Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Sunday took a cautious approach to acquiring a nuclear-powered submarine as part of plans to boost the country’s defenses, a call made by some opposition parties ahead of next month’s Upper House election. “I’m not so sure if making the leap to a nuclear submarine is a good idea,” Kishida
The Lower House on Thursday rejected two motions put forward by the opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDP) against Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Lower House speaker Hiroyuki Hosoda — votes that reveal growing cracks between the main opposition parties ahead of next month’s Upper House election. While the outcome of the no-confidence votes
Fumio Kishida’s emergence last year as Japan’s third prime minister in 13 months prompted worry that Tokyo was sinking into another period of revolving-door leadership. He now looks increasingly likely to govern the country for years. Kishida’s tough stance on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and cautious response to the omicron variant surge of the coronavirus
PICTURE GALLERY (CLICK TO ENLARGE). The opposition Democratic Party for the People and Tomin First no Kai (Tokyoites First), a regional party in Tokyo, exchanged a memorandum Friday on backing each others prospects for this summer seasons Upper House election.The DPFP and Tomin First, for which Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike serves as special consultant, objective
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Sunday asked ruling party legislators to unite as one to clinch a success in the upcoming House of Councilors election and guarantee a steady coalition federal government as Japan confronts “history-making” challenges such as COVID-19 and Russias invasion of Ukraine.Kishida, who spoke as president of the Liberal Democratic Party at
