Political News(2024/01/12)
Komei political reform draft, consideration of political funding supervisory body, introduction of association system, etc.
2024-01-12 22:41:00
In response to issues surrounding political funding parties held by factions of the Liberal Democratic Party, Komeito has decided to consider establishing a third-party organization to supervise political funding, and to hold politicians accountable if false statements are made in income and expenditure reports. We have put together a draft reform proposal that includes the introduction of a ``joint account system,'' in which people are responsible for the burden of debt.
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Prime Minister Kishida's inspection of earthquake-affected areas will be postponed on the 13th, adjustments will be made after the 14th
2024-01-12 20:32:00
Prime Minister Kishida decided to postpone the inspection of the areas affected by the Noto Peninsula Earthquake on the 13th due to poor weather prospects, and will continue making adjustments from the 14th onwards.
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Off the coast of Henoko: Construction work related to the execution of the delegation: Minister of Defense ``Exchanging opinions with the governor is important''
2024-01-12 20:19:00
Minister of Defense Kihara has announced that he will not be visiting Okinawa Prefecture to exchange opinions with Governor Tamaki regarding construction work being carried out by the Ministry of Defense in preparation for the relocation of the U.S. military base Futenma in Okinawa to Henoko, Nago City. I recognized that it was important.
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Political funding issue: Prime Minister Kishida and party executive members exchange opinions on factional reform
2024-01-12 20:09:00
In response to the issue surrounding the LDP's factional political funding parties, Prime Minister Kishida met individually with members of the party's executive committee, including Secretary General Motegi, and exchanged opinions on matters such as the direction of factional reform.
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Gasoline tax trigger clause: Working-level discussions among the Liberal Democratic Party, Komeito, and People's parties begin
2024-01-12 18:38:00
Officials from the Liberal Democratic Party, Komeito, and Democratic People's Democratic Party have begun discussions regarding the "trigger clause" that would suspend the taxation of the additional portion of gasoline tax, and burden reduction measures to reduce gasoline prices are due at the end of April this year. We confirmed that we will consider measures to prepare for the upcoming disaster.
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Liberal Democratic Party non-partisan lawmaker volunteers aim to launch liaison committee in response to political funding issue
2024-01-12 15:40:00
In light of the problems surrounding the Liberal Democratic Party's factional political funding parties, non-partisan members of the Diet have decided to form a liaison committee to share information.
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“We are not considering canceling or postponing the Expo due to the Noto earthquake,” Expo Minister
2024-01-12 15:39:00
Regarding the Osaka/Kansai Expo to be held next year, Minister in charge of Expo Jimi held a press conference and stated that there are currently no plans to cancel or postpone the event due to the recent Noto Peninsula earthquake, and emphasized that preparations will continue.
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Deputy Chief of the Ground Staff visits Yasukuni Shrine with members of the Ministry of Defense, “Confirm whether it is a violation of the notification and take action”
2024-01-12 15:20:00
Regarding the fact that the Deputy Chief of the Ground Staff, who is the second-in-command of the Ground Staff, visited Yasukuni Shrine with dozens of soldiers, Defense Minister Kihara said, ``We must avoid actions that could lead to misunderstandings,'' and added that We will confirm whether there is a violation of the notification prohibiting worship at the shrine and will take strict action based on the facts.
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Gasoline tax trigger clause: Working-level discussions among the Liberal Democratic Party, Komeito, and People's parties begin
2024-01-12 14:22:00
Officials from the Liberal Democratic Party, Komeito, and Democratic People's Democratic Party have begun discussions regarding the "trigger clause" that would suspend the taxation of the additional portion of gasoline tax, and burden reduction measures to reduce gasoline prices are due at the end of April this year. We confirmed that we will consider measures to prepare for the upcoming disaster.
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Komei requests the government to improve the environment of evacuation centers to prevent disaster-related deaths
2024-01-12 14:08:00
In response to the Noto Peninsula Earthquake, the New Komeito Party requested the government to improve the environment at evacuation centers and promote secondary evacuation to hotels and inns in order to prevent disaster-related deaths.
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Coordination with the Meiji Restoration and the formation of the Unification faction of the “Association for Realizing Free Education”
2024-01-12 13:39:00
The Japan Restoration Party and the new party ``Association for Realizing Free Education,'' launched by Seiji Maehara and others, are coordinating efforts to form a unified faction to work together in the Diet.
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Liberal Democratic Party's policy for convening the ordinary Diet session on the 26th was communicated to the chairpersons of the Committee on Relations between the ruling and opposition parties
2024-01-12 13:18:00
The heads of the parliamentary committees of the six ruling and opposition parties met, and the Liberal Democratic Party announced its intention to convene an ordinary session of the Diet on the 26th of this month. Prior to convening, we also agreed to hold intensive deliberations in the Budget Committees of both Houses of Representatives on the 21st of next week to discuss responses to the Noto Peninsula Earthquake.
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“Private housing available: Approximately 5,500 units in Ishikawa and approximately 17,000 units in Fukui, etc.” Prime Minister
2024-01-12 12:17:00
Regarding the Noto Peninsula Earthquake, Prime Minister Kishida expressed the idea of providing a variety of secondary evacuation options to victims according to their actual circumstances. He also stated that progress is being made in securing public housing and private rental housing as emergency housing, and ordered that support be accelerated so that those who wish can move as quickly as possible.
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Coordination with the Meiji Restoration and the formation of the Unification faction of the “Association for Realizing Free Education”
2024-01-12 12:15:00
The Japan Restoration Party and the new party ``Association for Realizing Free Education,'' launched by Seiji Maehara and others, are coordinating efforts to form a unified faction to work together in the Diet.
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System to start in May to prevent cyber attacks Expanding business for companies
2024-01-12 07:21:00
In order to prevent cyber-attacks on electricity, communications, etc., a system will begin in May that will require companies to conduct preliminary screenings when installing equipment. As the protection of daily life infrastructure becomes an issue, business for companies that are required to respond is also expanding.
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Noto Peninsula Earthquake: “Time to restore infrastructure, move to secondary evacuation center” government
2024-01-12 05:49:00
Regarding the response to the Noto Peninsula earthquake, the government stated that it would take a considerable amount of time to restore infrastructure, and that it wanted as many victims as possible to move to secondary evacuation centers where they could stay safely. Our policy is to carefully explain information about the destination and encourage them to move on.
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Discussion begins at Liberal Democratic Party's ``Political Reform Headquarters'' Will it help restore trust?
2024-01-12 05:15:00
The Liberal Democratic Party has begun discussions at its ``Political Reform Headquarters'' in response to issues surrounding factional political funding parties. While former Prime Minister Suga, who is non-partisan, has advocated for the dissolution of factions, there are deep-rooted opinions within the party that are against dissolving them from the viewpoint of human resource development, etc., and it is difficult to come up with an in-depth reform plan that will restore public trust. will be the main focus.
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