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Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Takayuki Kobayashi answers questions during the LDP presidential election candidates' joint news conference at party headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 23.
51勛圖厙 / Politics
Oct 27, 2025
LDP policy chief ramps up moves to ease rules on exporting lethal defense gear
The LDP＊s Takayuki Kobayashi said that he intends to push for relaxing the regulations in order to ※contribute to world peace§ and strengthen Japan＊s defense industry.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi delivers her first policy speech in the Lower House in Tokyo on Friday.
51勛圖厙 / Politics
Oct 24, 2025
Takaichi focuses on economic and security concerns in first policy speech
Over half of the new prime minister＊s speech was dedicated to economic policies, and she described the fight against inflation as the top priority for her administration.
A tax-free shop in Kyoto in April 2024. Last week, members of a Liberal Democratic Party study group drafted a proposal seeking to scrap the country's tax-free shopping system altogether.
51勛圖厙 / Politics / FOCUS
Jun 5, 2025
Japan eyes tougher rules for foreign residents and tax hike for tourists
Ideas range from stricter driver＊s license tests for foreign nationals to increasing taxes on foreign visitors.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba answers questions during an Upper House Budget Committee meeting Friday.
51勛圖厙 / Politics / FOCUS
Mar 16, 2025
Opposition set to step up offensive against Ishiba
Ishiba, already hurt by low public support, has found himself in a bind ahead of this summer＊s Upper House election as the scandal shakes his image as a ※clean politician.§
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's reversal over medical co-payments late last week and the revelation he gave gift vouchers to lawmakers have weakened his political standing.
51勛圖厙 / Politics / FOCUS
Mar 14, 2025
Ishiba on shaky ground over budget and gift vouchers
Recent fumbles have given Ishiba＊s opponents within the LDP a golden opportunity to attack him.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba talks with executives of his Liberal Democratic Party in the parliament building in Tokyo on Monday.
51勛圖厙 / Politics
Feb 11, 2025
Japan＊s ruling-opposition talks reach a critical point
For its enactment by the end of March, the fiscal 2025 budget bill needs to clear the Lower House on March 2, at the latest.
Opposition parties have submitted a bill to make school lunches free at public elementary and junior high schools.
51勛圖厙 / Politics
Dec 24, 2024
Japan opposition parties submit bill for free school meals
The bill to revise the school lunch program law was submitted to the House of Representatives by the CDP, DPP and Nippon Ishin no Kai.
Komeito leader Keiichi Ishii shakes hands with a voter in his district in Saitama Prefecture on Thursday.
51勛圖厙 / Politics / FOCUS
Oct 21, 2024
Komeito＊s new leader faces trial by fire in general election
Once local allies, Komeito and Nippon Ishin no Kai are going head-to-head for the first time ever, adding to the challenge facing Keiichi Ishii.
Voters listen to a candidate for the upcoming Lower House election in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on Sunday.
51勛圖厙 / Politics
Oct 21, 2024
Ruling camp likely to win Lower House majority: polls
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party, however, may not reach a majority of at least 233 seats on its own amid public backlash over its slush fund scandal.
A woman walks past campaign posters for the Lower House election in Tokyo on Tuesday.
51勛圖厙 / Politics
Oct 19, 2024
Ruling and opposition parties vow redoubled regional revitalization efforts
Both sides are offering ideas for stopping population outflow from regional communities in their campaigning for the Oct. 27 general election.
Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan leader Kenta Izumi (left) faces off against Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in a debate in parliament on Wednesday.
51勛圖厙 / Politics
Jun 19, 2024
CDP＊s Izumi challenges Kishida to dissolve Lower House
Izumi said Kishida ought to seek a fresh mandate from the public due to his party＊s handling of its slush funds scandal.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Nippon Ishin no Kai leader Nobuyuki Baba sign an agreement to create a law reforming lawmaker allowances on May 31.
51勛圖厙 / Politics
Jun 16, 2024
Kishida pledges to ＆sincerely address＊ reforming lawmaker allowances
The prime minister said he would approach the reforms based on an accord reached between his ruling Liberal Democratic Party and opposition Nippon Ishin no Kai.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during an Upper House committee session on Monday.
51勛圖厙 / FOCUS
Jun 13, 2024
LDP allies concerned effort to improve funding transparency may be weakened
The House of Councilors began substantive deliberations on the legislation on Monday.
Executives of opposition parties meet in the parliament building on Tuesday to discuss their stance over the political funds scandal in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.
51勛圖厙 / Politics
May 9, 2024
Japan＊s opposition parties ask for ethics panel review of 44 lawmakers
The review would have no binding power, however, and the decision of whether to attend will be left up to the lawmakers.
Kenta Izumi, head of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, speaks at a news conference at the Parliament building last month.
51勛圖厙 / Politics / FOCUS
May 7, 2024
Japan opposition seeks snap election, but united front proving elusive
Despite the calls, questions remain over whether opposition parties will be able to join hands against the LDP in the next Lower House general election.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has expressed his eagerness to revise the political funds law in the current session of parliament, slated to end on June 23.
51勛圖厙 / Politics / FOCUS
Mar 29, 2024
Spotlight on political reform after budget clears Japan＊s parliament
Ruling and opposition parties are eager to outline a bolder plan for reform to raise their profile among voters amid growing political disenchantment.
51勛圖厙
Apr 28, 2023
Refugee bill takes key step after OK from committee in Japan＊s Lower House
Passage was secured after four ruling and opposition parties agreed to changes, including on offering training to immigration officials who will conduct the refugee screening process.
51勛圖厙 / Politics
Apr 9, 2023
Nippon Ishin candidates win big in Kansai region local elections
The opposition party＊s Osaka gubernatorial and mayoral candidates rolled to victory, assuring Nippon Ishin that it will remain a force in local and national politics in the months ahead.
51勛圖厙 / Politics
Jan 19, 2023
Uncertainty hangs over Kishida＊s ability to deliver constitutional reform
Kishida is lacking the political capital to push forward with the very challenging topic, due to dismal public support for his Cabinet.
51勛圖厙 / Politics
Jan 18, 2023
LDP seeks to drive wedge into CDP-Nippon Ishin collaboration
With unified local elections and by-elections for the House of Representatives slated to be held in April, the tug-of-war between the ruling and opposition camps is likely to intensify.
Japan weighs regulating Pokemon cards amid trading mania
A Pokemon event is held in Jakarta on July 11
Head of Swiss euthanasia firm dies after collapsing while ascending Mount Fuji
Around 200,000 people typically scale the 3,776 meter Mount Fuji each year.
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 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.
A perfect storm: Kaze Fujii fans flock to Fuji Rock
Okayama-born singer-songwriter Kaze Fujii has carved out a distinctive place in Japanese pop since his major-label debut in 2019.
The sci-fi sensibilities of electronic trio Black Boboi
Black Boboi was formed in 2018 when solo artists Julia Shortreed, Utena Kobayashi and Ermhoi came together under Kobayashi＊s newly founded label, Bindividual.
A perfect storm: Kaze Fujii fans flock to Fuji Rock
Okayama-born singer-songwriter Kaze Fujii has carved out a distinctive place in Japanese pop since his major-label debut in 2019.
Can Japanese comedy get laughs in English? Yoshimoto Kogyo lets the jokes rip
Wes-P has millions of followers and his viral clips made him recognizable out of Japan.
The 180-day locals: Life on Japan＊s digital nomad visa
Christopher Flinn works remotely from Tokyo earlier this month. Japan issued 646 digital nomad visas in 2025, but tourism officials are hoping to increase that figure in the coming years, with Japan's relatively cheap cost of living and the weak yen seen as potential draws for young professionals.
Japan reveals hint of new defense spending target in fiscal blueprint
The Self-Defense Forces' Type 16 mobile combat vehicle fires during a joint live-fire drill with U.S. Marines as part of the annual Resolute Dragon exercises in Yufu, Oita Prefecture, on June 28.

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