Nippon Ishin no Kai urges voters to back its pledge to deliver real reforms and results, unlike other opposition parties, as Japan faces a chance for change in the upcoming Upper House election. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/07/16/japan/nippon-ishin-no/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan#hirofumiyoshimura #nipponishinnokai #2025upperhouseelection
With just days left until Sunday’s Upper House election, the fate of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and his Liberal Democratic Party is uncertain as polls suggest the ruling camp may lose its majority. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/16/japan/politics/final-phase-election-polls/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #shigeruishiba #ldp #komeito #dpp #nipponishinnokai #2025upperhouseelection
While many candidates in Sunday's Upper House election are heading to major cities for speeches and turning to social media, one candidate from Hokkaido is giving politics one last go-through a grassroots campaign. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/16/japan/politics/muneo-suzuki-election-hokkaido/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #muneosuzuki #hokkaido #ldp #nipponishinnokai #2025upperhouseelection #okinawa #russia
From Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba being ousted to a snap election for the Lower House, here are some of the most likely outcomes of the July 20 Upper House election. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/11/japan/politics/post-election-scenarios/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #2025upperhouseelection #diet #shigeruishiba #ldp #cdp #dpp #nipponishinnokai #naotokan
Political heavyweights from both ruling and opposition parties are crisscrossing the country in a final push to boost the standing of candidates in tight races in the July 20 Upper House election. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/10/japan/politics/election-campaign-trail/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #cdp #dpp #nipponishinnokai #komeito #2025upperhouseelection
Political parties in Japan have pledged in their campaigning for the July 20 Upper House election to reduce social security premiums, which have been rising due to the aging population and higher prices. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/09/japan/politics/wages-election-focus/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #2025upperhouseelection #wages#nursingcare #aging #dpp #ldp #cdp #nipponishinnokai #socialwelfare
Struggling with dwindling support, Nippon Ishin no Kai is finding itself in a make-or-break situation in its birthplace of Osaka Prefecture in the July 20 House of Councilors election. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/08/japan/politics/nippon-ishin-election-osaka/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics#hirofumiyoshimura #nipponishinnokai #2025upperhouseelection #osaka #ldp #komeito #sanseito
Ahead of the Upper House election, political parties have come up with proposed solutions to problems caused by a record number of foreign nationals in Japan to visit, work and invest in real estate. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/07/japan/politics/foreign-politics/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #cdp #yoshihikonoda #ldp #shigeruishiba #dpp #yuichirotamaki #nipponishinnokai#hirofumiyoshimura #sanseito #komeito #2025upperhouseelection #diet
Leaders of ruling and opposition parties took to the streets to canvass for votes on Friday as they entered full-fledged campaigning for the July 20 Upper House election. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/04/japan/politics/upper-house-campaigning-full/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #jcp #nipponishinnokai #komeito #cdp #dpp #2025upperhouseelection
A total of 471 people are preparing to run in the July 20 election for the House of Councilors, the upper chamber of Japan's parliament, as of Tuesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/25/japan/politics/over-470-running-for-upper-house-election/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #2025upperhouseelection #ldp #komeito #cdp #dpp #nipponishinnokai