National lawmakers earned ¥24.12 million ($214,600) on average last year, up 6.3 percent from 2015, due partly to an increase in compensation, data from the Diet showed Monday. The top earner was Upper House member Keizo Takemi of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, who reported ...
An Osaka-based nonprofit organization has announced it will create an online group dedicated to letting any member of the public follow politicians’ money trails.
Many politicians make innaccurate statements, and most people can't be bothered to question them.
This is the season of lies. We watch with fascination as candidates for the world's most powerful job trade falsehoods and allegations of dishonesty. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump routinely calls rival Ted Cruz "Lyin' Ted." Cruz retorts: "Falsely accusing someone of lying is itself a ...
A dozen years later, American politics has reached a rough consensus about the Iraq War: It was a mistake. Politicians hoping to be president rarely run ahead of public opinion. So it's a revealing moment when the major contenders for president in both parties find ...
A nationwide survey of assemblywomen said Friday that just over 54 percent of female lawmakers feel uncomfortable when exposed to sexist acts, remarks or verbal abuse from assemblymen. "Such sex discrimination has been a major obstacle for women seeking assembly membership as well as for ...
Tokyo prosecutors decided Wednesday not to indict former Justice Minister Midori Matsushima and Yoshimi Watanabe, the former head of the now-defunct Your Party, for allegedly violating election law and other laws. The prosecutors dropped the case against Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Matsushima, who resigned as ...
More than 80 percent of the winning candidates in Sunday's election approve of amending the Constitution, far exceeding the two-thirds majority required to propose a constitutional amendment for a national referendum.
Americans should give thanks for living in such an entertaining country.
British Prime Minister David Cameron is facing calls to launch a full-scale inquiry into allegations that well-known politicians abused children in the 1980s, after an official said the government had lost files that may shed light on the matter. The allegations, which purportedly involve powerful ...
They're just a bunch of scaremongers Raising alarm wherever they can And drinking their fill all the while fern fronds and clouds the world is that cold and dark But before they know it These fellows Rot all on their own Are washed away by the rains all on their own Leaving nothing but silent ...
