2024-01-25 21:30:00
Representatives from the Japan Restoration Association, which has formed a unified faction in the Diet, and the Association for the Achievement of Free Education will hold talks and aim to submit the necessary bills at the ordinary Diet session to be convened on the 26th in order to make education free of charge. I have confirmed the policy.
2024-01-25 21:14:00
Liberal Democratic Party election committee chairman Obuchi has announced his intention to resign from the Mogi faction to which he belongs. Some within the faction have said that ``withdrawing from the group would be a pain,'' and the Mogi faction is expected to discuss how to respond.
2024-01-25 21:10:00
Due to an incident involving a political funding party run by a faction of the Liberal Democratic Party, five members of the House of Representatives, including the standing committee chair, special committee chair, and review chair, all of whom are pro-Abe members, will be replaced.
2024-01-25 21:09:00
The government's support measures for recovery and reconstruction following the Noto Peninsula Earthquake have been finalized, and include measures to secure housing, including the use of temporary wooden housing, and a subsidy system for small and medium-sized businesses to cover the costs of restoring their facilities. In addition, as part of tourism support, we will be implementing the ``Hokuriku Support Discount,'' which will subsidize a portion of tourists' accommodation costs.
2024-01-25 21:08:00
The Liberal Democratic Party has decided to have an interim report by its ``Political Reform Headquarters'' in response to the incident involving a faction's political funding party. In order to reincarnate the faction into its original "policy group," it plans to completely break away from money and personnel affairs.
2024-01-25 20:59:00
A meeting of the relevant ministers for the government's monthly economic report was held, and the Cabinet Office estimated that the amount of damage to infrastructure such as buildings and roads due to the Noto Peninsula earthquake would be between 1 trillion yen and more than 2 trillion yen.
2024-01-25 20:27:00
Regarding the ``Japanese version of DBS,'' a system that verifies that people working in jobs that involve working with children do not have a history of sexual crimes, the government will check to include not only criminal law crimes, but also previous convictions for violations of ordinances, such as molestation and voyeurism. We are currently considering this direction.
2024-01-25 19:42:00
The first meeting of the government's expert committee was held to examine the costs and progress of the plan for the Osaka/Kansai World Expo to be held next year. There was an opinion that cost management needs to be promoted.
2024-01-25 19:17:00
Liberal Democratic Party election committee chairman Obuchi has announced his intention to resign from the Mogi faction to which he belongs.
2024-01-25 18:55:00
The government's support measures for recovery and reconstruction following the Noto Peninsula Earthquake have been finalized, and include measures to secure housing, including the use of temporary wooden housing, and a subsidy system for small and medium-sized businesses to cover the costs of restoring their facilities. In addition, as part of tourism support, we will be implementing the ``Hokuriku Support Discount,'' which will subsidize a portion of tourists' accommodation costs.
2024-01-25 18:19:00
A political party branch headed by former Mie Prefecture governor and Liberal Democratic Party member of the House of Representatives, Eikei Suzuki, received approximately 10 million yen from a construction company in his constituency that had received a contract for national public works just before the House of Representatives election three years ago. Through interviews with people involved, we learned that the police have referred Representative Suzuki to the public prosecutor's office on suspicion of violating the Public Offices Election Act regarding his receipt of donations.
2024-01-25 18:01:00
The government's support measures for recovery and reconstruction following the Noto Peninsula Earthquake have been finalized, and include measures to secure housing, including the use of temporary wooden housing, and a subsidy system for small and medium-sized businesses to cover the costs of restoring their facilities. In addition, as part of tourism support, we will be implementing the ``Hokuriku Support Discount,'' which will subsidize a portion of tourists' accommodation costs.
2024-01-25 17:56:00
The Liberal Democratic Party has decided to have an interim report by its ``Political Reform Headquarters'' in response to the incident involving a faction's political funding party. In order to reincarnate the faction into its original "policy group," it plans to completely break away from money and personnel affairs.
2024-01-25 17:32:00
Minister of Justice Koizumi received a report from Ministry of Justice officials who were working on improving the environment at evacuation centers and searching for people whose safety was unknown after the Noto Peninsula earthquake, and stated that the situation in the area continues to be difficult and is working persistently to provide necessary support. I instructed him to go.
2024-01-25 17:23:00
The Tanigaki Group, which was formed in 2012 around former Liberal Democratic Party President Tanigaki, held a meeting in Tokyo on the 25th with former Chairman of the Board of Internal Affairs and Communications Endo, former Minister of Defense Nakatani, and other executives, and confirmed their intention to disband as a political organization. On the 26th, we plan to hold a general meeting attended by the members of the Diet to formally decide.
2024-01-25 16:58:00
The Liberal Democratic Party has decided to have an interim report by its ``Political Reform Headquarters'' in response to the incident involving a faction's political funding party. In order to reincarnate the faction into its original "policy group," it plans to completely break away from money and personnel affairs.
2024-01-25 16:36:00
The Government Tax Commission, which discusses the direction of medium- to long-term tax reform, held its first meeting this year, and Yuri Okina, the chairman of the Japan Research Institute, was elected as the first woman to serve as chairman.
2024-01-25 15:03:00
In response to the incident surrounding the political funding party of a faction of the Liberal Democratic Party, the Moriyama faction has decided to disband, citing the fact that the people have doubts about the faction's very existence, although no members or related parties have been indicted. I did. As a result, four of the Liberal Democratic Party's six factions have been disbanded.
2024-01-25 14:26:00
In order to smoothly proceed with deliberations at the ordinary Diet session to be convened on the 26th in connection with the incident surrounding the faction's political funding party, the Liberal Democratic Party has decided to remove most of the committee chairs of both Houses of Representatives, which are pro-Abe members, based on the opposition party's demands. We are making adjustments to replace them.
2024-01-25 14:14:00
The Liberal Democratic Party has begun negotiations to appoint Masaji Matsuyama, former Minister in charge of Activating the Citizens, to replace Seko, former Secretary-General of the House of Councilors, who resigned due to an incident involving a faction's political funding party.
2024-01-25 14:02:00
In response to the incident surrounding the political funding party of a faction of the Liberal Democratic Party, the Moriyama faction has decided to disband, citing the fact that the people have doubts about the faction's very existence, although no members or related parties have been indicted. I did. As a result, four of the Liberal Democratic Party's six factions have been disbanded.
2024-01-25 13:02:00
In order to smoothly proceed with deliberations at the ordinary Diet session to be convened on the 26th in connection with the incident surrounding the faction's political funding party, the Liberal Democratic Party has decided to remove most of the committee chairs of both Houses of Representatives, which are pro-Abe members, based on the opposition party's demands. We are making adjustments to replace them.
2024-01-25 12:57:00
In response to the incident surrounding the political funding party of a faction of the Liberal Democratic Party, the Moriyama faction has decided to disband, citing the fact that the people have doubts about the faction's very existence, although no members or related parties have been indicted. I did. As a result, four of the Liberal Democratic Party's six factions have been disbanded.
2024-01-25 12:16:00
In response to the incident surrounding the political funding party of a faction of the Liberal Democratic Party, the Moriyama faction has decided to disband, citing the fact that the people have doubts about the faction's very existence, although no members or related parties have been indicted. I did. As a result, four of the Liberal Democratic Party's six factions have been disbanded.
2024-01-25 07:30:00
In order to smoothly proceed with deliberations at the ordinary Diet session to be convened on the 26th in connection with the incident surrounding the faction's political funding party, the Liberal Democratic Party has decided to remove most of the committee chairs of both Houses of Representatives, which are pro-Abe members, based on the opposition party's demands. We are making adjustments to replace them.
2024-01-25 06:55:00
The draft of Prime Minister Kishida's policy speech to be delivered at the ordinary Diet session to be convened on the 26th has been revealed. He announced his intention to restore trust by separating factions in the Liberal Democratic Party from matters related to money and personnel matters, and in response to the Noto Peninsula earthquake, he established a new ``Noto Reconstruction Headquarters'' headed by himself, and expressed his determination to work on regenerating the disaster-stricken areas. I'm emphasizing it.
