Japan's opposition parties struggle to stay on message over consumption tax
Major opposition parties are wary of smaller peers’ calls for the rate to be lowered back to 5 percent, although they are largely unified in opposition to the 10 percent rate.
Ahead of the Upper House election on Sunday, party leaders and executives were asked the main issues they want to raise with voters, including the economy, the pension system and constitutional revision. LDP Despite growing concerns triggered about the pension system by a recent government report, ...
Campaign kicks off for Japan Upper House poll, a litmus test for constitutional reform and tax hike
The focus will be on whether the LDP and other forces in favor of constitutional amendment will be able to retain their current two-thirds supermajority.
Japanese politics finds ways to target youth
The Liberal Democratic Party's campaigns to encourage younger generations to take an interest in politics stirs media criticism.
Abe Cabinet survives no-confidence motion in Lower House over handling of pension report
Opposition parties launched a last-ditch offensive before the Diet session ends, taking aim at what they say is a failure to address concerns about the nation’s pension system.
Opposition to submit no-confidence motion against Abe Cabinet
Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan leader Yukio Edano has decided, jointly with other opposition parties, on the party's plan to submit a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet during the ongoing Diet session, informed sources said Saturday. The envisaged motion is aimed at ...
Opposition parties submit bill to legalize same-sex marriage in Japan
Major opposition parties have submitted a bill that would permit same-sex marriage, a move that comes weeks after Taiwan became the first place in Asia to legalize gay marriage. The bill, submitted Monday, is unlikely to go far in the Diet, where the ruling Liberal ...
Japan's CDP, DPP and JCP won't face each other in one-seat districts in bid to topple Abe's LDP
The main opposition parties have decided to field single candidates in most one-seat districts in this summer's Upper House election to more effectively face off with ruling party candidates, their members said Wednesday. Under the agreement involving the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, the Democratic ...
With opposition fractured, LDP bags over half of prefectural seats in first leg of polls
The results show that support for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s party remains firm ahead of the Upper House election set for this summer.
Incumbent Omura easily wins third term in Aichi gubernatorial election against sole JCP challenger
Hideaki Omura won a third term in the Aichi gubernatorial election Sunday, defeating a challenger backed by the Japanese Communist Party. The 58-year-old incumbent garnered 1,774,763 votes, against 355,311 votes collected by his only contender, Saichi Kurematsu, 62, who is head of the prefecture's labor ...
Former chief of Japanese Communist Party lauds Emperor for staying out of politics
Former Japanese Communist Party leader Tetsuzo Fuwa has praised Emperor Akihito for, unlike his father, staying away from politics as stipulated by Article 4 of the Constitution. Emperor Hirohito, posthumously called Emperor Showa, "did not seem to care about Article 4," which bans the Emperor's ...
Working moms in Japanese politics juggle hectic life, aided by outside support
Being a politician is taxing enough. But juggling that job and being a mom is hectic, to say the least. As the government takes various measures to encourage more women to work, the realm of politics has yet to become a friendly environment for working ...
