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Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 18, 2021

In a handful of U.S. states, early data hint at a rise in breakthrough infections

With the arrival of the contagious delta variant, COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths among vaccinated Americans also may have increased, according to preliminary figures.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba during an interview with reporters at the Liberal Democratic Party's headquarters in Tokyo on Sunday night
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 28, 2024

Japan faces political upheaval after LDP-led coalition loses majority

The electoral rout opens up a potential path for the opposition to steer the lower chamber’s agenda if they can act cohesively.
Koichi Hagiuda thanks his supporters early Monday in Tokyo after his victory in Sunday's general election became certain.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 28, 2024

60% of 'slush fund' candidates lose in Japan Lower House poll

The severe outcome reflected renewed criticism against the LDP that arose in the final stage of the election campaign.
Nippon Ishin no Kai leader Nobuyuki Baba speaks during the party's executive meeting in Osaka on Thursday as co-leader Hirofumi Yoshimura looks on.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 1, 2024

Nippon Ishin likely to hold leadership election after poor showing at the polls

Calls for leader Nobuyuki Baba's resignation have grown following the party's poor showing in Sunday's general election.
Japan's Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Tetsuo Saito arrives at Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on Oct. 1.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 2, 2024

Land minister Tetsuo Saito set to lead Komeito

Saito will be picked to head the party by its leadership on Thursday, before being formally elected on Nov. 9.
Komeito chief Tetsuo Saito says the party needs to "return to where it started so as to regain power" during a news conference in Hiroshima on Saturday.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Nov 19, 2024

Komeito's clean, pacifist image fades after 60 years

Komeito has faced a conundrum in choosing between upholding its founding philosophy and staying in the coalition government.
Masafumi Tabuchi leaves Tokyo police headquarters on Saturday.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 30, 2024

Defeated Japan election candidate held over promising to pay campaign staff

Paying or promising to pay campaign staff is a violation of the election law.
Hirofumi Yoshimura at a news conference in Kita-ku, Osaka, on Sunday
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 1, 2024

Nippon Ishin elects Osaka Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura as new leader

Hirofumi Yoshimura succeeds current Nippon Ishin no Kai leader Nobuyuki Baba, who decided to step down after the Lower House election.
Osaka Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura is elected as Nippon Ishin no Kai's leader in the city of Osaka on Sunday.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 2, 2024

New Nippon Ishin leader vows to keep distance from other parties

Hirofumi Yoshimura says the party’s strategy is to not take sides with parties in the ruling or the opposition camps.
Prosecutors said Tamotsu Shiiki, 58, had sex with a 12-year-old girl at a karaoke parlor on Aug. 20 after he approached her on the streets, well aware that she was underage.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 5, 2024

Former Nippon Ishin lawmaker pleads guilty to statutory rape

The lawmaker had approached her on the streets of the Kabukicho entertainment district in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on Aug. 20 and was aware she was underage.
Komeito lawmaker Natsuo Yamaguchi speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Thursday.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 5, 2024

Ex-Komeito chief Yamaguchi won't run for Upper House district seat

The 72-year-old did not say whether he will aim to secure a proportional representation seat or retire from politics.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in Tokyo on Friday. Tokyo prosecutors have dropped charges against 65 current and former Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers and their secretaries, including Ishiba, in relation to the party's slush funds scandal.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 27, 2024

Prosecutors drop cases against LDP lawmakers over slush fund scandal

With the decision, the LDP hopes to turn the page on the scandal, which heavily damaged public trust in the party.
Ryohei Iwatani, secretary-general of Nippon Ishin no Kai, holds a news conference on Wednesday in the National Diet Building.
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 23, 2025

Nippon Ishin proposes primaries to unify opposition candidates

The proposal calls for conducting online public opinion polls in constituencies where multiple opposition parties plan to field candidates.
The Ishiba Cabinet's approval rating has risen 0.3 percentage point in February, at 28.5%, while its disapproval rating was down 0.2 point at 40.1%, according to Jiji Press opinion poll.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 13, 2025

Public approval for Ishiba Cabinet steady at 28.5%, poll finds

The Cabinet approval rating was up 0.3 percentage point, while its disapproval rating was down 0.2 point at 40.1%.
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party has most support from eligible voters ahead of this summer's election for the House of Councilors, a Jiji Press poll showed Thursday.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 17, 2025

LDP has most support ahead of Upper House election, poll shows

Respondents who said they will vote for the LDP in the Upper House's proportional representation bloc accounted for 20.6%.
Shinji Ishimaru, leader of the regional political party Path to Rebirth, holds a news conference on March 14 in Tokyo.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 20, 2025

Party of Tokyo governor race challenger Ishimaru to field 10 Upper House candidates

Ishimaru himself, however, does not plan to run in the election for the upper chamber of parliament.
Takahiro Anno, 34, announced Thursday that he will run in the Upper House election this summer as president of his newly founded party, Team Mirai.
JAPAN / Politics
May 8, 2025

After Tokyo election bid, AI engineer Takahiro Anno to run in Upper House race

Anno described entering the race without backing as a ‘baseless, fameless and fundless’ challenge, but said he thinks he has a good chance of winning.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's Cabinet saw its approval rate rewriting the lowest level in May since he took office last October last year.
JAPAN / Politics
May 22, 2025

Ishiba Cabinet approval falls to 20.9% in new poll

The Cabinet's disapproval rating rose 1.7 points to 52.9%.
Former Lower House lawmaker Shiori Yamao at a news conference in Tokyo on Tuesday
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 11, 2025

DPP withdraws election candidacy of scandal-hit Shiori Yamao

The move came in the wake of backlash aimed at the party for fielding Yamao, who has been mired in a series of scandals.
Former Komeito leader Natsuo Yamaguchi addresses a meeting of the party's lawmakers held in the Diet building on Friday.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 20, 2025

Former Komeito head Natsuo Yamaguchi to retire from politics

Yamaguchi served as Komeito chief for eight terms, or 15 years, through last September.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Monday that his ruling coalition aims to secure a majority in the Upper House.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 24, 2025

Japan sets Upper House election for July 20

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Monday that his ruling coalition aims to secure a majority in the Upper House. The bloc needs to win at least 50 seats to achieve the goal.
Sanseito supporters applaud Saya, Sanseito candidate for the Upper House election from Tokyo, and Manabu Matsuda, a candidate from proportional representation, at a public rally at Tsukiji Market on June 28.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Jul 1, 2025

Sanseito touts 'Japanese First' rhetoric to gain support

Some observers say conservative voters who left the Democratic Party for the People are turning to the fledgling opposition party by default.
Yuichiro Tamaki, head of the Democratic Party for the People, speaks during an interview on Tuesday at the parliament building.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 2, 2025

DPP pledges to increase take-home pay ahead of Upper House election

The opposition party is looking to raise its seat count in the chamber to 21, which would enable it to independently submit bills needing budgetary measures.
Social Democratic Party leader Mizuho Fukushima speaks during an interview on Jun. 27 at the Diet building.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 3, 2025

SDP campaign to focus on inflation and opposing military expansion, leader says

The SDP exists to prevent people from starving and the country from going into war, said party leader Mizuho Fukushima.
People listen to an election campaign speech in Miyazaki Prefecture on Thursday.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 3, 2025

Ishiba government’s survival may be at stake in July Upper House election

Election campaigning for the pivotal vote officially kicked off Thursday, with all eyes on how the ruling Liberal Democratic Party-Komeito coalition will perform.
Voters listen to a stump speech in Tokyo on Thursday as campaigning for the July 20 Upper House election kicked off.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 4, 2025

Women make up fewer than 30% of candidates in upcoming Upper House election

Japan's law for promoting gender equality in politics calls on political parties to make the number of male and female candidates as equal as possible.
Sanseito leader Sohei Kamiya explains his campaign promises in Tokyo on June 30 for the Upper House election.
COMMENTARY / Japan / From Party Leaders
Jul 4, 2025

Japan’s Do It Yourself Party: Who we are and where we are headed

Our core philosophy is “to protect Japan’s national interests and bring about harmony in the world.”
Nippon Ishin no Kai chief and Osaka Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura smiles at voters in Osaka's Chuo Ward on July 3 as campaigning for the House of Councilors election officially begins.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 8, 2025

In Upper House election, Nippon Ishin faces key test in birthplace Osaka

One senior Nippon Ishin no Kai official said the party leader's goal of six seats in the July 20 election can't happen without two seats from Osaka.
People listen as Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (not pictured) speaks on Sunday in Kikuchi, Kumamoto Prefecture.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 14, 2025

Ruling parties could lose majority in Upper House election, poll suggests

A Mainichi Shimbun poll shows the ruling coalition might end up falling short of the 50 seats they need to maintain their majority in the Upper House of parliament.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who serves as president of the Liberal Democratic Party, delivers a campaign speech in Yokohama on July 6.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 16, 2025

Ishiba faces bad poll numbers with Upper House vote only days away

Losing a majority in the Upper House would pile pressure on Ishiba to resign and kickstart efforts by the ruling coalition to find an opposition party to join it.
SDF spots China’s biggest aircraft carrier for first time
The Fujian aircraft carrier is seen in Shanghai in May 2024 as it leaves for its first sea trial.
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
Is America ready for Japanese-style 7-Elevens?
Convenience stores are a fixture of Japanese life and 7-Eleven, a chain that began in the U.S. in 1927, opened its first store in Japan in 1974 — and then became wholly Japanese-owned in 2005 through parent company Seven & I Holdings.
Final weeks of World Expo in Osaka likely to see large crowds
With one month left to go, crowds are expected to swell at the World Expo in Osaka during its final weeks.
Japan's elderly population down at around 36.2 million
The estimated number of people age 65 or older in Japan stands at 36.19 million as of Monday, accounting for record 29.4% of the country's total population, according to the internal affairs ministry.
Pole vault rivals in awe after Duplantis has another historic night in Tokyo
Sweden's Armand Duplantis competes in the men's pole fault final during the World Athletics Championships at National Stadium in Tokyo on Monday.
Japan's major art events converge this fall
Shinji Ohmaki’s “Tokinokage” exhibited at Fuji Textile Week 2021 shows the use of fabric as art.
Tara Davis-Woodhall leaps to gold and finds redemption at world championships
Tara Davis-Woodhall celebrates after winning the women's long jump final at the World Athletics Championships at Tokyo's National Stadium on Sunday night.
An aesthetic escape to Hakone’s art-drenched hills
Between traditional examples of fine art and sleek, modern exhibitions that blend with nature, Hakone offers a unique escape from Tokyo's urban sprawl.
Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation
Takeshi Niinami resigns as chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings.

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