National Dec 30, 2020
The government is looking to set up a panel of experts to discuss the issue in 2021.
National / Politics Dec 11, 2020
Oshima ties Kono's record as longest-serving Lower House speaker
The 74-year-old took up the post in April 2015 and was reappointed after the 2017 Lower House election.
National Nov 30, 2020
Support for Suga slides as latest virus wave worsens
by Isabel Reynolds
Public approval could play into when he’ll call the next election, which must be held in less than a year.
National Nov 27, 2020
Japan's Diet debates proposed law on referendums to change Constitution
The bill was submitted mainly by the ruling bloc and Nippon Ishin in June 2018, but has been carried over since due to concern among opposition lawmakers.
National / Politics Nov 20, 2020
Komeito deputy chief to run for Kawai's Hiroshima seat, riling LDP
Tetsuo Saito, now in his ninth term as a Lower House member, says he wants to secure the seat for the ruling coalition.
National / Politics Sep 30, 2020
Karen Makishima becomes first woman to lead LDP's youth unit
Past prime ministers such as Noboru Takeshita, Taro Aso and Shinzo Abe previously held the Youth Division top post.
National / Politics Sep 6, 2020
LDP exec eyes snap election as soon as Abe's successor picked
The Lower House may be dissolved for a general election as soon as a replacement for incumbent Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is picked later this month, a leading Liberal Democratic Party figure said Sunday. "It is possible it will be timed to seek voter response ...
National / Politics Aug 24, 2020
Kozo Watanabe, former Japanese Lower House vice speaker, dies at 88
Kozo Watanabe, former vice speaker of the House of Representatives, has died at the age of 88, people close to him said Monday. Watanabe, who was elected 14 times to the Lower House, had retired from politics after deciding not to run in the 2012 ...
National / Politics Aug 11, 2020
Japan election in October 'difficult,' says LDP strategy chief
“It is difficult to dissolve the chamber unless anxieties among the public (about the pandemic) start to dissipate," said Hakubun Shimomura.
National / Politics Aug 2, 2020
Autumn snap election speculation recedes amid Japan's coronavirus resurgence
by Eric Johnston
An election win this fall could help Abe pick a successor or extend his term past 2021, but it would also prove highly unpopular in the middle of a pandemic.
National / Politics Jul 2, 2020
LDP heavyweight Shigeru Ishiba against dissolving Lower House early
Speculation about a possible general election this coming fall has been rife among political circles.