An abdication bill drafted strictly for Emperor Akihito cleared the House of Representatives on Friday, setting the stage for its passage by the Diet on June 9. Thanks to a consensus reached by the political parties ahead of time, the Lower House approved the legislation ...
Lawmakers have drawn up a bill to promote parent-child interactions after divorces and marital separations, encouraging parents to maintain ties with their children mainly via visitations.
The Diet has enacted a voting reform law that will trim the Lower House by 10 seats and rezone electoral districts to address a national vote weight disparity that has put the results of Japanese elections "in a state of unconstitutionality." Enacted on Friday by ...
An Upper House Diet committee on Tuesday began deliberating a bill that seeks to eliminate hate speech, labeling it as "unforgivable." The Liberal Democratic Party-Komeito ruling bloc portrays the bill as a landmark achievement. However, there is mounting criticism from some quarters that the legislation is ...
Senate Democrats on Wednesday blocked a bill that would crack down on Syrian and Iraqi refugees coming to the U.S. as the debate turned into a referendum on Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and his policies. Senate Democrats sought to force election-year votes as Trump ...
The government has worked out a draft bill to ban drones from flying over crowded urban areas as well as during nighttime, sources close to the matter said Thursday, a move taken in response to concerns that the unmanned aircraft could be used for ...
A group of lawmakers made history Friday by submitting a bill to the Upper House that would outlaw racism and hate speech. Sponsored by lawmakers from the Democratic Party of Japan and Social Democratic Party, the bill would prohibit all forms of racial discrimination, including ...
The Lower House approved legislation Thursday that would, if enacted, enable the government to access citizens' bank deposit records and loosen the rules around how companies use personal customer information. The legislation comprises two bills. The first is an amendment to the law on numbering ...
The U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to pass a bill giving Congress the right to review, and potentially reject, an international nuclear agreement with Iran. The 98-1 vote sent the measure to the House of Representatives, which is expected to consider it as soon ...
The U.S. House of Representatives will vote to fully fund the Department of Homeland Security this week while blocking President Barack Obama's actions on immigration, House Speaker John Boehner said on Tuesday. The $39.7 billion spending bill was expected to pass by Wednesday, when House ...
Suspected Nazi war criminals would be blocked from receiving U.S. government pension benefits under a bill unanimously approved Tuesday by the House. The measure would shut a loophole that allowed suspected Nazis to be paid millions of dollars in benefits. Under the bill, benefits would ...
The Liberal Democratic Party and ruling coalition ally Komeito have drawn up a draft amendment to the Pharmaceutical Affairs Law that would allow sales bans on quasi-legal drug products to be applied nationwide rather than just to a single store, according to sources close ...
