The ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Saturday marked the 70th anniversary of its establishment, as it looks to stage a comeback after recent electoral drubbings. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/15/japan/politics/ldp-70th-anniversary/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #diet #sanaetakaichi
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
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
The LDP secretary-general say that consensus will be difficult regarding the reduction of Lower House seats during the current extraordinary Diet session. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/09/japan/politics/lower-house-seats-reduction/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #jip #diet #lowerhouse
Fiber reduces overall mortality by 23%
https://www.empirical.health/blog/dietary-fiber-reduces-all-cause-morality/
The ruling and opposition parties in Japan formally agreed to scrap the provisional gasoline tax surcharge on Dec. 31 while putting off by around a year the decision on how to secure stable alternative revenue sources. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/05/japan/gasoline-surcharge-abolition/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #gas #oil #taxes #diet #ldp
The Matsue branch of the Hiroshima High Court has ruled that the House of Councilors election in July was held in a “state of unconstitutionality” due to vote-value disparities of up to 3.13 times. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/05/japan/crime-legal/upper-house-poll-unconstitutional-state/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #2025upperhouseelection #diet #japanesecourts #shimane
I'm quite disappointed with the sales of my new science-based healthy #diet book, "It doesn't matter what you eat as long as it's varied and a lot of veg". That's actually the full text of the book.
It's selling even worse than my previous science-based healthy #lifestyle book, whose full text is "Don't smoke or drink, get daily exercise". Guess the title.
For women in power, the pressure to prove themselves often leaves little room to focus on gender identity. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/10/26/japan/the-glass-cliff-and-takachis-rise-to-power/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #sanaetakaichi #ldp #diet #jip #japaneseeconomy #inflation #defense #fiscalspending
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
Sanae Takaichi spent most of her first policy speech as prime minister addressing economic and security concerns, with little mention of immigration policies and incorporating relatively mild language on China. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/24/japan/politics/takaichi-first-policy-speech/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #sanaetakaichi #ldp #diet #nipponishin #japaneseeconomy #inflation #defense #fiscalspending
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
Tokyo stocks hit a record and neared a key threshold, then dropped as Sanae Takaichi became prime minister. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/21/markets/nikkei-takaichi-fall/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #tse #nikkei #stocks #ldp #komeito #diet #sanaetakaichi #nipponishinnokai
Liberal Democratic Party President Sanae Takaichi is set to be elected prime minister in parliament on Tuesday afternoon, making history as Japan’s first female leader. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/21/japan/politics/sanae-takaichi-prime-minister/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #sanaetakaichi #ldp #nipponishinnokai #diet
The Nikkei rallied to new record early Monday, as a new coalition government was set to be formed, paving the way for LDP leader Sanae Takaichi to become prime minister this week. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/20/markets/nikkei-rally-ldp-jip-coalition/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #tse #nikkei #stocks #ldp #komeito #diet #sanaetakaichi #nipponishinnokai
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I want to hear from people who have made lifestyle changes in response to climate change.
Do you travel less / fly less? Eat differently? Shop differently?
I'm interested in what changes you've made specifically in response to climate change, when you started, and what got you to the tipping point of taking that action.
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#ClimateChange #Polycrisis #Travel #Diet #Food #Hopepunk #Solarpunk
Nippon Ishin no Kai says it will no longer take part in talks with other opposition parties on forming an alliance as it edges closer toward forming a coalition with the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/17/japan/politics/ldp-ishin-coalition/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #diet #sanaetakaichi #ldp #nipponishinnokai #yuichirotamaki #fumitakefujita
China-U.S. trade war and political turmoil in Japan weigh on Tokyo stocks, with benchmark index down 2.58% as traders return from long weekend. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/14/markets/stocks-after-coalition/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #tse #nikkei #stocks #ldp #komeito #diet #sanaetakaichi
Studies reveal that people consume more calories on ultraprocessed diets despite similar nutritional content, suggesting these foods may disrupt the body’s fullness signals. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/10/13/world/our-obesity-understanding-may-be-wrong/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #health #food #obesity #diet #departmentofhealthandhumanservices #nih