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Political News(2024/05/18)


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Strengthening child policy: Government implementation plan finalized, providing seamless support

2024-05-18 21:13:00
A draft of the government's implementation plan to strengthen child policy has been finalized. The plan aims to steadily implement measures against the declining birthrate that were formulated earlier, including expanding child allowances, as well as promote comprehensive initiatives such as measures against child poverty and suicide.

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Political Funds Control Law Liberal Democratic Party Youth Affairs Bureau Director Suzuki emphasizes the significance of the bill submitted by the party

2024-05-18 17:19:00
Regarding the bill that the Liberal Democratic Party independently submitted to the Diet to revise the Political Funds Control Act, Director-General Takako Suzuki of the Youth Affairs Bureau said that she would like to contribute to preventing a recurrence of the omissions in income and expenditure reports that have come to light due to issues surrounding factional political funding parties. I emphasized the significance of it.

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Revision of the Political Funds Control Act Rikmin Representative Izumi calls on the Liberal Democratic Party to accept the opposition party's proposal

2024-05-18 15:10:00
Concerning the revision of the Political Funds Control Act, Constitutional Democratic Party Representative Izumi said that the agreement to jointly submit a bill with the Democratic Party of the People was a major step forward as they were able to come up with a clear counterproposal to the Liberal Democratic Party's proposal, and said that he is concerned about future parliamentary deliberations. During the meeting, he expressed his intention to press the opposition parties to adopt their proposals.

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The number of applicants for the general examination for national civil servants is the lowest ever this year

2024-05-18 11:31:00
The number of applicants for this year's national civil service general employment examination is approximately 24,000, which is 2,000 fewer than the previous year, and is the lowest ever, just like the number of applicants for the general employment examination announced earlier. became.

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Tsubasa no Party crowds the homes of celebrities and conducts publicity campaign, solicits people on SNS, addresses identified?

2024-05-18 11:24:00
In the by-election for Tokyo's 15th Ward of the House of Representatives held last month, three representatives of the political group Tsubasa no Toi were arrested for interfering with the speeches of other camps. Interviews with people involved in the investigation revealed that the group had been conducting publicity campaigns by visiting the homes of celebrities who had criticized the group. It appears that the home address was determined by soliciting information on SNS, and the Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the actual situation of the activity.

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Will the introduction of "joint custody" after divorce eliminate concerns about domestic violence and abuse?

2024-05-18 06:31:00
On the 17th, the Diet passed a revised Civil Code that includes the introduction of ``joint custody,'' in which both father and mother have custody of their children even after divorce. As we move toward the start of operation of the system, the challenge is whether we can dispel concerns and anxieties about the possibility that domestic violence and abuse may continue.

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Opposition parties follow Liberal Democratic Party in submitting bill to revise the Political Funds Control Act. Will there be agreement?

2024-05-18 06:11:00
Following the Liberal Democratic Party's independent submission of a bill to the Diet to revise the Political Funds Control Act, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan will jointly submit a bill with the Democratic Party of the People at the beginning of next week. Although each bill includes measures such as tougher penalties for members of Congress, there are differences in the specific content, and the focus will be on whether consensus can be built.

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Government to set up an expert panel soon to introduce “active cyber defense”

2024-05-18 04:01:00
In order to introduce ``active cyber defense,'' which takes countermeasures before a cyber attack occurs, the government will soon establish a panel of experts and begin serious consideration of legislation.

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