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 ¥22 million in damages and publish an apology ad.
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.
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.
Lower House's Hiroyuki Hosoda weighs suit against magazine over harassment reports
Hiroyuki Hosoda said he is considering to sue a weekly magazine's reports about his alleged acts of sexual harassment.
Speaker of Japan's Lower House facing sexual harassment allegation
The allegation, first reported by a weekly magazine, could become the first major scandal involving the administration of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida since its launch in October last year.
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. Hiroyuki Hosoda, who made a comeback as head of the LDP Headquarters for the Promotion of Revision of the Constitution last month, mentioned ...
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.
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. Abe, who is eager to make the first-ever revision to ...
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. Abe promoted Toshihiro Nikai, 77, who formerly served as chairman of the LDP's General Council, to ...
A bill to revise the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's bylaw to promote the healthy development of youths has been voted down by the metropolitan assembly amid some controversy. Its main feature was to limit where a store could display cartoons and animation that depict the ...
