2023-12-29 17:19:00
The Osaka/Kansai Expo, to be held the year after next, is expected to require even more national funding. The challenge is whether the government can expand understanding by striving to improve cost transparency and also show the latest economic effects.
2023-12-29 13:27:00
In a case involving a political funding party run by a faction of the Liberal Democratic Party, the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office's Special Investigation Department searched related parties, including the local office of House of Councilors member Yasumasa Ohno in Hashima City, Gifu Prefecture, on suspicion of violating the Political Funds Control Act. The Special Investigation Department is continuing to search for Rep. Ohno's affiliates in Tokyo on the 28th, and is believed to be working to clarify the details of the incident.
2023-12-29 11:18:00
The Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office's Special Investigation Department has begun searching the local offices of House of Councilors member Yasumasa Ohno in Hashima City, Gifu Prefecture, on suspicion of violating the Political Funds Control Act in connection with a case involving a political funding party run by a faction of the Liberal Democratic Party. The Special Investigations Department is continuing to search for Rep. Ohno's affiliates on the 28th, and appears to be working to clarify the details of the incident.
2023-12-29 10:07:00
An advisory council of experts from the National Personnel Authority, which is considering countermeasures for the shortage of national civil servants, is holding discussions with the aim of compiling a final report by next fall. The focus is on whether we can secure human resources by presenting meaningful proposals.
2023-12-29 05:06:00
On the 28th, the national government gave approval on behalf of Okinawa Prefecture regarding the ground improvement work off the coast of Henoko, Nago City, where the U.S. military base Futenma in Okinawa will be relocated, and the Ministry of Defense announced that the construction work will be completed in the middle of next month. We are making preparations to begin.
2023-12-29 05:05:00
A pro-Abe lawmaker was raided by prosecutors for the second day in a row in an incident involving a political funding party run by a faction of the Liberal Democratic Party. The government and ruling party are increasing their sense of crisis, believing that further damage to the administration is inevitable.
