ▁polit icians ▁were ▁required ▁to ▁make ▁public ▁the ▁names ▁of ▁don ors ▁who ▁give ▁more ▁than ▁one ▁million ▁y en ▁to ▁any ▁one ▁of ▁a ▁candidate ' s ▁support ▁organizations , ▁the ▁law ▁still ▁had ▁several ▁loop hol es . ▁N umer ous ▁organizations ▁were ▁set ▁up ▁to ▁abs orb ▁don ations ▁from ▁various ▁sources . ▁C ases ▁of ▁high - ran king ▁polit icians ▁ind icted ▁on ▁charges ▁of ▁cor rupt ▁practices ▁related ▁to ▁their ▁election ▁funds ▁ab ounded , ▁although ▁very ▁few ▁were ▁conv icted ▁and ▁sent enced . ▁ ▁S ag awa ▁Ky ub in ▁Sc andal ▁ ▁The ▁most ▁serious ▁case , ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 2 ▁S ag awa ▁Ky ub in ▁sc andal , ▁was ▁that ▁brought ▁against ▁the ▁L DP ▁chairman ▁of ▁the ▁largest ▁L DP ▁fa ction ▁Ke ise ikai ▁and ▁former ▁vice - pres ident , ▁Shin ▁Kan em aru , ▁who ▁was ▁arrested ▁in ▁March ▁ 1 9 9 3 . ▁He ▁was ▁charged ▁of ▁ev ading ▁tax es ▁on ▁a ▁massive ▁personal ▁fortune , ▁ 5 0 0 ▁million ▁y en , ▁a ▁large ▁part ▁of ▁which ▁he ▁alleg edly ▁obtained ▁through ▁secret ▁don ations ▁from ▁the ▁par cel ▁delivery ▁firm ▁Tokyo ▁S ag awa ▁Ky ub in . ▁ ▁Although ▁the ▁Japanese