Many opposition party lawmakers at a meeting held on Tuesday voiced reluctance over a proposal to reduce the number of seats in the House of Representatives. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/18/japan/politics/opposition-caution-seat-cut/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #cdp #nipponishinnokai #komeito
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner, the Japan Innovation Party, are set to step up talks on constitutional revision following the first meeting of their working-level forum on the matter. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/14/japan/politics/ldp-jip-constitutional-revision/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #nipponishinnokai #constitution #diet
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's summit diplomacy with the United States, China and South Korea has won her high marks from respondents of an opinion poll by Jiji Press. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/13/japan/politics/jiji-poll-takaichi-diplomacy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #sanaetakaichi #surveys #donaldtrump #xijinping #leejaemyung #ldp #nipponishinnokai
While Japan's ruling coalition has agreed to enact legislation to create a backup capital in next year’s regular session of parliament, the concept itself faces tough questions about what it would look like in practice. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/13/japan/politics/backup-capital/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #tokyo #disasterpreparedness #cities #nipponishinnokai #osaka #ldp #hirofumiyoshimura #naomichisuzuki #seitarohattori
The LDP and the Japan Innovation Party have agreed to reach an early conclusion on a proposed hike in patients’ out-of-pocket expenses for prescription medicines similar to over-the-counter drugs. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/13/japan/ldp-jip-otc-drugs/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #ldp #nipponishinnokai #medicine #health #nationalhealthcare #pharmaceuticals
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party has begun internal discussions on a proposal to reduce the number of seats in the House of Representatives. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/12/japan/politics/ldp-seat-reduction-talk/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #diet #nipponishinnokai #cdp
Differences over the measure to reduce parliamentary seats could weaken the ruling minority coalition’s unity and test its ability to compromise. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/11/japan/politics/ldp-ishin-trouble/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #nipponishinnokai #sanaetakaichi
Yuichiro Tamaki and the Democratic Party for the People now find themselves facing a drop in popularity after failing to form a coalition with new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s Liberal Democratic Party. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/10/japan/politics/tamaki-dpp-indecisive/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #dpp #yuichirotamaki #ldp #nipponishinnokai #cdp
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi plans to revise the public servant remuneration law to cut the salaries of Cabinet members including herself during the ongoing extraordinary parliament session. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/08/japan/politics/takaichi-minister-pay-cuts/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #sanaetakaichi #ldp #nipponishinnokai #wages
A Bank of Japan rate hike amid calls for more investment in the private sector could come across as contradictory, Japan Innovation Party co-leader Fumitake Fujita says. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/06/economy/fujita-ishin-boj-rate-hike/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #fumitakefujita #japaneseeconomy #nipponishinnokai #boj
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi stayed on script as she went through her first two days of grilling in parliament. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/05/japan/politics/takaichi-question-time/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #sanaetakaichi #yuichirotamaki #harumiyoshida #dpp #cdp #nipponishinnokai #ldp
Japan Innovation Party co-leader Fumitake Fujita said he will not resign from his post following revelations that he paid his secretary’s firm ¥21 million to print political leaflets. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/04/japan/politics/jip-coleader-refuses-resignation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #fumitakefujita #nipponishinnokai #corruption
In her first debate with the main opposition, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi defended her choice to appoint lawmakers involved in the Liberal Democratic Party slush fund scandal to Cabinet and party roles in parliament. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/04/japan/politics/takaichi-questioning/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #sanaetakaichi #yoshihikonoda #ldp #cdp #nipponishinnokai #fumitakefujita
Fumitake Fujita, co-leader of the Japan Innovation Party, said he would stop placing orders with his secretary’s company following a report of dubious spending. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/03/japan/politics/jip-fujita-secretary-firm/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #fumitakefujita #nipponishinnokai
The government has yet to find ways to secure some ¥2.4 trillion in stable financial resources to fund the planned elimination of the provisional gasoline tax surcharge and a free high school education program. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/02/japan/politics/funding-on-new-japan-policies/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #jip #nipponishinnokai #komeito #taxes #energy #education #financeministry
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party, the Japan Innovation Party and Komeito agreed Wednesday to launch a program in fiscal year 2026 to effectively make high school education free. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/30/japan/politics/high-school-education-free-agreement/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #nipponishinnokai #komeito #highschools
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its new coalition partner, Japan Innovation Party, have agreed to establish a joint conference to coordinate policies. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/29/japan/politics/ldp-jip-joint-policy-conference/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #nipponishinnokai #takayukikobayashi
To become prime minister, Liberal Democratic Party head Sanae Takaichi struck a deal with the Japan Innovation Party that includes the goal of cutting Lower House seats by 10%, which would mostly affect smaller parties. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/28/japan/politics/election-bill/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #komeito #nipponishinnokai #sanaetakaichi #hirofumiyoshimura #fumitakefujita #tetsuosaito #hiroshima #osaka
Opposition parties are wary of a plan by the ruling coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party and Japan Innovation Party to reduce the number of House of Representatives seats by 10% from the current 465. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/26/japan/politics/lower-house-seats-reduction/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #nipponishinnokai #lowerhouse #diet #jip
The scenes of the day that Sanae Takaichi broke through a very high glass ceiling. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/22/japan/politics/sanae-takaichi-photo-gallery/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #sanaetakaichi #ldp #nipponishinnokai #diet
