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Political News(2024/03/31)


Kyoto   Hakone

Food prices continue to rise in the new fiscal year starting tomorrow. How will public pension and medical insurance change?

2024-03-31 19:31:00
On April 1st, food price increases are likely to continue into the new fiscal year. In addition, changes will be made to systems such as public pensions and public medical insurance. What kind of impact does it have on our lives?

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Chief Cabinet Secretary Hayashi meets with Naha mayor and others to “work towards reducing the burden on bases”

2024-03-31 19:17:00
During his visit to Okinawa Prefecture, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hayashi held a series of meetings with the heads of local governments where U.S. military facilities are located in Japan, such as Naha City and Urasoe City, and discussed ways to reduce the burden on bases based on community development issues and local requests. I conveyed my thoughts on what I am working towards.

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The Children and Families Agency will be inaugurated for one year tomorrow, with the most important issue being the declining birthrate and concrete results.

2024-03-31 19:00:00
April 1st marks one year since the Children and Families Agency was established. Responding to the declining birthrate, which is in a critical situation, remains the most important issue, and the question is whether new measures such as expanding child allowances can be implemented with the understanding of the public and lead to concrete results. It is.

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Approximately 40 Abe faction executives will be punished by party committee over LDP faction's political funding issue

2024-03-31 18:25:00
Due to issues surrounding factional political funding parties, the Liberal Democratic Party's executive committee has ordered approximately 40 people, including Abe faction executives and members of Congress who have failed to record income and expenditure reports of more than 5 million yen in five years, to the party discipline committee. We have made adjustments to dispose of it. Among Abe faction executives, we are considering recommending that the most severe punishment be to leave the party.

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Approximately 40 Abe faction executives will be punished by party committee over LDP faction's political funding issue

2024-03-31 17:41:00
Due to issues surrounding factional political funding parties, the Liberal Democratic Party's executive committee has ordered approximately 40 people, including Abe faction executives and members of Congress who have failed to record income and expenditure reports of more than 5 million yen in five years, to the party discipline committee. We have made adjustments to dispose of it. Among Abe faction executives, we are considering recommending that the most severe punishment be to leave the party.

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Ritsumeikan: Street speech in local area by LDP-affiliated member not mentioned in report

2024-03-31 06:15:00
In response to the problems surrounding the political funding party of a faction of the Liberal Democratic Party, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan has begun an initiative to appeal the need for political reform in the hometowns of the relevant members whose income and expenditure reports were omitted.

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Discharge of treated water: Experts from both Japan and China hold talks in China, first announced by Ministry of Foreign Affairs

2024-03-31 05:10:00
On the 30th, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that experts from both Japan and China held consultations in China regarding the release of treated water from Tokyo Electric Power Company's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the ocean. This is the first time that the talks have been announced publicly, and the Japanese side has explained the safety of the release based on scientific evidence.

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