Three tests Ishiba must pass to survive in 2025
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba managed to survive 2024 following his Liberal Democratic Party's loss of a majority in the Oct. 27 Lower House election, which forced him to work with…
Trump’s Pentagon policy pick pushed for Japan to spend 3% of GDP on defense
US President-elect Donald Trump has announced a slew of picks to fill key Pentagon positions, but his choice to be the Defense Department's policy chief may be the most consequential…
Ishiba makes concessions to opposition to maintain power
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's minority government has made a series of concessions to gain opposition support for its supplementary budget, which passed the House of Representatives on Thursday.Ishiba's efforts to…
Japan’s government submits ¥13.9 trillion extra budget for fiscal 2024
The government submitted to parliament on Monday its fiscal 2024 draft supplementary budget, with ¥13.94 trillion ($92.97 billion) in general-account spending. The budget will finance a comprehensive economic package, the…
¥21.3 sought to help with adding phonetic readings in family registers
The Justice Ministry hopes to secure ¥21.3 billion ($139 million) in the planned fiscal 2024 supplementary budget to lighten municipalities' work following a law revision to make stating the phonetic…