Suga picks an unnecessary and counterproductive fight
Signs are that the LDP will try to bind the science council closer to government aims, ensuring a long public fight and a further domestic and international embarrassment.
Could reform mission put Taro Kono on path to succeed Suga?
Driving reforms is giving the media- and social media-savvy 57-year-old the opportunity to raise his political profile by playing to his strengths. Will it be enough?
Ex-PM Nakasone's memorial service held amid controversy over academic freedom
The memorial service, held at a Tokyo hotel, also drew criticism from opposition lawmakers over the hefty cost of the event.
Lawmakers weigh bill to recognize birth mother status in Japan
The ruling coalition and an opposition party are considering introducing a bill to recognize that the woman who gives birth to a child as the mother in cases where she uses a third person's egg, informed sources said Friday. The ruling Liberal Democratic Party, its ...
Nobel laureate slams Suga for blocking scholars from science panel
"Prime Minister Suga will go down in history for doing such an outrageous thing," Nobel winner Toshihide Masukawa said in a message.
LDP tax chief sees room to tweak ‘terrifying’ inheritance tax for foreign nationals
A local media report earlier Wednesday said the government was considering reducing the inheritance tax for some foreign nationals starting April.
Getting 'Suganomics' on track: Three points to gauge PM's progress
The new Japanese government will be successful if early and small successes can be achieved to give it momentum.
Activists protest over Japanese lawmaker's skepticism of sex crime victims
The LDP refused to accept the petition submitted by organizers of the Flower Demo movement in protest over the comments by Mio Sugita.
Japan may need to consider compiling third extra budget, senior LDP lawmaker says
Japan may need to consider compiling another extra budget to help its economy if the current reserve fund is not enough to respond to the coronavirus pandemic, a senior Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker said. Hakubun Shimomura, the LDP's policy research council chief, said the reserve ...
LDP's Fumio Kishida seeks to merge his group with two other factions
Citing Kochikai's history of repeated splits, Kishida said: "Kochikai alone cannot change society. We need to create a larger political force."
