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…
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…
Japan opposition parties bill submit for free school meals
Three opposition parties, including the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, jointly submitted a bill Monday to make school lunches free at public elementary and junior high schools. The…
Parliament wraps up showing minority government’s lack of control
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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…
LDP and opposition far from consensus over corporate donations
The governing Liberal Democratic Party and opposition parties were far from reaching a consensus Thursday over whether to ban donations from companies and organizations to political parties, a key issue…
Approval rate of Ishiba’s Cabinet dips to 26.8%, poll shows
Public support for Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's Cabinet dipped 1.9 percentage points from the previous month to 26.8%, a Jiji Press opinion poll for December showed Thursday.The Cabinet's approval rate…
LDP submits bill banning most political funding but leaves ‘loophole’
The Liberal ruling Democratic Party on Monday submitted to the Lower House a new bill to revise the political funding law that would ban so-called funding for political activities but…
CDP and DPFP to coordinate basic policies
The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and the Democratic Party for the People will set up a forum shortly to coordinate basic policies in areas including the economy, foreign affairs…
Ishiba questioned on political reform, social issues and the economy
In parliamentary questioning Monday, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba was grilled over issues ranging from the Liberal Democratic Party's approach to political reform and his stance on social issues to the…