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Political News(2022/10/31)


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Prime Minister Kishida “Maximum effort in active summit diplomacy such as G20”

2022-10-31 19:26:00
At the Liberal Democratic Party's board meeting, Prime Minister Kishida will attend international conferences such as the G20 Summit = the summit of 20 major countries from next week, and expressed his enthusiasm for actively developing summit diplomacy.

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Terada, Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications ``No clear statement of penalties''

2022-10-31 19:22:00
Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Terada said at a special committee of the House of Representatives that ``there was a problem'' regarding the problem that the local supporters' association listed the deceased person as the accountant in the political fund income and expenditure report. He replied, ``It is not clearly stated whether it will be subject to penalties under the Political Funds Control Law.''

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Ishin Baba representative intends to resign due to unachieved scale of 600 local councilors by next year

2022-10-31 19:12:00
Baba, the representative of the Japan Restoration Party, has expressed his intention to take responsibility and resign as representative unless the current 400 local assembly members cannot be increased to 600 by next year when the unified local elections are held.

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Chief Cabinet Secretary inspects a class on the abduction issue at a junior high school and exchanges opinions with students Saitama

2022-10-31 18:42:00
Chief Cabinet Secretary Matsuno, who is in charge of the abduction issue by North Korea, observed a class at a junior high school in Ageo City, Saitama Prefecture, to deepen understanding of the issue. Afterwards, Chief Cabinet Secretary Matsuno indicated his intention to further strengthen awareness-raising activities for the younger generation.

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Terada, Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications ``No clear statement of penalties''

2022-10-31 18:16:00
Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Terada said at a special committee of the House of Representatives that ``there was a problem'' regarding the problem that the local supporters' association listed the deceased person as the accountant in the political fund income and expenditure report. He replied, ``It is not clearly stated whether it will be subject to penalties under the Political Funds Control Law.''

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Ishin Toyoshida, a member of the House of Representatives who received a recommendation to leave the party, will not leave the party and will be expelled.

2022-10-31 17:24:00
House of Representatives member Toyofumi Yoshida, who was advised to leave the party by the Japan Restoration Party, indicated that he would not leave the party and would be expelled from the party.

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Advisory Panel on “Defense Funding Sources to be Paid by the Public”

2022-10-31 14:57:00
In order to consider the drastic strengthening of defense capabilities, the minutes of the government's expert panel held this month were made public. It turns out that there was a series of opinions that the burden should be sought.

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Prime Minister's health insurance card integrated

2022-10-31 12:48:00
Prime Minister Kishida consulted with relevant ministers to unify the health insurance card and My Number card, and confirmed that they will expedite consideration of creating a system that allows people to receive medical treatment covered by insurance even if they do not have the card due to loss or other reasons.

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Relief for victims of the former Unification Church It is unclear whether the ruling and opposition parties can come to an agreement

2022-10-31 05:23:00
In discussions between the ruling and opposition parties to help the victims of the former Unification Church, the Liberal Democratic Party hopes to present a ruling party proposal that includes restrictions on large donations through so-called mind control as early as this week, but the main points of contention are the opposition parties. There is a large gap between the opinions of the two countries, and it is unclear whether they will be able to come to an agreement.

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Full-fledged discussion from today toward revision of nursing care insurance system Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare

2022-10-31 02:45:00
As the cost of long-term care continues to increase, full-fledged discussions will be held toward revision of the long-term care insurance system, such as reviewing the burden of long-term care insurance premiums for the elderly aged 65 and over and raising the self-pay burden when receiving long-term care services. will start on the 31st at the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare's expert subcommittee. The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare plans to finalize the review policy by the end of the year.

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Fukushima gubernatorial election Incumbent Masao Uchibori elected for the third time

2022-10-31 00:17:00
In the Fukushima gubernatorial election, which was a battle between an incumbent and a newcomer, the incumbent Masao Uchibori (58) won the election for the third time.

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