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Political News(2022/12/14)


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Liberal Democratic Party Prime Minister's remarks “Error in announcement” Corrected “People” to “We”

2022-12-14 23:01:00
The Liberal Democratic Party has corrected some of the statements made by Prime Minister Kishida at the board meeting on the 13th, saying that there was an error in the statement that he pointed out the need to raise taxes to finance the increase in defense spending.

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Democratic Party for the People's ``emergency clause''

2022-12-14 20:03:00
The ruling and opposition parties are discussing the "emergency clause" as one of the themes of constitutional revision. I have summarized the draft.

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NISA Expansion Invoice System What will happen to the tax reform?

2022-12-14 19:53:00
The LDP and New Komeito parties have agreed on major items other than the tax hike measures related to the increase in defense spending. What will happen to taxes that are deeply connected to our lives, such as the expansion of the preferential tax system "NISA" for individual investors and measures to reduce the burden of the consumption tax invoice system that will start in October next year?

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Prime Minister Kishida's plan to make the "childbirth and childcare support subsidy" system permanent

2022-12-14 19:49:00
Concerning child-rearing support measures, Prime Minister Kishida received a proposal from the New Komeito Party regarding subsidies to reduce the burden of pregnancy and childbirth, which was included in this year's supplementary budget. He showed the idea of ​​aiming for permanence.

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Defense spending increase Liberal Democratic Party tax survey Executives present a draft plan for the third tax increase

2022-12-14 19:17:00
The Liberal Democratic Party's tax system investigation committee held a meeting on the 13th to discuss the tax increase policy to cover the financial resources for the increase in defense spending, and executives said that they would combine three tax items: corporate tax, tobacco tax, and "special income tax for reconstruction". I showed the draft of the tax increase proposal. In response, attendees voiced their concerns one after another, saying, "It may hinder reconstruction."

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Defense spending increase Liberal Democratic Party tax survey Executives present a draft plan for the third tax increase

2022-12-14 18:06:00
Concerning the tax increase policy to cover the financial resources for the increase in defense spending, the Liberal Democratic Party's tax system investigation committee held a meeting following yesterday, and executives decided to combine three tax items: corporate tax, tobacco tax, and "reconstruction special income tax". I showed the draft of the tax increase proposal. In response, attendees voiced their concerns one after another, saying, "It may hinder reconstruction."

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Last year's House of Representatives election disparity of one vote Argued in the Grand Bench of the Supreme Court

2022-12-14 17:11:00
The Supreme Court has held arguments to hear the arguments of both the plaintiff and the defendant in a trial in which it is disputed whether the maximum disparity in one vote of 2.08 times in the House of Representatives election last October violated the constitution. . A verdict is expected to be handed down by the end of the year.

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Defense spending increase Liberal Democratic Party tax survey Executives present a draft plan for the third tax increase

2022-12-14 16:52:00
Concerning the tax increase policy to cover the financial resources for the increase in defense spending, the Liberal Democratic Party's tax system investigation committee held a meeting following yesterday, and executives decided to combine three tax items: corporate tax, tobacco tax, and "reconstruction special income tax". I showed the draft of the tax increase proposal. In response, attendees voiced their concerns one after another, saying, "It may hinder reconstruction."

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Prime Minister Kishida informs the Ukrainian ambassador of his intention to promote further winter support

2022-12-14 16:45:00
Prime Minister Kishida met with Ukrainian Ambassador to Japan Korsunsky and expressed his intention to further assist Ukraine in wintering, which is facing a severe winter as domestic power generation facilities cannot operate sufficiently due to the military invasion of Russia. I told you.

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Foreign Minister Hayashi will coordinate with China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi in the direction of a meeting later this month

2022-12-14 16:20:00
Following the recent summit meeting between Prime Minister Kishida and Chinese President Xi Jinping, Foreign Minister Hayashi will visit China at the end of this month and started coordination with Foreign Minister Wang Yi. If realized, it will be the first visit to China by a foreign minister in about three years.

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To review the technical intern training system Experts' meeting on points of contention, including the abolishment and restructuring of the system

2022-12-14 15:14:00
In order to review the technical intern training system, which allows foreigners to learn skills while working, a study by government experts began on the 14th, and it was agreed that the issue would include the abolishment and restructuring of the system.

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Council approves question proposal to exercise second right to question former Unification Church

2022-12-14 14:37:00
The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) held a council made up of scholars and others to approve the proposed question items regarding the exercise of the second right to ask questions based on the Religious Corporation Law against the former Unification Church. We plan to exercise the right to ask questions as early as the 14th and seek answers by the 6th of next month.

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Liberal Democrat tax officials Increased defense spending financial resources Proposed combination of three taxes such as corporate tax

2022-12-14 13:39:00
The Liberal Democratic Party's tax research committee held a meeting on the 13th to discuss tax hikes to finance the increase in defense spending. I showed the draft of the plan.

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Liberal Democrat tax officials Increased defense spending financial resources Proposed combination of three taxes such as corporate tax

2022-12-14 12:46:00
The Liberal Democratic Party's tax system investigation committee held a meeting on the 13th to discuss the tax increase policy to cover the financial resources for the increase in defense spending, and executives said that they would combine three tax items: corporate tax, tobacco tax, and "special income tax for reconstruction". I showed the draft of the tax increase proposal.

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Last year's House of Representatives election disparity of one vote Argued in the Grand Bench of the Supreme Court

2022-12-14 12:46:00
In the House of Representatives election held in October last year, the Supreme Court argued that it was unconstitutional that the so-called disparity in one vote was 2.08 times the maximum, and the lawyer group that filed the lawsuit said, "Election. is invalid." On the other hand, the Election Commission countered that "the situation does not go against the demand for equal voting value."

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To exercise the right to ask questions to the former Unification Church for the second time

2022-12-14 12:23:00
The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) held a council made up of scholars and others to consult on proposals for question items regarding the exercise of the second right to ask questions based on the Religious Corporation Law against the former Unification Church. This time, we are asking for a focused report to judge the organization, maliciousness, and continuity of the actions of the former Unification Church.

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Liberal Democrat tax officials Increased defense spending financial resources Proposed combination of three taxes such as corporate tax

2022-12-14 12:00:00
The Liberal Democratic Party's tax system investigation committee held a meeting on the 13th to discuss the tax increase policy to cover the financial resources for the increase in defense spending, and executives said that they would combine three tax items: corporate tax, tobacco tax, and "special income tax for reconstruction". I showed the draft of the tax increase proposal.

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Liberal Democrat tax officials Increased defense spending financial resources Proposed combination of three taxes such as corporate tax

2022-12-14 11:14:00
The Liberal Democratic Party's tax research committee held a meeting on the 13th to discuss tax hikes to finance the increase in defense spending. I showed the draft of the plan.

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Proposal to raise tax on defense spending

2022-12-14 05:05:00
Regarding tax hikes to finance the increase in defense spending, executives of the Liberal Democratic Party's tax system research committee plan to present a rough draft of a tax increase plan at a meeting of the research committee on the 14th. In light of the fact that there are a series of opinions opposing the discussion, we decide to get together before the meeting to decide how much specific we should include.

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Liberal Democratic Party Kentaro Sonoura voluntarily interviews Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office

2022-12-14 01:48:00
The special investigation department of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office Sonoura has been accused of failing to include the income of about 40 million yen for several political fund parties in the income and expenditure report of a political group represented by Kentaro Sonoura, a member of the House of Representatives of the Liberal Democratic Party. Interviews with people involved revealed that he had voluntarily heard the circumstances from Mr. The Special Investigation Department appears to have asked Mr. Sonoura to explain the process leading up to the creation of the income and expenditure report.

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