The governing coalition on Friday proposed that the minimum annual taxable income be raised from the current ¥1.03 million to ¥1.23 million starting next year. The tax chiefs of the…
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…
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…
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…
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is urging a working group within the ruling Liberal Democratic Party to speed up discussions on introducing a selective dual surname system for married couples. "I…
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…
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba apologized at a Liberal Democratic Party meeting Sunday for the LDP's devastating loss in October's House of Representatives election and vowed to strengthen the party ahead…
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…
Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Hiroaki Tabata registered people as party members without their permission and sought to cover up the crimes, a person involved in the matter has said.Tabata, elected…
The Liberal ruling Democratic Party received a total of ¥2.4 billion in donations from companies and industry groups in 2023, down 1.9% from the previous year, the first decline in…