The Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito on Friday drew a curtain on their 26-year alliance, a relationship that was marked by twists and turns. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/11/japan/politics/komeito-ldp-coalition-focus/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #komeito #politicalfunds #history #diet
Japan's ruling coalition collapsed on Friday after its junior partner Komeito quit, raising doubts about whether conservative Sanae Takaichi will become the country's first female prime minister. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/11/japan/politics/ldp-komeito-coalition-collapse-focus/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #komeito #diet #sanaetakaichi #dpp #cdp
Now that Komeito has dissolved its coalition with the ruling LDP, the main opposition CDP is poised to seek Komeito's support for a possible unified opposition candidate for prime minister. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/11/japan/politics/cdp-komeito-cooperation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #cdp #ishinnokai #dpp #diet #sanaetakaichi #komeito #yuichirotamaki #yoshihikonoda
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba released a long-awaited personal statement on the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II Friday, offering his own perspective on the outbreak of the conflict. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/10/japan/politics/ishiba-wwii-message/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #shigeruishiba #wwii #ldp
‘Takaichi trade’ starts unwinding as political calculus upended by Komeito exit, with stocks dropping and the yen strengthening in choppy trade https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/10/markets/takaichi-yen-plunge/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #forex #currencies #yen #dollar #japaneseeconomy #sanaetakaichi #ldp #komeito
The ruling and opposition parties have decided to set up a suprapartisan group for the abolition of nuclear weapons at the request of the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations, or Nihon Hidankyo. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/10/japan/suprapartisan-group-nuclear-abolition/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #nihonhidankyo #nuclearweapons #atomicbombings #ldp #cdp
Sanae Takaichi is often compared to Margaret Thatcher, but the analogy fails because Japan today is not 1980s Britain and her success depends on pragmatism, not ideology. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/editorials/2025/10/10/ideology-must-not-guide-takaichi/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #editorials #sanaetakaichi #ldp #chinajapanrelations #usjapanrelations #southkoreajapanrelations #defense #china #southkorea #us
Komeito said Friday it plans to leave the ruling camp, parting ways with the LDP and new President Sanae Takaichi after the LDP failed to accept the party’s proposal on political donations. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/10/japan/politics/takaichi-komeito-coalition-meeting/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #sanaetakaichi #ldp #komeito #tetsuosaito #corruption
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party has decided to appoint Itsunori Onodera, former chief of the party's Policy Research Council, as chairman of its Research Commission on the Tax System, sources have said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/10/japan/politics/onodera-ldp-tax-panel-head/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #itsunorionodera #ldp #dpp #taxes
Democratic Party for the People leader Yuichiro Tamaki virtually ruled out the possibility of his party joining the LDP coalition at the start of an extraordinary session of the Diet. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/10/japan/politics/dpp-tamaki-negative-about-joining-ruling-coalition/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #dpp #ldp #komeito #cdp #diet
In a rare development, newly elected Liberal Democratic Party president Sanae Takaichi faces the possibility of not being elected the next prime minister when parliament convenes later this month. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/09/japan/politics/takaichi-pm/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #sanaetakaichi #ldp #komeito #dpp #cdp #yuichirotamaki
Buzz is building for a 50,000 Nikkei 225 as index breaks yet another record, its ninth in about six weeks. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/09/markets/nikkei-new-record/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #nikkei #stocks #japaneseeconomy #ldp #sanaetakaichi
Jiji Press said that it has strictly reprimanded a photographer of its Photo Desk for making inappropriate remarks apparently related to new Liberal Democratic Party President Sanae Takaichi. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/09/japan/politics/jiji-photographer-inappropriate-remarks-on-takaichi/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #sanaetakaichi #ldp #jijipress #media #journalism
With Liberal Democratic Party president Sanae Takaichi poised to become Japan’s first female prime minister, her spouse, former LDP lawmaker Taku Yamamoto, is set to become the country’s first-ever first husband. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/09/japan/politics/takaichi-first-husband/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #sanaetakaichi #takutakaichi #takuyamamoto #ldp
Sanae Takaichi, Japan’s likely first female prime minister, will face key diplomatic challenges with the U.S., China and South Korea, while addressing economic and demographic issues, if she is appointed. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/10/08/japan/will-takaichi-be-the-leader-japan-needs/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #sanaetakaichi #ldp #chinajapanrelations #usjapanrelations #defense #china #southkorea #us
A Japanese group of lawyers tackling karōshi, or overwork-related deaths, has protested new Liberal Democratic Party leader Sanae Takaichi's remarks calling on the ruling party's members to "work like workhorses" https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/08/japan/politics/lawyers-protest-takaichi-remarks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #sanaetakaichi #overwork #workstylereform #ldp
Anecdotes shared by Sanae Takaichi's hometown friends and supporters render a softer side to the hard-line conservative, who cites Margaret Thatcher as her hero. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/08/japan/politics/takaichi-supporters-hometown-nara/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #sanaetakaichi #nara #women039sissues #expats
Wages rose at the slowest pace in three months, with real pay extending its falling streak, highlighting a challenge for newly elected ruling party leader Sanae Takaichi and her pledge to address rising living costs. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/08/economy/wages-growth-slow-august/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #mhlw #wages #sanaetakaichi #ldp #boj
The Liberal Democratic Party’s longtime partner, Komeito, questioned Sanae Takaichi's suitability as the leader of the LDP-Komeito coalition, leaving its future uncertain. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/07/japan/politics/komeito-coalition-concern/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #komeito #ldp #tetsuosaito #sanaetakaichi
Newly elected Liberal Democratic Party President Sanae Takaichi’s new party leadership lineup places former Prime Minister Taro Aso as vice president while excluding rival farm minister Shinjiro Koizumi and his allies. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/07/japan/politics/takaichi-leadership-lineup-ldp/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #sanaetakaichi #taroaso #ldp #shunichisuzuki #takayukikobayashi #harukoarimura #toshimitsumotegi