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HIROYUKI HOSODA

Hiroyuki Hosoda is elected as Lower House Speaker in November 2021.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 10, 2023
Former Lower House speaker and LDP heavyweight Hiroyuki Hosoda dies
The seasoned lawmaker served in key posts in the government and the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, including as chief Cabinet secretary.
Newly elected Lower House Speaker Fukushiro Nukaga
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 20, 2023
Former finance minister elected as Lower House speaker
The 79-year-old Fukushiro Nukaga, a 13-term Diet member and former finance minister, was chosen, replacing Hiroyuki Hosoda.
Fukushiro Nukaga
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 13, 2023
LDP to recommend former finance minister as Lower House speaker
Fukushiro Nukaga, 79, is expected to take over for Hiroyuki Hosoda when parliament resumes next week.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 24, 2023
Japan Lower Chamber chief denies dubious ties with Unification Church
Should the opposition camp keep adopting a hard-line approach toward the lawmaker, Kishida's government is likely to encounter difficulties in promoting his key policies.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 7, 2022
Japan's Lower House chief denies electoral support from religious group
Hiroyuki Hosoda has admitted to having additional meetings with the Unification Church and affiliated groups.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 6, 2022
Japan's lower house chief vows to explain ties to Unification Church
Connections between LDP members and the church have come under scrutiny amid concern that the group may have sought to exert political influence.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 29, 2022
Lower House speaker admits to ties with Unification Church
The revelation could deal a fresh blow to the administration of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida ahead of the fall parliamentary session.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 19, 2022
LDP under fire for excluding parliament chiefs from Unification Church survey
Hiroyuki Hosoda, speaker of the House of Representatives, and Hidehisa Otsuji, president of the House of Councilors, are not lawmakers belonging to the LDP, the party claims.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 18, 2022
Lower House speaker Hiroyuki Hosoda sues publisher over sexual scandal reports
Calling the reports groundless and defamatory, the LDP lawmaker demanded that Bungeishunju Ltd. pay him u00a522 million in damages and publish an apology ad.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 9, 2022
Bribery allegations a fresh blow for Japan's beleaguered Lower House speaker
Documents show the team of Hiroyuki Hosoda, who already faces allegations he sexually harassed women, paid cash to local assembly members.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 8, 2022
Opposition CDP submits no-confidence motions ahead of election
CDP leader Kenta Izumi has lambasted Lower House speaker Hiroyuki Hosoda over sexual harassment allegations and targeted Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's response to price hikes.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 11, 2021
Abe becomes head of largest faction in Japan's ruling LDP
Abe left the faction in 2012 before his second stint as prime minister.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 3, 2019
LDP open to ideas on Constitution from other parties, says head of revision panel Hiroyuki Hosoda
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party will respond flexibly to constitutional revision proposals from other parties, the LDP's leader on the matter said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 22, 2019
Abe to appoint more liberal LDP members to key posts in bid to spur talks on constitutional reform
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plans to place less conservative members of his ruling party in important posts related to amending the Constitution.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 22, 2018
Key LDP panel agrees to pursue Abe's proposed amendment of Japan's pacifist Constitution
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party has decided to pursue a plan proposed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to amend Article 9 of the nation’s war-renouncing Constitution and add an explicit reference to the Self-Defense Forces.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 3, 2016
Experience valued over youth in Abe's reshuffle of LDP executive
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reshuffled executives of his ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Wednesday, but gravitated heavily toward old veterans in an apparent bid to stabilize his power base.

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