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
The head of Japan’s largest labor organization, Rengo, attended a meeting Monday of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party to discuss social security, a sign that the two sides may be warming to each other ahead of this summer’s House of Councilors election. The participation of Tomoko Yoshino in an LDP meeting is quite rare, bolstering
The opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan last week rolled out a new management lineup, identified to take on the Liberal Democratic Party-Komeito ruling bloc with spirited conversations about the federal governments newest stimulus bundle and the supplemental budget plan that will money it.The expected barbecuing from the biggest opposition celebration would have most likely
