National Apr 20, 2021
Japan should consider scrapping Olympics, former finance chief says
by Yuko Takeo and Emi Urabe
Ex-Finance Minister Jun Azumi highlighted that recent polls showed 70% of the public are against holding the Tokyo Games.
National / Politics Sep 2, 2020
Senior Japan opposition lawmaker raps LDP for 'factional politics'
Senior opposition lawmaker Jun Azumi on Wednesday criticized the ruling Liberal Democratic Party for engaging in faction-based politics for its upcoming leadership election. "It's like the election is already over," Azumi, the parliamentary affairs chief of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, told ...
National / Politics Oct 25, 2019
Japan trade chief Isshu Sugawara exits amid allegations he broke election campaign law
by Satoshi Sugiyama and Sakura Murakami
A tabloid’s expose on a funeral gift to a supporter ousts the METI chief after just a month and a half in office.