The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan is showing signs of changing its position on the country's national security legislation, in an apparent shift toward realism to take the helm of the government. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/31/japan/politics/cdp-security-legislation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #cdp #securitylaws #constitution
Six ruling and opposition parties have agreed to explore the possibility of scrapping the provisional gasoline tax surcharge by the end of this year, the tax chief of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/30/japan/japan-parties-gasoline-tax-talks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #taxes #ldp #cdp
A Komeito executive has said the party may give its backing to candidates of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan in future parliamentary elections. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/27/japan/politics/komeito-support-cdp-candidates/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #komeito #makotonishida #ldp #cdp
Sanae Takaichi made history as Japan’s first female prime minister, navigating political turmoil and securing new alliances; now she has to tackle key issues like inflation and good governance. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/10/22/japan/takaichis-heavy-metal-politics/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #sanaetakaichi #ldp #komeito #dpp #cdp
Japan’s ruling party outmaneuvered a divided opposition to form a new coalition, securing political control through strategic disruption while exposing deep divisions and instability among its rivals. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/10/21/japan/japan-poltical-winners-and-losers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #ldp #nipponishinnokai #japaninnovationparty #sanaetakaichi #komeito #dpp #cdp #hirofumiyoshimura
As negotiations intensify over who will lead Japan, the Liberal Democratic Party and major opposition forces must consider the policy preferences of their core supporters before striking any deals. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/16/japan/politics/support-groups/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #cdp #dpp #komeito #unions #rengo #sokagakkai
LDP chief Sanae Takaichi’s chances of becoming prime minister appeared to increase after Nippon Ishin emerged as a possible coalition partner. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/15/japan/politics/ldp-nippon-ishin/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #nipponishinnokai #ldp #dpp #cdp #sanaetakaichi #hirofumiyoshimura #yuichirotamaki #yoshihikonoda
A dramatic shift in Japan's coalition dynamics has thrown the political landscape into chaos, leaving top leaders scrambling to secure a government formation with little time and numerous uncertainties ahead. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/10/15/a-neotiators-nightmare-in-nagatacho/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #sanaetakaichi #komeito #yoshihikonoda #yuichirotamaki #shunichisuzuki #nipponishinnokai #constitutionaldemocraticpartyofjapan #cdp #democraticpartyforthepeople #dpp #liberaldemocraticparty #ldp
Can Japan’s opposition work through their differences to get a candidate of their own elected as prime minister? https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/14/japan/politics/dpp-tamaki-which-side/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #sanaetakaichi #dpp #yuichirotamaki #cdp #nipponishin
The dissolution of the LDP-Komeito alliance reveals a troubling reality: The opposition remains defined by what it opposes rather than what it proposes. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/10/14/japan/japans-opposition-coalition-problems/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #sanaetakaichi #liberaldemocraticparty #ldp #komeito #constitutionaldemocraticpartyofjapan #cdp #democraticpartyforthepeople #dpp
Not knowing who Japan's next prime minister will be gives rise to a number of possible scenarios, though some are more plausible than others. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/14/japan/politics/what-if-scenarios/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #sanaetakaichi #shigeruishiba #ldp #yuichirotamaki #dpp #cdp #nipponishinnokai
Yuichiro Tamaki, leader of the opposition Democratic Party for the People, indicated willingness to hold talks with Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan chief Yoshihiko Noda. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/13/japan/dpp-cdp-prime-minister-nomination/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sanaetakaichi #shigeruishiba #yuichirotamaki #yoshihikonoda #dpp #cdp #ldp
The LDP and opposition forces are battling to secure votes for their picks to be prime minister in a contest increasingly likely to be decided in a runoff, following Komeito’s decision to bolt the ruling bloc. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/12/japan/politics/japan-pm-vote-uncertain/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #komeito #cdp #dpp #nipponishin #yuichirotamaki #tetsuosaito #yoshihikonoda #sanaetakaichi
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
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
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
The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan has proposed that the nongovernment camp back Democratic Party for the People head Yuichiro Tamaki as a candidate to succeed Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/08/japan/politics/cdp-proposal-dpp-tamaki-opposition-pm-candidate/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #cdp #dpp #diet
As with Abe, many want to make Takaichi out to be not just a right-winger or a conservative but an "ultranationalist,” a radical, or a female Donald Trump. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/10/07/japan/myths-about-japans-next-leader/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #sanaetakaichi #ldp #cdp #dpp #nipponishinnokai #komeito
