Public split over idea of NHK scrambling broadcasts to exclude nonpaying viewers: poll
The public is evenly divided over whether TV broadcasts by NHK should be scrambled to make them viewable only by paid viewers, a survey shows. The survey by Jiji Press found that 39.0 percent of respondents agree with the idea, 37.1 percent disagree and 23.9 ...
'Can anyone beat Koike?' LDP and others wary ahead of 2020 Tokyo gubernatorial vote
Political parties seem undecided right now over how to contest next year's gubernatorial election in Tokyo, or even whether to field candidates at all. Gov. Yuriko Koike is expected to run for a second four-year term. Her first term of office is set to end ...
Despite winning more seats in Upper House vote, Komeito officials worry about losing support
Komeito boosted its presence in the House of Councilors in the latest election, but a sense of crisis among party officials has deepened as the number of votes it acquired under the proportional representation system fell by more than 1 million compared to the ...
To many voters, the election was a chance to endorse or repudiate the Abe administration’s performance since he returned to power in December 2012.
Liberal Democratic Party leading in poll for single-seat districts in Upper House election
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party has gained a lead over opposition forces in 22 out of the country's 32 single-seat constituencies ahead of Sunday's Upper House election, the latest Kyodo News poll shows. In the prefectural-based districts where only one seat is up for grabs, ...
Ahead of Upper House vote, Komeito and Abe remain apart on revision of pacifist Constitution
While Prime Minister Abe touts constitutional revision as the focal point of Sunday’s election, that topic is conspicuously absent from campaign speeches by the LDP’s coalition partner, Komeito.
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, ...
Pro-Constitution reform bloc might not be able to win two-thirds majority in election
The ruling coalition and other forces in support of constitutional amendments may fall short of a two-thirds majority, or 164 seats, in the new House of Councilors to be elected in the triennial poll next Sunday, a Jiji Press survey suggested Sunday. Any amendment to ...
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's ruling coalition aims to win majority of seats available in Upper House election
The ruling coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito aim to win a majority of the seats up for grabs in the upcoming Upper House election, a senior ruling party lawmaker said Monday. "We will aim to win at least 63" out of the ...
Nearly 40 percent of the public nationwide approve of the Osaka merger plan, far exceeding those who oppose it, an opinion poll said. As many as 14.5 percent of respondents clearly support the plan to realign the Osaka Municipal Government into special districts in a ...
Lawmakers on Friday called for more efforts to eradicate discrimination against residents who were born abroad, and their descendants, three years after the Diet enacted a law to counter hate speech. A cross-party group of four House of Councilors members who helped pass the legislation ...
