Politics & Diplomacy Nov 25, 2014

LDP releases platform ahead of snap election, including pledge for tax break on necessities

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Tuesday officially pledged to cut the consumption tax on daily necessities by fiscal 2017 in a bid to ease the impact of another hike planned for April that year. The party also promised that it would not delay ...

Politics & Diplomacy Jun 26, 2013

DPJ hopes platform derails 'Abenomics'

by Ayako Mie

The Democratic Party of Japan, hoping to rebrand itself as the only viable alternative to the Liberal Democratic Party, unveiled a hastily resurrected platform for next month’s Upper House election with vows to help the middle class, revive its reactor phaseout goal and oppose ...