Japan PM Ishiba rules out forming grand coalition for now
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Monday ruled out the possibility of forming a grand coalition with opposition parties for now, saying that he will do his utmost to seek broad…
Plan Considered to Calculate Buildings’ Lifetime CO2 Output; Japan Government Seeking to Decarbonize Construction Sector
Yomiuri Shimbun file photoA construction site in Tokyo The Yomiuri Shimbun 16:10 JST, January 6, 2025 The government is discussing a plan to require owners and builders to…
Japanese Politics in 2025: Seven Challenges Threaten to Unseat Ishiba
Japan's political developments in 2025 will most certainly be fraught with twists and turns. The minority government of Prime Minister Ishiba faces seven formidable challenges: four relating to events, two…
Japan’s LDP lawmakers seen actively forming new groups
Liberal Democratic Party legislators are actively forming new groups after most of the ruling party's traditional factions went defunct amid public criticism of their money scandal.While the minority government of…
FOCUS: Japan’s main opposition party fails to boost clout after Oct. vote
Japan's main opposition party, led by former Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, has struggled to bolster its presence despite its breakthrough in the Oct. 27 House of Representatives election, in which…
Japan to map out defense export strategy within 2025
Japan plans to map out a strategy within 2025 to boost defense equipment exports by enhancing the international competitiveness of its defense industry.The government aims to strengthen the industry's foundation…
How fear and conspiracy fuel theories South Korea’s political crisis
SEOUL – Every day for the past week, Kim Kwon-seop, 72, has joined thousands of others gathered near the home of South Korea's impeached president, Yoon Suk Yeol. They were…
Blinken wades into political crisis with stop in South Korea
Seoul – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives late Sunday in crisis-riven South Korea where he will seek delicately to encourage continuity with the policies, but not tactics, of…
CDP chief Noda rejects grand coalition with LDP
Ise, Mie Pref. – Former Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, leader of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, on Saturday rejected the idea of forming a grand coalition with…
Japan’s Trade Minister: Biden’s Block of US Steel Sale Regrettable; Concerns Allegedly Voiced Over Future Investment
Yomiuri Shimbun file photoThe Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry building in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo The Yomiuri Shimbun 14:55 JST, January 4, 2025 Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yoji…