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Political News(2023/01/17)


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Ritsumin Yokohama City Council Appeals for “Matahara” Warning to Branch Chief Without Approval

2023-01-17 22:48:00
The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDP) said that the Yokohama City Council member, who belongs to the party, was not harassed when she complained that she was not nominated for the election due to her lack of activity due to pregnancy and childbirth. Kazuma Nakatani, a member of the House of Representatives, who serves as the branch president, was cautioned by the secretary-general.

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Ritsumin Renho criticized as a problem with Izumi's ability to communicate over last year's Upper House election

2023-01-17 21:57:00
Renho of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors, criticized Izumi's ability to communicate the party's lack of support in last year's House of Councilors election, and ordered the party's executives to strengthen the communication of policies. I was.

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Ritsumin expulsion of Imai Ruru Expressing intention to run for prefectural assembly on the recommendation of the Liberal Democratic Party

2023-01-17 19:30:00
The Constitutional Democratic Party announced its intention to run as an independent candidate for the Gifu Prefectural Assembly election in April this year with the recommendation of the Liberal Democratic Party for Mr. Ruru Imai, who ran as an official candidate for the party's 5th district in the House of Representatives election last year. was recognized as a serious anti-party act and was expelled from the register.

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Liberal Democrats and Meiji Restoration Confirmed to proceed with discussions on constitutional revision and security policy

2023-01-17 19:25:00
Prior to the convocation of the ordinary Diet session next week, executives of the Liberal Democratic Party and the Japan Restoration Party held talks and confirmed that they would proceed with discussions on constitutional revision and security policy, etc. Did.

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Komei Yamaguchi Concerned about the proposal to review the redemption period of government bonds Financial sources for increased defense spending

2023-01-17 18:49:00
Regarding the financial resources for the increase in defense spending, the LDP is considering a plan to secure it by reviewing the redemption period of national bonds.

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Reiwa's policy to replace members of the House of Councilors

2023-01-17 18:48:00
Dr. Suidobashi Following the resignation of a former member of the House of Councillors, the Reiwa Shinsengumi's policy was to have five members take turns every year for the remaining term of office. Contrary to the spirit of

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Opposition party "defense tax hike" unacceptable

2023-01-17 18:29:00
Prior to the regular session of the Diet, the chairmen of the Diet Affairs Committee of the opposition parties held talks and agreed that the government's policy of increasing the defense tax was unacceptable, and that they demanded sufficient discussion and opposed an easy tax increase.

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This year's political party grants total 31.5 billion yen for 9 parties

2023-01-17 18:10:00
The total amount of political party grants scheduled to be delivered to each party this year is over 31.5 billion yen for nine political parties, with the LDP having the largest amount of approximately 15.9 billion yen, and the Constitutional Democratic Party of approximately 6.8 billion yen. am.

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Izumi Ritsumin, Representative of the Ordinary Diet, "We will correct the political stance of the government and ruling parties."

2023-01-17 18:01:00
Izumi, the leader of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, criticized the Kishida Cabinet for promoting a "defense tax increase" without public debate, and for losing trust in politics. He emphasized the idea of ​​​​collaborating and cooperating with the government and ruling parties to correct their political stance.

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Requirement for forced sexual intercourse Difficulty in expressing intention to disagree

2023-01-17 16:50:00
In order to revise the Penal Code in line with the actual situation of sexual crimes, the Legislative Council has presented a revised draft proposal that makes it difficult for the victim to express "will not consent" as a component of the crime of forced sexual intercourse. I was.

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Reiwa's policy to replace members of the House of Councilors

2023-01-17 16:43:00
Dr. Suidobashi Following the resignation of a former member of the House of Councillors, the Reiwa Shinsengumi's policy was to have five members take turns every year for the remaining term of office. Contrary to the spirit of

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Liberal Democrat Ryuichi Seto wins election

2023-01-17 16:40:00
With the resignation of a member of the House of Representatives of the Liberal Democratic Party, Mr. Ryuichi Seto was elected from the list of proportional representation in the House of Representatives election last year.

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Liberal Democrat Masafumi Tanaka wins election

2023-01-17 16:39:00
With the resignation of a member of the House of Councilors of the Liberal Democratic Party, Masafumi Tanaka was elected from the list of proportional representation in the House of Councilors election in the first year of Reiwa.

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Reiwa Oshima Kyushuo advances to election Dr. Suidobashi resigns as a member of the House of Councilors

2023-01-17 16:38:00
Following the resignation of Reiwa Shinsengumi's Dr. Suidobashi, a member of the House of Councilors, Mr. Kyushuo Oshima was elected from the list of proportional representation in the House of Councilors election held last year.

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Komei Yamaguchi Concerned about the proposal to review the redemption period of government bonds Financial sources for increased defense spending

2023-01-17 16:26:00
Regarding the financial resources for the increase in defense spending, the LDP is considering a plan to secure it by reviewing the redemption period of national bonds.

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House of Councillors Regular Diet on the 26th and 27th, the ruling and opposition parties agree on representative questions from each party

2023-01-17 16:20:00
Concerning the ordinary session of the Diet to be convened next week, the House of Councillors, like the House of Representatives on the 23rd, the day of convocation, will deliver four government speeches, including a policy speech by Prime Minister Kishida. The ruling and opposition parties agreed to do so. It was also confirmed that at the plenary session on the 24th, Prime Minister Kishida and all ministers will attend and report on the financial results of the previous fiscal year (FY2021) and ask questions.

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Meeting of related ministries to materialize ``countermeasures against declining birthrate'' First meeting on 19th

2023-01-17 15:39:00
The first meeting of a new conference of related ministries and agencies will be held on the 19th in order to materialize the "different dimension countermeasures against the declining birthrate" proposed by Prime Minister Kishida.

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Government postpones repayment deadline of approximately 7.8 billion yen of ODA to Ukraine

2023-01-17 15:21:00
In order to reduce the economic burden on Ukraine, which is under military invasion from Russia, the government has announced that Japan's ODA = Official Development Assistance will expire at the end of this year. decided to postpone the repayment of

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Requirement for forced sexual intercourse Difficulty in expressing intention to disagree

2023-01-17 14:49:00
In order to revise the Penal Code in line with the actual situation of sexual crimes, the Legislative Council has presented a revised draft proposal that makes it difficult for the victim to express "will not consent" as a component of the crime of forced sexual intercourse. I was.

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Former Unification Church to exercise third right to ask questions Religious Corporations Council to be held tomorrow

2023-01-17 14:28:00
At a press conference, Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Nagaoka expressed his intention to open a religious corporation council on the 18th to exercise the right to ask questions for the third time on the issue of the former Unification Church.

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Defense Minister Hamada apologizes for the escort ship accident "Investigate the cause and work to prevent recurrence"

2023-01-17 14:03:00
Regarding the accident in which a Maritime Self-Defense Force escort ship was unable to navigate on its own in the Seto Inland Sea, Defense Minister Hamada apologized, saying, "I sincerely apologize," and indicated that the accident investigation committee will investigate the cause and work to prevent recurrence.

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Prime Minister Kishida ``Debate and implement measures to strengthen defense capabilities and declining birthrate in ordinary Diet session''

2023-01-17 13:04:00
Regarding the ordinary Diet session to be convened next week, Prime Minister Kishida emphasized at the Liberal Democratic Party's board meeting that he would discuss and implement measures such as drastic strengthening of defense capabilities and countermeasures against the declining birthrate.

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