Outcries fall on deaf ears as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ruling coalition skips committee-level approval to pass controversial bill.
Brushing off a stern outcry from the opposition camp, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling coalition rammed a contentious bill to criminalize conspiracy through the Diet Thursday morning, after it resorted to the extremely rare tactic of outright bypassing its committee-level approval. The enactment of the ...
The nation took the first significant step in more than a century Wednesday toward revamping its outdated sex crime laws with a Lower House committee’s unanimous passing of a package of amendments.
In a last-ditch effort to block the enactment of a contentious bill to criminalize conspiracies, the Democratic Party submitted Tuesday a motion to the Upper House calling for the removal of Kozo Akino, the chairperson of the chamber's Judicial Committee. The move immediately froze the ...
A leaked document implicating Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in a conflict of interest appears authentic, but the leader brashly insists there’s no need to reopen a probe into the matter.
As a contentious and now internationally controversial bill to criminalize conspiracies faces stiffening opposition in the Diet, dozens of local governments nationwide are voicing concerns, warning against possible human rights violations and the rise of a surveillance state. Since March, nearly 50 local governments from ...
As the bill moved forward, a heated war of words broke out between Tokyo and a United Nations expert on privacy.
A miniature replica of the Diet made from Lego blocks has been put on public display to mark the 70th anniversary of the House of Councilors. The replica, 1/70 the size of the real building — is around 3 meters wide and 0.8 meter high, ...
An education ministry probe into allegations of collusion on the part of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has turned up none of the documents cited by an opposition lawmaker as proof of wrong-doing, education minister Hirokazu Matsuno said. But the Democratic Party and the Japanese Communist ...
The no-confidence motion against Justice Minister Katsutoshi Kaneda was delaying the controversial conspiracy bill, which will likely be rammed through the powerful Lower House next week.
Ruling bloc lawmakers increasingly see the need to extend the current session of the Diet for some 40 days to ensure early passage of a contentious bill to criminalize conspiracies, sources said Wednesday. Speculation about such a major extension grew due to a delay in ...
To delay the vote on approving a new penalty against criminal conspiracy, opposition lawmakers submitted a no-confidence motion against Justice Minister Katsutoshi Kaneda.
