Yomiuri Shimbun photosLogps of the 3 parties Jiji Press 16:28 JST, December 20, 2024 TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The secretaries-general of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, its coalition partner, Komeito,…
The coalition ruling on Friday approved an annual tax reform proposal for the next fiscal year starting in April, including an increase of the tax-free income threshold from ¥1.03 million…
Yomiuri Shimbun file photoThe Diet Building The Yomiuri Shimbun 13:58 JST, December 20, 2024 The government and ruling bloc on Thursday began making adjustments to the schedule in order for…
While Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba says he has no plans to legalize same-sex marriage through the legislature, his sympathetic comments about the issue are being hailed by activists as a…
Japan's ruling parties have approved tax reform guidelines for the next fiscal year, which include raising the minimum annual income subject to taxation. The Liberal Democratic Party gave the approval…
Arguably, no country in Asia has better reason to be in a state of anxiety over the return of Donald Trump to the White House than Japan, since the US…
Newsfrom Japan Politics Dec 19, 2024 21:29 (JST) Tokyo, Dec. 19 (Jiji Press)--Japan's government and ruling parties are considering convening next year's ordinary session of the Diet, the country's parliament,…
ISTANBULIn a show of stability amid growing political turmoil over the president's short-lived imposition of martial law, South Korea Thursday pledged to continue its trilateral alliance with US and Japan.The…
TOKYO-- Tsuneo Watanabe, the powerful head of Japan's largest newspaper who had close ties with the country's powerful conservative leaders, has died, his company said Thursday. He was 98.Watanabe, the…
So far, it has been a long and bumpy road for Japan and China. The Japan-China Joint Communique, issued in September 1972 when the two countries agreed to put an…