Japan plans to enhance its surveillance and regulatory measures to prevent foreign interference in elections. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/02/japan/politics/japan-foreign-election-interference/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #2025upperhouseelection #fakenews #china #russia #elections #masaakitaira #internet #cybersecurity
Japanese politics are in turmoil, with all of the main parties losing seats in the past election. Is what we are witnessing the end of the “big tent” parties? https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/08/01/japan/the-end-of-japans-big-tent-parties/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #shigeruishiba #ldp #komeito #cdp #jcp #dpp #cpj #reiwa #2025upperhouseelection
Despite a historic election setback and deep public frustration, the LDP faces an identity crisis between its conservative and centrist factions while voters remain unsure what alternative they want. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/07/29/japan/a-moment-of-truth-for-japanese-politics/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #shigeruishiba #ldp #2025upperhouseelection
The yen has underperformed all its major peers in the past three months and could be at risk of further declines as political risks mount. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/30/markets/traders-primed-for-more-yen-losses/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #yen #dollar #japaneseeconomy #2025upperhouseelection #boj #tariffs
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has refused to resign out of concern that leaving would create a political vacuum and put the U.S. tariff deal — not yet implemented — in jeopardy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/29/japan/politics/why-ishiba-refuses-to-quit/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #shigeruishiba #ldp #2025upperhouseelection
Calls erupted for Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s resignation as Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers and executives faced off in their first meeting after the disastrous July 20 Upper House election. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/28/japan/politics/ldp-meeting/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #shigeruishiba #hiroshimoriyama #2025upperhouseelection
Russia, China and South Korea are trying to predict what the rise of Japan’s far right will mean for their interests. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/07/28/japan/japans-neighbors-election/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #sanseito #2025upperhouseelection #southkorea #northkorea #china #russia
Will he stay or go? For Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, a number of key political events in the coming weeks are expected to affect the timing of any decision to quit or remain in his post. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/27/japan/politics/ishiba-resign-depend-political-events/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #shigeruishiba #ldp #diet #2025upperhouseelection #tariffs #trade #wwii
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's future is uncertain but an unlikely campaign for him to stay was growing online this week, including from people who are his natural political opponents. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/26/japan/politics/ishiba-do-not-quit-movement/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #shigeruishiba #ldp #2025upperhouseelection#sanaetakaichi
Angry that Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is staying in power despite his Liberal Democratic Party losing its majority in the Upper House election, party lawmakers are coming up with various ways to oust him. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/25/japan/politics/ishiba-resignation-pressure/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #shigeruishiba #ldp #diet#upperhouse #yoshihikonoda #cdp #2025upperhouseelection
The LDP’s historic Upper House defeat leaves the party fragmented and searching for a capable leader who can reunite conservatives, modernize its appeal, deliver real policies and rebuild its internal power structure. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/07/25/japan/who-will-save-the-liberal-democratic-party/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #shigeruishiba #ldp #komeito #dpp #2025upperhouseelection #sanseito #ishinnokai #cdp
Japan’s ruling LDP-Komeito bloc lost big, smaller parties gained ground and the country now faces a more fractured, uncertain political future. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/editorials/2025/07/25/shellacking-leaves-japanese-politics-in-limbo/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #editorials #shigeruishiba #ldp #komeito #dpp #2025upperhouseelection #sanseito #ishinnokai #cdp
Japan should avoid tax cuts and cash handouts as they could worsen the nation's already precarious fiscal conditions, International Monetary Fund spokesperson Julie Kozack said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/25/economy/imf-advice-tax-cuts/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #imf #japaneseeconomy #taxes #inflation #2025upperhouseelection
With voters having delivered their verdict on the current administration, the spotlight is now shifting to the ruling Liberal Democratic Party — where some aspiring leaders are working to consolidate their positions. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/24/japan/politics/political-turmoil/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #shigeruishiba#sanaetakaichi #taroaso #ldp #2025upperhouseelection
Police confirmed a total of 889 menacing online posts, including those threatening attacks on sites of campaign speeches, in the run-up to Sunday's election for the House of Councilors. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/24/japan/crime-legal/election-threatening-posts/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #2025upperhouseelection #socialmedia #npa
Prefectural governors have urged the central government to give top priority to measures against Japan's shrinking population, calling for a national campaign involving private companies. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/24/japan/politics/japan-governors-meet-population/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #localgovernment #population #taxes #consumptiontax #aomori #2025upperhouseelection
Japan’s recent election fueled immigration fears, but the foreign resident population remains small, integrated and vital to counter population decline. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/07/23/japan/japan-can-accept-more-foreign-residents/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #sanseito #2025upperhouseelection #immigration #tourism #japaneseeconomy
Backers of the center-right Democratic Party for the People abandoned it for the populist right-wing Sanseito in the months leading up to Sunday’s Upper House election, an analysis of voter trends has shown. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/23/japan/politics/dpp-sanseito-analysis/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #sanseito #dpp #2025upperhouseelection
With Japan and the United States striking a deal on tariffs, the fate of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba — who had said he intends to stay on amid ongoing negotiations — hangs in the balance. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/23/japan/politics/shigeru-ishiba-tariffs-fate/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #shigeruishiba #ldp #diet #tariffs #trade #usjapanrelations #donaldtrump #2025upperhouseelection
The listless performance of established parties such as the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito in Sunday’s Upper House election has confirmed the relentless decline of voting blocs in Japan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/22/japan/politics/organizational-vote/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #komeito #dpp #2025upperhouseelection