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With Abe re-elected, local governments now look for him to deliver on campaign promises
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe secured strong support from the Liberal Democratic Party's local chapters in securing a third term as president of the party. Now, just over six months before nationwide gubernatorial and assembly elections take place in April 2019, Abe and his LDP must ...
Abe tops Ishiba in Liberal Democratic Party election and secures historic third term
Japan’s prime minister comfortably beat his only contender, securing 553 out of a total 807 votes.
LDP contenders Abe, Ishiba joust over policy in first pre-election face-off
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe repeated on Monday that he wants to revise war-renouncing Article 9 of the Constitution to clarify the ambiguous status of Japan's military if re-elected president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Sept. 20. Abe's proclamation set him apart from his ...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plans to announce his candidacy Sunday for the Liberal Democratic Party leadership contest next month as he looks to secure a third consecutive term as LDP chief, a senior party lawmaker said Wednesday. During his visit to Kagoshima Prefecture over the ...
Under new management: LDP's Takeshita faction looks to regroup, field viable candidate
Internal strife in the third-largest and once most powerful faction of the governing Liberal Democratic Party has come to an end with the resignation of its leader. Former Finance Minister Fukushiro Nukaga, who took the helm of the faction in September 2009, had been under ...
In Japan no one wants to talk about sex education
The English "penis" — which rhymes with "Venice" in katakana — is the preferred technical term when discussing male genitalia in Japan, but even that seems to be taboo in broadcast situations.
Japan ruling bloc wants Finance Ministry to report on Moritomo papers by Thursday
The ruling parties agree to ask the Finance Ministry to report by Thursday the results of its probe over alleged altered documents on the sale of state-owned land to Moritomo Gakuen.
The LDP factions and their leaders should make their policy positions clear as they prepare for the party's presidential race.
LDP backs away from election promise of 'free education' election promise
Ruling Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers tasked with drawing up proposed constitutional amendments approved a plan Tuesday that does not include a guarantee to make all education free. The LDP's decision comes as the party continues to debate proposed revisions, with an aim toward presenting a ...
Consumption tax revenue distribution to depend less on how much consumers spend
The distribution of consumption tax revenue to local governments across the country is set to depend less on the total amount consumers spend in each area, it has been learned. The envisioned measure is expected to boost the amount of tax revenue local governments receive. ...
Identifying the 'liberal' in Japanese politics
The current group of conservative public figures in the United States wants to return to an age when certain middle-class values were ascendant, without acknowledging that many of those values were realized because President Franklin Roosevelt implemented progressive social policies and trade unions had ...
Eight years is a long time in Japanese politics and people are quick to forget, but things were vastly different then. In summer 2009, the Democratic Party of Japan won a sweeping victory against the Liberal Democratic Party-Komeito ruling coalition in the Lower House election, ...
