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…
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…
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…
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…
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Tuesday that he will aim for a conclusion on the issue of donations from companies and other organizations to political parties by the end of…
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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…
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…
A revised bill to abolish specific political funds allocated to legislators for their political activities — criticized for their lack of transparency — cleared the Lower House on Tuesday, with…
The opposition Democratic Party for the People's tax chief on Monday hinted at the possible termination of discussions with the ruling bloc over the lifting of the minimum annual taxable…