Japan should cut Upper House seats and expand the Lower House to 550 single-seat districts to end voter disparity and consolidate the 47 prefectures into nine regional blocks to make government more efficient. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/12/05/japan/right-sizing-the-diet/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #ldp #jip #komeito #sanseito #japanesecommunistparty #constitutionaldemocraticpartyofjapan #democraticpartyforthepeople #sanaetakaichi
Japanese political parties are boosting spending on online outreach, with upstart Sanseito marking a fourteenfold jump in expenditures for Google advertisements in 2024. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/28/japan/politics/political-parties-online-outreach/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #2025upperhouseelection #sanseito #ldp #cdp #internet #google
In Japan, political parties’ origins and backers are more consistent indicators of their leanings, rather than the left-right labels that apply more conveniently in the U.S. and Europe. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/27/japan/politics/explainer-political-parties-labeling/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #cdp #nipponishin #jcp #dpp #komeito #sanseito #sanaetakaichi #yoshihikonoda #yuichirotamaki #tetsuosaito #fumitakefujita #tomokotamura #soheikamiya
Sanae Takaichi’s first speech before Japan’s parliament highlighted her focus on economic reforms, navigating a divided coalition and addressing the challenges of a shrinking population and foreign labor. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/editorials/2025/11/07/takaichi-gets-squeezed-on-every-front/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #editorials #sanaetakaichi #ldp #jip #shinzoabe #fumiokishida #sanseito #komeito #kimionoda #fumitakefujita
In her first weeks as prime minister, Sanae Takaichi unified the LDP, formed a new conservative coalition, advanced Japan’s defense and trade agendas and secured strong public support. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/10/30/japan/four-questions-for-takaichi-after-one-week/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #sanaetakaichi #fumiokishida #shigeruishiba #yoshimitsumotegi #shinjirokoizumi #yoshimasahayashi #takayukikobayashi #satsukikatayama #hirofumiyoshimura #fumitakefujita #donaldtrump #ldp #komeito #jip #dpp #sanseito
Political party Sanseito has submitted a bill to the House of Councilors proposing revisions to the Penal Code to punish individuals who damage Japan's national flag. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/28/japan/politics/sanseito-flag-damage/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #sanseito
Sanae Takaichi became Japan’s first female prime minister, forming a coalition with the Japan Innovation Party to focus on defense, economic reforms and international diplomacy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/10/24/takaichi-heads-into-the-breach/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #sanaetakaichi #ldp #japaninnovationparty #komeito #shigeruishiba #fumiokishida #toshimitsumotegi #shinjirokoizumi #yoshimasahayashi #minorukihara #ryoseiakazawa #satsukikatayama #kimionoda #sanseito #shinzoabe
Sanseito’s adherence to doctrine makes it resemble older parties with strong organizational structures and voting blocs rather than smaller populist ones. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/16/japan/politics/sanseito-training-camps/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #sanseito #mizuhoumemura #soheikamiya #jcp #komeito
Nations that build their demographic strategy on mass immigration may discover they've planned for a future that no longer exists. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/10/15/japan/asian-lesson-from-europes-immigration-mistakes/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #immigration #jobs #asia #europe #sanseito #hungary #germany
Adding to the shock of this year's Upper House elections was the surge in votes for Sanseito, a far-right populist party that campaigned on a mix of tax cutting, vaccine skepticism and restrictions on immigration. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/03/japan/politics/sanseito-foreigners-populist/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #sanseito #ldp #socialmedia #foreignworkers #soheikamiya
The Liberal Democratic Party, which has dominated Japanese politics for most of the postwar era, is in danger of crumbling. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/02/japan/politics/japan-ruling-party-ldp-in-danger/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #farmers #agriculture #rurallife #rice #shinjirokoizumi #sanaetakaichi #sanseito
Can former economic security minister Sanae Takaichi win back conservative voters? Maybe not. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/01/japan/politics/takaichi-ldp/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #sanaetakaichi #sanseito
Japan's far-right Sanseito party has set up an international arm to court U.S. President Donald Trump's allies, betting that global conservative recognition will help it shake up staid Japanese politics. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/01/japan/politics/sanseito-seeks-global-recognition/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #sanseito #2025upperhouseelection #soheikamiya #stevebannon #charliekirk
As Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party shifts left, influenced by liberal powerbrokers, its conservative wing weakens, internal rifts widen and weak leadership contenders risk fracturing the party. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/09/30/japan/the-last-ldp-election/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #takayukikobayashi #ldp #sanaetakaichi #shinjirokoizumi #diet #yoshimasahayashi #cdp #dpp #sanseito #nipponishinnokai
Japan's opposition parties are bracing themselves for the possibility of a snap election for Japan's Lower House once the Liberal Democratic Party elects its next leader in October. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/15/japan/politics/opposition-parties-wary-of-possible-early-election/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics#lowerhouse #ldp #dpp #cdp #sanseito #nipponishinnokai
The sudden death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk and the differing reactions to it highlighted the depth of political divisions in the U.S. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/11/world/politics/charlie-kirk-death-us-divisions/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #charliekirk #us #donaldtrump #guns #sanseito #democrats #republicans
U.S. right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk was part of a constellation of influencers who helped amplify Republican President Donald Trump's agenda. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/11/world/politics/kirk-trump-2024-victory-key-role/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #charliekirk #us #donaldtrump #guns #sanseito
To become prime minister, whoever wins the Liberal Democratic Party presidency on Oct. 4 must work to secure the necessary votes in parliament from the opposition. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/10/japan/politics/pm-and-opposition/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #cdp #komeito #dpp #nipponishinnokai #sanseito#toshimitsumotegi #shinjirokoizumi#sanaetakaichi
Elon Musk has voiced support for an anti-immigration demonstration in Japan, commenting "Good" on a video posted on X by an account called The British Patriot. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/02/japan/anti-immigration-support-musk/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #elonmusk #socialmedia #sanseito #immigration
Japan’s largest opposition party is softening its stance toward Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s minority government in a bid to “improve” Japanese politics. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/20/japan/politics/cdp-current-status/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #cdp #dpp #sanseito #ldp #yoshihikonoda#ichiroozawa #shigeruishiba