2024-02-08 22:28:00
On the night of the 8th, Prime Minister Kishida met with President Ruto of Kenya, who is visiting Japan, and conveyed his intention to support African countries that are affected by soaring food prices due to Russia's prolonged invasion of Ukraine. Ta.
2024-02-08 21:47:00
Regarding the relationship with the former Unification Church during the last House of Representatives election, Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Moriyama reiterated that there was no request for support, and that no activity reports such as telephone calls could be confirmed, and that he would continue to assume responsibility for his duties. We emphasized the idea of fulfilling our goals.
2024-02-08 21:08:00
A group of conservative members of the Liberal Democratic Party, with former Prime Minister Abe as a "permanent advisor" and Economic Security Minister Takaichi as an advisor, will hold biweekly meetings on Thursdays, when each faction has previously held meetings. became. Given that factions within the party have decided to disband one after another, they would like to appeal to like-minded members to join the party.
2024-02-08 20:49:00
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Moriyama said that regarding the report that he received election support from the former Unification Church in the last House of Representatives election, he has reiterated that he cannot confirm the fact or activities that he requested, and that he intends to continue fulfilling his duties. I emphasized.
2024-02-08 20:42:00
Of the 98 members and other organizations that had not recorded party income received from factions of the Liberal Democratic Party in their political funds balance reports, 72 of them were able to confirm corrections to their income and expenditure reports by noon on the 8th. When NHK analyzed the amount, it was found that approximately 70% of the newly discovered donations from the faction were not used and were recorded as ``amount carried over to the next year''.
2024-02-08 19:18:00
Finance Minister Suzuki has indicated that the government has no plans to implement fixed-amount tax cuts such as income tax that will be implemented from June this year over multiple years.
2024-02-08 19:06:00
The House of Representatives Budget Committee, which is deliberating the new fiscal year budget bill, will hold intensive deliberations on topics such as political funding issues with Prime Minister Kishida requested to attend on the 14th of next week.
2024-02-08 18:28:00
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Moriyama said that regarding the report that he received election support from the former Unification Church in the last House of Representatives election, he has reiterated that he cannot confirm the fact or activities that he requested, and that he intends to continue fulfilling his duties. I emphasized.
2024-02-08 15:55:00
Prime Minister Kishida met with the chairperson of the working team set up under the Liberal Democratic Party's "Political Reform Headquarters" in response to issues surrounding factional political funding parties, and discussed the regulation of political funding in order to restore trust in the party. He instructed them to proceed with discussions on matters such as legal revisions and party reform.
2024-02-08 14:47:00
Prime Minister Kishida met with members of the Liberal Democratic Party's executive committee, including Vice President Aso and Secretary-General Motegi, and confirmed the progress of hearings being held regarding issues surrounding factional political funding parties. We discussed future measures.
2024-02-08 14:43:00
Maehara, representative of the Association for the Realization of Free Education, said in response to the Democratic Party of Japan's decision to withdraw from negotiations with the ruling party over the ``trigger clause'' that would suspend the taxation of the additional portion of the gasoline tax. I think we need to take some precautions since we said we would take the risk,'' said Tamaki, expressing his belief that responsibility should be taken.
2024-02-08 12:40:00
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Moriyama said that regarding the report that he received election support from the former Unification Church in the last House of Representatives election, he has reiterated that he cannot confirm the fact or activities that he requested, and that he intends to continue fulfilling his duties. I emphasized.
2024-02-08 05:33:00
In order to secure financial resources to combat the declining birthrate, the government has decided to provide financial support to those under 74 years of age, including working-age people, through the "support money system" collected through public medical insurance, including the burden paid by employers. We are making adjustments in the direction of asking for about 90% of the total burden.
2024-02-08 04:43:00
The outline of a new system to support crime victims that the government is aiming to introduce has been revealed. Lawyers will provide comprehensive and continuous support to victims and bereaved families of murders, dangerous driving causing death, etc. from an early stage.
2024-02-08 04:31:00
Regarding the relationship with the former Unification Church in the last House of Representatives election, Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Moriyama explained that he may have signed the ``Recommendation Confirmation'', which is effectively a policy agreement, without fully reading the contents. The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan plans to further pursue him, saying that he is unfit to serve as the minister in charge of requesting the order to disband the religious group.
2024-02-08 02:03:00
On the 7th, Tokyo Governor Koike met with President Tsai Ing-wen and President-elect Lai Kiyotoku during a visit to Taiwan, where they exchanged opinions on cooperation in the field of disaster prevention.
