Komeito likely to re-elect leader Natsuo Yamaguchi for sixth term: officials
Natsuo Yamaguchi has decided to file his candidacy for the leadership election of Komeito, the junior partner in the ruling coalition led by the Liberal Democratic Party, which is set for September, related officials said Thursday. With no other prospective candidates expected to come forward, ...
Komeito chief Natsuo Yamaguchi invites Xi to visit Japan next year
Chinese President Xi Jinping has met with the leader of the junior party in Japan's ruling coalition, who invited him to visit Tokyo next year amid growing momentum to rebuild bilateral ties. "On the premise that he will visit Japan next year, I said, 'I ...
South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Thursday he hopes to visit Japan soon for talks with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, amid tensions over North Korea's nuclear and missile programs. Moon received a letter from Abe when he met with Natsuo Yamaguchi — head of Komeito, ...
Let permanent foreign residents participate in local elections: Komeito chief Yamaguchi
Natsuo Yamaguchi, head of lay Buddhist-backed Komeito, said Monday that permanent foreign residents should be granted the right to vote in local elections, presenting a stark contrast with an upstart rival challenging his party in the snap election this weekend. The question of whether to ...
LDP ally Komeito circumspect on constitutional revision in election platform
Komeito, the junior coalition partner of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party, has taken a cautious stance over the LDP's proposal to revise the war-renouncing Article 9 of the Constitution, according to its election platform released Thursday. The LDP will push for the first-ever ...
Abe eyes tax revenue for child-rearing support in election platform
Social security reform is expected to be a key policy for the ruling LDP if Prime Minister Abe calls a snap Lower House election in October.
Komeito chief Yamaguchi says Abe's idea to amend Constitution 'difficult' without public support
The leader of Komeito, the junior coalition partner to the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, expressed pessimism Wednesday about the Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ambition to amend the Constitution, including its war-renouncing Article 9, by 2020. "It would be difficult without significant public support," Natsuo Yamaguchi ...
Abe's coalition ally warns military shift could rile neighbors
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's coalition partner warned that a proposal to broaden the military's role to strike back against enemy attacks risks upsetting Japan's neighbors. "Japan has gained the trust of neighboring countries by adopting an exclusively defensive posture," Natsuo Yamaguchi, who leads the Buddhist-backed ...
Leaders of the major political parties denounced each other’s policies on the economy and Constitution on Saturday as they wound down their campaigns for the House of Councilors election.
Constitutional revision, security laws shouldn't be election issues: Komeito chief
Neither the Constitution nor the contentious security laws enacted last year should become key issues in the Upper House election, said Natsuo Yamaguchi, president of Komeito, the junior partner in the ruling coalition. "A nationwide debate over the issue of constitutional revision is so immature ...
Japan ruling coalition party invites China's Xi to visit in spring
The head of the junior partner in Japan's ruling coalition on Thursday handed Chinese President Xi Jinping a letter from Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and invited him to visit Tokyo around spring. Natsuo Yamaguchi, leader of the Komeito party, briefly met with Xi in a ...
Japan should not rule out imposing a lower rate of consumption tax on certain goods, the head of Komeito told party lawmakers Tuesday. Komeito favors the system as a way to ease the burden on low-income earners when the tax rate is raised. Natsuo Yamaguchi, ...
