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LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY

BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 30, 2013
Diet OKs ¥13 trillion stopgap budget
The Diet on Friday passed a ¥13.2 trillion stopgap budget for fiscal 2013 to fund the government's spending for 50 days from Monday, with the principal budget unlikely to be enacted before May.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 23, 2013
LDP spurns merger plea by tiny Kokumin Shinto
The Liberal Democratic Party has rejected a proposal by Kokumin Shinto (People's New Party) to merge and instead is demanding that the three-man opposition force disband and the lawmakers be considered individually for membership in the ruling party.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 22, 2013
Jimi wants to be under LDP's wing for Upper House election
Shozaburo Jimi, leader of the three-Diet-member Kokumin Shinto (People's New Party), asked the ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Thursday to absorb his small opposition force apparently so he can run in this summer's Upper House election on the LDP's ticket.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 15, 2013
LDP ranks firm on TPP stance: No joining if all tariffs are to be eliminated
Lawmakers of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party have agreed to call on the government to keep the party's election pledge of refusing to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade talks if the abolition of tariffs without exception is a precondition.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 12, 2013
National Foundation Day holiday inspires Constitution-related events
Many groups in Japan organized political events Monday, the National Foundation Day holiday, on themes of celebration of the country's establishment and a possible revision of the Constitution.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 4, 2013
'Abenomics' missing the mark
The economic policies enunciated by the Abe government may have some beneficial effects, but seem inadequate in themselves to revive the Japanese economy in the long run.
EDITORIALS
Feb 1, 2013
Budget shows old LDP stripes
The nearly ¥93 trillion initial general-account budget for fiscal 2013 approved by the Abe Cabinet shows that the old Liberal Democratic Party is back.
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 24, 2013
Ruling bloc airs tax plan, eye on poll
The LDP-led government outlines a list of tax reform goals for fiscal 2013 that raises taxes on the rich, scratches breaks for the poor and curries favor ahead of Upper House poll.
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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