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2024 LOWER HOUSE ELECTION

Voters cast their ballots for the Lower House election at a polling station in Tokyo on Oct. 27.
51勛圖厙 / Crime & Legal
Feb 26, 2025
Three more courts find 2024 Lower House election constitutional
The plaintiffs had claimed that the maximum vote-value gap of 2.06 times in the election violated the Constitution.
At the Naha branch of Fukuoka High Court, presiding Judge Takashi Miura said that the constituency map redrawn for the election was reasonable as it adopted the so-called Adams method, which is believed to reflect population ratios more accurately.
51勛圖厙 / Crime & Legal
Feb 18, 2025
Fukuoka High Court＊s Naha branch finds 2024 Lower House poll constitutional
It was the seventh ruling among the 16 lawsuits on the latest general election filed so far by two groups of lawyers at 14 high courts and high court branches.
According to the National Police Agency, 99% of speech venues during last year＊s House of Representatives election had baggage inspections carried out.
51勛圖厙 / Crime & Legal
Feb 4, 2025
Election speech sites step up security after failed 2023 Kishida attack
The National Police Agency has applied greater pressure on speech organizers to enforce security measures following the 2023 failed attack on former Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.
Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Hiroshi Moriyama speaks to reporters after meeting with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Friday.
51勛圖厙 / Politics / FOCUS
Jan 19, 2025
LDP heavyweight Moriyama boosting profile within party
Moriyama＊s increased presence within the Ishiba administration has failed to shore up low levels of public support.
A voter casts a ballot at a polling station in Tokyo on Oct. 27. Last year, incumbents in every major country that held a national election lost that vote, the first time that has happened in almost 120 years.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 31, 2024
The world is ever more angry. That is not good.
Hostility toward existing leadership stems from the belief that lives aren＊t improving and future generations will have fewer opportunities than previous ones.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba addresses a Liberal Democratic Party meeting of regional chapter secretaries-generals in Tokyo on Sunday.
51勛圖厙 / Politics
Dec 8, 2024
Ishiba vows to show resolve in run-up to Upper House poll
Ishiba vowed to strengthen the party ahead of next summer＊s House of Councilors election.
A Lower House plenary session in Tokyo on Monday. The Liberal Democratic Party will hold a meeting on Dec. 20 to discuss the use of social media in election campaigns.
51勛圖厙 / Politics
Dec 6, 2024
LDP to hold meeting on social media use in election campaigns
The meeting on Dec. 20 comes ahead of major polls next year in which the party aims to win new supporters online and take measures to counter disinformation.
Masafumi Tabuchi leaves Tokyo police headquarters on Saturday.
51勛圖厙 / Politics
Nov 30, 2024
Defeated Japan election candidate held over promising to pay campaign staff
Paying or promising to pay campaign staff is a violation of the election law.
Reiwa Shinsengumi leader Taro Yamamoto speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Oct. 27. The party tripled their Lower House seats to nine in last month's general election.
51勛圖厙 / Politics
Nov 25, 2024
How Reiwa Shinsengumi managed to overtake JCP in the Lower House
The younger party＊s focus on pocketbook issues attracted younger, independent left-leaning swing voters who might have voted for the older party in the past.
Seiji Osaka, the leader of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan's Hokkaido chapter, has expressed concern over the finances of Rapidus, which is supposed to be in full production of cutting-edge 2-nanometer chips by 2027.
51勛圖厙 / Politics / Regional Voices: Hokkaido
Nov 25, 2024
CDP＊s gains in Hokkaido raise political questions about Rapidus
The head of the party＊s Hokkaido chapter has expressed concern over the finances for the project, which aims to produce 2-nanometer chips by 2027.
Four candidates vying to lead Nippon Ishin no Kai 〞 from left, former Kanagawa Gov. Shigefumi Matsuzawa, party Deputy Secretary-General Ryuna Kanemura, Osaka Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura and Lower House member Seiki Soramoto 〞 gather for a stump speech in Osaka on Sunday.
51勛圖厙 / Politics
Nov 18, 2024
Four candidates vie for leadership of Nippon Ishin no Kai
The leadership race follows the resignation of incumbent leader Nobuyuki Baba over the party＊s lackluster performance in the Oct. 27 general election.
Democratic Party for the People chief Yuichiro Tamaki wants to the tax-free annual income ceiling raised to ?1.78 million ($11,410).
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 14, 2024
Japan＊s key political issue rests on an enduring economic myth
Economists cast doubts on the Democratic Party for the People＊s push for raising the tax-free income threshold 〞 its key demand to the ruling coalition for its support.
Nobuyuki Baba, leader of opposition party Nippon Ishin no Kai, speaks to reporters on Sunday.
51勛圖厙 / Politics
Nov 10, 2024
Nippon Ishin chief refuses to cooperate with Ishiba government
Nobuyuki Baba said that Nippon Ishin cannot work with Ishiba＊s LDP cabinet until issues of politics and money are resolved.
Itsunori Onodera (center), policy chief of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), told a TV program that the government should consider raising the threshold for income tax exemption but also discuss how to make up for expected falls in tax revenue.
51勛圖厙 / Politics
Nov 10, 2024
Ruling and opposition blocs affirm need to review ?1.03 million barrier
Officials from the LDP, Komeito and opposition parties all pointed to a need to raise the income threshold.
Liberal Democratic Party policy chief Itsunori Onodera (right) and his Democratic Party for the People counterpart, Makoto Hamaguchi, meet in Tokyo on Friday to discuss policies their parties could potentially agree on.
51勛圖厙 / Politics
Nov 8, 2024
LDP between a rock and a hard place in struggle to get DPP support
The opposition party wants to raise the threshold for tax exemptions from the current ?1.03 million ($6,740), a move that would cost the government tax revenues.
Outgoing Komeito leader Keiichi Ishii speaks at the party's executive meeting in Tokyo on Thursday.
51勛圖厙 / Politics
Nov 8, 2024
Komeito pins hopes on new leader after dismal electoral performance
Transport minister Tetsuo Saito, 72, is set to formally succeed party leader Keiichi Ishii.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who serves as president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, speaks during a party meeting in Tokyo on Thursday.
51勛圖厙 / Politics
Nov 7, 2024
LDP lawmakers urge Ishiba to step down after budget passage next year
But neither the prime minister, nor LDP Secretary-General Hiroshi Moriyama, said they would step down.
Nippon Ishin no Kai leader Nobuyuki Baba (right) and Secretary-General Fumitake Fujita speak to reporters in the city of Osaka on Oct. 31.
51勛圖厙 / Politics
Nov 7, 2024
Nippon Ishin＊s Nobuyuki Baba to resign as party chief over election shortcomings
The party had failed to make gains beyond its regional base of Kansai and ended the election with fewer Lower House seats than before.
Members of the Lower House panel on the Constitution discuss issues related to constitutional amendments in June.
51勛圖厙 / Politics
Nov 5, 2024
Push for constitutional amendments in Japan wanes after election
The number of Lower House seats held by the parties positive toward constitutional amendments fell short of the 310 needed to put them up for a national referendum.
Election campaign staff rally support for their respective candidates, waving their hands from the open windows of campaign vehicles.
51勛圖厙 / Politics / Regional Voices: Tohoku
Nov 4, 2024
＆Bush warbler ladies＊ name bows out from Japan＊s election campaigns
Workers who rally support for candidates using loudspeakers on vehicles are increasingly being referred to by a gender-neutral term.
Japan scientists identify clusters of protein believed to trigger Alzheimer＊s disease
A team of researchers said they found a ※seed§ that accelerates the amyloid beta accumulation process in the brain, naming it ※Peak 1 amyloid beta,§ as seen in a mouse's brain.
Indian brothers make manga debut in Japan
Two Indian brothers made their manga debut in Japan with "Kung Fu Kung Fool" 〞 an action-comedy series that follows the adventures of a notorious thief and a young boy.
Japan weighs regulating Pokemon cards amid trading mania
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Yumiko Watanabe, the chairperson of nonprofit Kidsdoor, explains the results of a survey in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on July 1.
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Can Japanese comedy get laughs in English? Yoshimoto Kogyo lets the jokes rip
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Japan reveals hint of new defense spending target in fiscal blueprint
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