In one of her first remarks as Japan's new finance minister, Satsuki Katayama talks taxes and debt without saying too much, steering clear of controversy and commitments. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/24/economy/katayama-bessent-comments/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #sanaetakaichi #ldp #cabinet #satsukikatayama #financeministry #japaneseeconomy
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s economic picks support her while offering continuity, with differences on policy being deemphasized for the time being. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/22/economy/takaichi-three-economic-ministers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #sanaetakaichi #ldp #cabinet #ryoseiakazawa #minorukiuchi #satsukikatayama
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s picks for Japan’s new defense, foreign and economic security ministers are not your typical stodgy line-up. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/22/japan/politics/new-foreign-defense-ministers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #defense #cabinet #toshimitsumotegi #shinjirokoizumi #kimionoda #economicsecurity #foreignministry #defenseministry #sanaetakaichi
Sanae Takaichi's Cabinet picks reflect her strategy of balancing political alliances, rewarding loyal supporters, managing factional politics and bringing in fresh faces to navigate Japan's evolving political landscape. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/10/22/japan/takaichi-cabinet-picks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #sanaetakaichi #ldp #komeito #cabinet #shinjirokoizumi #yoshimasahayashi #toshimitsumotegi #ryoseiakazawa #minorukihara #satsukikatayama
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, Japan’s first female leader, appointed just two women to her Cabinet, despite promising high levels of female representation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/22/japan/politics/takaichi-cabinet-female-ministers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #sanaetakaichi #cabinet #ldp #women039sissues
An opinion poll for October showed that 43.8% of respondents will support Japan's new Cabinet that would be formed by Sanae Takaichi, the leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, if she becomes prime minister. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/16/japan/takaichi-public-support-rate/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sanaetakaichi #ldp #cabinet #surveys
The Liberal Democratic Party-led administration is looking to convene an extraordinary session of parliament on Oct. 15 to elect Japan's next prime minister. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/02/japan/politics/japan-new-pm-parliament-vote-date/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #diet #cabinet
The government officially decided Friday to start a new system to provide comprehensive support for victims of serious crimes or bereaved families of such victims on Jan. 13, 2026. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/05/japan/crime-legal/japan-comprehensive-support-for-crime-victims/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #cabinet #japanesecourts
Japan will set up an organization at the Cabinet Secretariat next week that will serve as the "control tower" to coordinate government efforts to deal with crimes by foreign residents. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/08/japan/politics/japan-foreign-resident-crime-control/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics#yoshimasahayashi #shigeruishiba #cabinet
The average income of Japanese lawmakers in 2024 stood at ¥25.13 million, almost unchanged from the previous year, both chambers of the parliament said Monday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/30/japan/politics/japan-lawmakers-income-2024/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #diet #shigeruishiba #cabinet #ldp #katsunobukato
Trump-aligned club for the ultra rich launches in #Washington - POLITICO
The referral requirements & prohibitive pricing is meant to ensure the C-suite crowd can mingle with #Trump advisers & #cabinet members without the prying eyes of the press & wanna-be insiders. The price tag won’t be a problem for Trump’s cabinet — given it’s by far the wealthiest in history.
The club already has a waitlist.
> There won’t be any  #backroom dealing going on around here
 #payoff
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/26/donald-trump-washington-club-00311720
 
      
  
             
      
  
               
      
  
               
      
  
               
      
  
               
      
  
            