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UPPER HOUSE

Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 29, 2015
Cabinet sees rise in approval rate to 48.3%
According to an opinion poll over the weekend, the public support rate for the Cabinet of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe rose 3.5 points to 48.3 percent.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 28, 2015
Opposition must work out unified campaign strategy
If Japan is to have a thriving democracy, the opposition camp must come together and offer the Liberal Democratic Party real competition.
EDITORIALS
Oct 23, 2015
Opposition eyes campaign tie-up
The opposition camp could cut into the ruling bloc's grip on the Diet if the parties can agree to cooperate for next summer's Upper House election.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 16, 2015
LDP to solicit would-be candidates in online campaign aimed at drawing youth vote
The Liberal Democratic Party is attempting to reach the youth vote ahead of next summer's Upper House election.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 14, 2015
Opposition contests chaotic Upper House vote, assails LDP for amending record of events
Was the vote valid?
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 25, 2015
DPJ, Ishin no To discuss common ground, possible joint campaign for Upper House election
The nation's two largest opposition parties agreed Friday to start discussing common ground with a view to fighting the Upper House election next summer with a united front.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 18, 2015
Ruling bloc on verge of enacting security laws
The battle over Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's publicly divisive security bills enters its final phase as the Upper House shrugs off the opposition's latest tricks and prepares to vote.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 17, 2015
Foes stand their ground as ruling bloc presses hard for vote on contentious security bills
The ruling bloc tried to clear a key hurdle to enact its contentious security legislation at the Upper House on Wednesday night, but the move was met with vehement protests from opposition lawmakers and thousands of angry demonstrators who gathered in a rally around the Diet building.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Aug 30, 2015
Changing residence registries seen as key for young voter turnout in Japan
Getting youngsters to vote in next year's Upper House election may mean coaxing them to be more independent-minded once they leave the nest.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 6, 2015
Opposition slams LDP in pushing anti-discrimination bill
The lawmakers said successive Liberal Democratic Party-led governments had failed for decades to establish a law against racial discrimination, allowing hate speech to flourish.
EDITORIALS
Jul 30, 2015
Upper House vote reform falls short
The recent changes to the Upper House districts fall far short of addressing in a meaningful way the disparity in vote values.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 28, 2015
Upper House districts set for shake-up after electoral reform laws pass Diet
Several Upper House electoral districts are set to be merged after the Diet passes reform legislation to rectify sharp gaps in the weight of votes among those constituencies.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 27, 2015
Upper House begins debate on controversial security bills
Debate over the security bills to overhaul Japan's postwar defense policies kicks off in the Upper House.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 24, 2015
Upper House electoral districts set for historic postwar shake-up to end election 'unconstitutionality'
The bill, jointly submitted by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and four opposition parties, rectifies sharp gaps in the weight of votes among a number of constituencies.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 23, 2015
LDP OKs Upper House electoral reform bill for submission with four opposition parties
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Wednesday endorsed a bill proposed by four opposition parties to narrow vote disparities between constituencies in House of Councilors elections.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 10, 2015
LDP OKs Upper House electoral reform plan to narrow vote value gap
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party has endorsed an electoral reform plan proposed by four opposition parties to reduce disparities in the weight of votes in Upper House elections, paving the way for district changes for next summer's race.
EDITORIALS
Mar 31, 2015
Local politics matter
Races for this year's nationwide series of local elections kicked off with the start of official campaigns last week for gubernatorial elections in 10 prefectures on April 12 — the same day that local assembly seats in 41 prefectures and 22 major cities will also be contested.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 27, 2014
Opposition slams LDP failure to effect electoral reforms after top court lets lopsided poll stand
A feeling of relief swept among the ranks of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party amid intensifying criticsm from the opposition camp following Wednesday's Supreme Court ruling that judged a recent national election bordered on unconstitutionality but let the poll's outcome stand.
EDITORIALS
May 14, 2014
Redressing vote-value disparity
Lawmakers' personal interests should not be allowed to stand in the way of reforms to reduce the disparity in the value of votes.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 20, 2014
Record ¥95.88 trillion budget OK'd
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will visit the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam this weekend to express regret over the vandalism at Tokyo libraries of hundreds of books related to the young Holocaust victim.
Tokuryū, a new crime menace in Japan, emerges from the shadows
The National Police Agency coined the term "tokuryū" to classify individuals involved in dark part time jobs and quasi-gangsters, using the words "tokumei" (anonymous) and "ryūdo" (fluid) to reflect their characteristics.
Thanks, tourists. Views of Mount Fuji are now blocked.
Tourists pose in front of a convenience store with Mount Fuji on Friday in the town of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture. Local residents are upset over littering, overcrowding and the inconvenience caused by the visitors.
Is Modi’s party heading for a stunning election loss?
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's campaign tactics have escalated, including anti-Muslim rhetoric and fearmongering, reflecting his ruling party's desperation.
Two more arrested over brutal murder of couple in Tochigi
A vehicle carrying Seiha Sekine, the 32-year-old common-law husband of the deceased Tokyo couple's first daughter, leaves a police station in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward on Tuesday.
After blockbuster boxing victory, what next for ‘Monster’ Inoue?
Naoya Inoue celebrates his victory over Luis Nery in their IBF-WBA-WBC-WBO super bantamweight title boxing match at Tokyo Dome on Monday.
Stormy seas ahead as Beijing and Manila trade barbs over secret deal
Philippine Marines wave to Philippine Navy personnel and the media during a resupply mission at their military outpost, the BRP Sierra Madre, a warship run aground in the disputed Second Thomas Shoal in 1999, in the South China Sea, in March 2014.
Unlike 10 years ago, Japan's new security bill sparks little debate
The Lower House starts discussing a security clearance bill on April 19 in Tokyo.
After blockbuster boxing victory, what next for ‘Monster’ Inoue?
Naoya Inoue celebrates his victory over Luis Nery in their IBF-WBA-WBC-WBO super bantamweight title boxing match at Tokyo Dome on Monday.
Xi bristles as Macron and von der Leyen urge China to do more on Ukraine
French President Emmanuel Macron, Chinese leader Xi Jinping and European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen walk after their meeting in Paris on Monday.
How a Japanese scientist is turning the climate crisis into music
A screencap of a performance of Hiroto Nagai's “String Quartet No. 1 ‘Polar Energy Budget’” by the PRT Quartet

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