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MASAHIKO KOMURA

Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 26, 2017
Komeito member quits Diet over misuse of lawmakers' housing
Hiroaki Nagasawa, a senior vice minister in the government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and a Komeito party member, resigned Tuesday from the House of Councillors after letting an acquaintance stay at a housing complex for lawmakers.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 25, 2017
LDP Vice President Komura won't run in Lower House election
Veteran lawmaker Masahiko Komura, vice president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, has decided not to run in the Lower House election next month after deciding it will be too physically taxing, a source close to the matter said Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 7, 2017
Abe's special envoy tries to enlist Iran to add pressure on North Korea
A special envoy of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday called on Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to cooperate in putting more pressure on North Korea following Pyongyang's sixth nuclear test earlier this month.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 7, 2017
LDP deputy Komura hails China's vote for latest North Korea sanctions
The deputy head of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Monday hailed China's decision to vote in favor of a new U.N. Security Council sanctions resolution against North Korea to respond to its banned intercontinental ballistic missile tests.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 27, 2017
Constitution should enshrine civilian control of Self-Defense Forces: LDP vice president
The vice president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, which is working on a proposal to amend the postwar Constitution for the first time, says the principle of civilian control of the Self-Defense Forces should be made clear through an addition to the war-renouncing Article 9.
JAPAN
Jan 9, 2017
Former Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura cancels Iran visit
Former Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura has canceled a trip to Tehran following the death of former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, the government said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 6, 2016
LDP vice president says 'zero possibility' Abe will revise Article 9 after Upper House poll win
Masahiko Komura says a victory in Sunday's election will not lead to a change in the Constitution's war-renouncing Article 9.
JAPAN / Politics
May 6, 2016
Abe unlikely to call double election, says LDP vice president
The vice president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party said Friday that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is unlikely to dissolve the Lower House for a rare double election in sync with the Upper House poll this summer, citing last month's deadly earthquakes in Kyushu.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 18, 2015
Japan lawmakers want to revisit controversial conspiracy law in wake of Paris attacks
Several influential lawmakers have proposed adopting a previously rejected law that would give the government a stronger hand to address terrorism.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 3, 2015
LDP vice chief eyes Russia trip to pave way for Putin's Japan visit
A veteran ruling Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker is making arrangements to visit Russia, possibly in late January, to pave the way for a visit by President Vladimir Putin to Japan sometime in 2016, according to a different senior LDP member.
JAPAN / Politics
May 11, 2015
Japan has no future if it only follows U.S.: Chinese military officer
A senior Chinese military officer has warned a group of senior Japanese politicians that Tokyo should avoid expanding its security alliance with Washington if it doesn't want relations with Beijing to deteriorate, a source with direct knowledge of their meeting said+.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 4, 2015
Japanese lawmakers visit Beijing in bid to improve bilateral ties
A group of senior Diet members from the ruling and opposition parties arrived Monday in Beijing in the hopes of keeping up momentum for increased exchanges with China.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 9, 2015
Japan, China lawmakers agree to try to mend bilateral ties
Senior Japanese and Chinese lawmakers agreed Thursday to make efforts toward healing relations damaged by rows over wartime history and the Senkaku Islands.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 25, 2015
LDP vice president urges Abe to uphold past WWII apologies
The vice president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party urged Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday to uphold past government apologies and expressions of remorse for Japan's wartime aggression in Asia as Abe prepares to issue a statement on the 70th anniversary of World War II's end.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 8, 2014
LDP's Komura, Putin aide meet to pave way for Russian president's visit
Masahiko Komura, vice president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, has held talks with Sergey Naryshkin, a close aide to President Vladimir Putin, in Moscow to pave the way for the Russian leader's Japan visit, which was planned for this fall but has been postponed.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 13, 2014
LDP exec tells China he thinks Abe will not visit Yasukuni Shrine again
Liberal Democratic Party Vice President Masahiko Komura said Sunday that he told a Chinese official in May he does not believe Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will make another visit to war-linked Yasukuni Shrine.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 10, 2014
LDP seeks defense deal by Friday
Unless the ruling coalition strikes a deal this week, Cabinet will be unable to approve the use of collective self-defense during the current Diet session, a senior Liberal Democratic Party minister says.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 22, 2014
Komeito to LDP: Self-defense not same as collective defense
The Liberal Democratic Party and New Komeito remain at odds as the ruling coalition debates the contentious proposal to revamp defense policy by reinterpreting the Constitution.
JAPAN / Politics
May 14, 2014
LDP, New Komeito to start talks on collective self-defense next week
Liberal Democratic Party Vice President Masahiko Komura pushes talks next week with coalition partner New Komeito on collective self-defense in hopes a decision on the issue is reflected in Japan-U.S. defense guidelines by the year's end.
JAPAN
May 9, 2014
Lawyers blast LDP bid to tweak Sunagawa ruling
A group of lawyers released a statement Friday expressing outrage over the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's recent move to "forcibly" interpret a high-profile 1959 Supreme Court ruling to justify its claim that Japan is allowed to wield the right to collective self-defense.

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