With the Upper House election a month away, Japanese politics will soon kick into high gear. The parliament is set to close on June 15, and campaigning will likely begin on June 22, with voters casting their ballots on July 10. For its part, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party is already primed and ready for
The administration of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Tuesday compiled a package of new economic measures featuring ¥6.2 trillion in spending to fend off the impact of booming oil and other commodity prices. With Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the resulting geopolitical tensions accelerating an existing global wave of inflation that has been seeping into
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
IMAGE GALLERY (CLICK TO ENLARGE). A former lawmaker of Komeito, the junior party in Japans judgment union, pleaded guilty on Monday to illegally moderating public loans to companies, consisting of some struck by the coronavirus pandemic.Kiyohiko Toyama, who stepped down as a Komeito Lower House member in February last year, is implicated of receiving a
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
