Political News(2024/01/15)
Representative Mizuami Sugita recognizes human rights violation as “regrettable and unreasonable without opportunity for explanation”
2024-01-15 23:14:00
At a New Year's press conference held in Yamaguchi City on the 15th, Liberal Democratic Party member of the House of Representatives Mizumi Sugita had the opportunity to explain his side regarding the fact that his past blog posts were recognized as human rights violations last year. He claimed that he was not given a refund and that it was regrettable and unreasonable.
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Prime Minister Kishida meets with Deputy Governor Aso, former Prime Minister Suga, and others and exchanges views on the nature of factions
2024-01-15 22:12:00
Prime Minister Kishida met individually with Deputy President Aso, who serves as the top advisor for the Liberal Democratic Party's Political Reform Headquarters, and former Prime Minister Suga, and exchanged opinions on matters such as the nature of factions.
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Prime Minister Kishida: ``We will focus on promoting secondary evacuation and showing future prospects''
2024-01-15 20:06:00
Prime Minister Kishida told reporters at the Prime Minister's Office, ``Efforts such as life-saving rescue and efforts to eliminate isolated villages have been given top priority since the disaster struck.We have also been proactive in improving the environment at evacuation centers.'' However, we must continue to make efforts." He added, ``As it will take a considerable amount of time to build infrastructure such as roads and water supply, we must put even more effort into secondary evacuation from the perspective of protecting the lives and health of disaster victims.Recovering infrastructure and constructing temporary housing.'' It is important to show people the outlook for their future evacuations, so they can feel at ease about their secondary evacuations, and we would like to put particular emphasis on promoting secondary evacuations and showing future prospects.'' .
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Political party support rate: 45.0% for those who do not support a political party NHK poll
2024-01-15 19:45:00
This is the approval rating for each party in January.
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Discussion on response to the Noto Peninsula earthquake; agreement reached in intensive deliberation at the House of Representatives Budget Committee on the 24th
2024-01-15 19:26:00
In order to discuss responses to the Noto Peninsula earthquake, the ruling and opposition parties have agreed to hold intensive deliberations at the House of Representatives' Budget Committee on the 24th of next week, with Prime Minister Kishida and others invited, prior to the convening of the ordinary Diet session.
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Communist Party Chairman Shii said at the party convention, “Promote joint struggle with opposition parties and increase seats in the House of Representatives election”
2024-01-15 19:16:00
At the start of the Communist Party's convention, Chairman Shii stated, ``We need to end Liberal Democratic Party politics,'' and emphasized the idea of working together with the opposition parties and aiming to increase the number of seats in the next House of Representatives election. At the party convention, the focus will be on whether Shii will continue to serve in the new executive committee.
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Kishida cabinet support rate: 26% “support”, 56% “not support” NHK poll
2024-01-15 19:00:00
According to an NHK opinion poll, the number of people who answered that they "support" the Kishida cabinet increased by 3 points from the survey conducted in December last year to 26%, while the number of those who answered that they "did not support" decreased by 2 points. It was 56%.
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The Meiji Restoration and the ``Association for Realizing Free Education'' agree to form a unified faction.
2024-01-15 18:58:00
The Japan Restoration Party and the new party ``Association for Realizing Free Education,'' launched by Seiji Maehara and others, have agreed to form a unified faction to work together in the Diet.
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Liberal Democratic Party member Yaichi Tanikawa resigns as chairman of the Nagasaki Prefectural Federation due to issues surrounding political funding.
2024-01-15 18:03:00
In response to the issue surrounding the political funding party of a faction of the Liberal Democratic Party, Yaichi Tanigawa, a member of the Abe faction who is elected to the Nagasaki 3rd Ward of the House of Representatives, has resigned as chairman of the Nagasaki Prefectural Federation.
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Prime Minister Kishida “Raising wages and increasing investment for small and medium-sized enterprises is important” Dialogue with business owners
2024-01-15 15:28:00
Prime Minister Kishida held a sit-down dialogue with small and medium-sized business owners and called for their cooperation, stressing the importance of raising wages and increasing investment in small and medium-sized enterprises in order to overcome deflation, and said that the government intends to support companies' efforts. I told you.
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Liberal Democratic Party Chairman Moriyama “Consider amending the Political Funds Control Act as necessary”
2024-01-15 14:41:00
In response to the problems surrounding the LDP's faction's political funding party, Chairman of the Board of Governors Moriyama expressed his intention to consider amending the Political Funds Control Act as necessary and to ensure thorough compliance with laws and regulations.
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Chief Cabinet Secretary Hayashi: “We have expressed our congratulations on Taiwan’s presidential election and look forward to deepening cooperation.”
2024-01-15 14:17:00
Regarding the protest from the Chinese side over Foreign Minister Kamikawa's congratulations to Mr. Kiyotoku Lai, who won Taiwan's presidential election, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hayashi stated that he had expressed congratulations regarding the election in the past and would continue to do so. He expressed his intention to deepen cooperation with Taiwan from a consistent standpoint.
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North Korea’s ballistic missile “estimated to be medium-range, details under analysis” Chief Cabinet Secretary
2024-01-15 12:47:00
Regarding the ballistic missile launched by North Korea on the 14th, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hayashi estimated that it was an intermediate-range ballistic missile, but added that analysis was underway to determine whether it was a hypersonic weapon. It has been revealed that a system is in place to share information instantly among the three countries of South Korea. Regarding the ballistic missile launch on the 14th, North Korea announced that it was a test of a solid-fuel intermediate-range ballistic missile that can be launched more quickly than conventional liquid-fueled missiles, and that it was equipped with a warhead that can glide at hypersonic speeds. I am claiming.
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North Korean missile launch on the 14th: Senior officials from Japan, the US, and South Korea hold phone talks to strongly condemn
2024-01-15 12:14:00
On the 14th, in response to North Korea launching a ballistic missile, senior officials from Japan, the United States, and South Korea held a telephone conversation, strongly condemning the launch, and agreed to closely cooperate with each other in the United Nations response. I confirmed it again.
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Communist Party's first party convention in four years starts today, focusing on continued appointment of Chairman Shii
2024-01-15 05:17:00
Starting on the 15th, the Communist Party will hold its first party convention in four years to discuss a resolution that includes the aim of increasing the number of seats in the next House of Representatives election. New executive personnel will be announced on the final day, the 18th, and the focus will be on whether Chairman Shii, who has served for over 20 years, will continue in his role.
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Liberal Democratic Party Political Reform Headquarters holds meetings for all members to discuss factional reform
2024-01-15 05:16:00
Political reform is expected to be a major issue during the regular Diet session due to the issue surrounding the political funding party of a faction of the Liberal Democratic Party. The Liberal Democratic Party plans to hold an interim report from its ``Political Reform Headquarters'' before convening the Diet, and will hold a meeting this week for all members of the party to continue discussions.
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