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Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 20, 2019
Kochi gubernatorial race seen as barometer on voter attitudes toward Abe
Kochi Prefecture's gubernatorial election Sunday pitting a ruling coalition-backed candidate against an opponent supported by the main opposition parties is being seen as an important gauge of voter sentiment amid recent scandals that have engulfed Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and on opposition camp unity.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Oct 2, 2019
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.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 4, 2019
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.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jun 29, 2019
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.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 25, 2019
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.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 4, 2019
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.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 30, 2019
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.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 8, 2019
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.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 25, 2018
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.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 16, 2017
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.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Oct 18, 2017
Views from Osaka: Will you vote on Sunday? If so, based on what? If not, why not?
Japanese citizens in Kansai's commercial capital were asked whether they plan to cast a ballot in the Oct. 22 Lower House poll — and why (or why not).
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / Decision 2017
Oct 16, 2017
Japanese Communist Party says dialogue, not pressure will work on North Korea
The leader of the Japanese Communist Party says Japan should shift from pressure to dialogue in its effort to curb North Korea's nuclear development program.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 18, 2017
No-confidence vote falters, paving way for conspiracy bill to be rammed through Lower House
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.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 17, 2017
Opposition makes last-ditch effort to block conspiracy bill
To delay the vote on approving a new penalty against criminal conspiracy, opposition lawmakers submitted a no-confidence motion against Justice Minister Katsutoshi Kaneda.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Apr 29, 2017
Voter apathy can threaten democracy
On April 17 the Asahi Shimbun reviewed the results of various local elections that had taken place the day before. The main story was not who got voted in or out, but whether or not anyone cared.
JAPAN
Feb 25, 2017
Records of nationalist Osaka school's land purchase gone: ministry
Records of the negotiations on a heavily discounted land deal between the government and a nationalist school in Osaka have already been discarded, it is learned.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 20, 2017
Diet chiefs try to unite parties on emperor abdication issue but consensus eludes
The Diet remains divided by the abdication issue after political parties hold separate hearings with the heads of both chambers.
EDITORIALS
Dec 31, 2016
The political landscape in 2017
With the opposition in disarray, the ruling bloc can bide its time and call the next election when Abe is good and ready.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 29, 2016
Lower House passes pension reform bill amid opposition protest
A bill aimed at keeping Japan's pension system sustainable in the face of a graying and shrinking population passed in the House of Representatives Tuesday amid fierce protests from opposition parties.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 21, 2016
Opposition party members walk out ahead of Diet committee deliberation on TPP
In protest of remarks made by Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Yuji Yamamoto on Tuesday suggesting the ruling parties could steamroll approval of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade pact through the Diet, lawmakers belonging to the two largest opposition parties walked out before Diet deliberations began on Friday.
With eye on China, defense chiefs agree to bolster interoperability
From left: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Australian defense chief Richard Marles, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro hold a joint news conference in Honolulu on Thursday.
Harajuku strives to reclaim its former glory — and surpass it
Laforet Harajuku, which celebrated its 45th anniversary last year, has been a witness to the district's evolution over the years.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Debate on constitutional revision at a standstill despite Kishida's pledges
With less than two months left before the conclusion of the current session of parliament, any possibility that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida can deliver constitutional reform before the end of his term as Liberal Democratic Party president in late September, as he has promised, appears remote.
Japan's May 1 intervention may have cost ¥3.66 trillion, BOJ data suggests
An electronic screen displays a graph showing Japanese yen exchange rates surging against the dollar amid signs of intervention by authorities, in Tokyo on Thursday.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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