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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 hours ago

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

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 7 hours ago

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

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 9 hours ago

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

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 17 hours ago

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

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 18 hours ago

‘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

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 19 hours ago

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

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

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

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

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

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

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

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

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

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

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

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

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

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

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

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

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

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

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

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

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

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

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

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

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

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

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

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

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

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