2024-06-21 19:41:00
Prime Minister Kishida held a press conference at the Prime Minister's Office on the 21st at around 6 pm, ahead of the end of the Diet session. Prime Minister Kishida announced his intention to provide additional subsidies for electricity and gas charges for three months starting in August of this year.
2024-06-21 19:30:00
The government has decided on its "Basic Policy" for this year. In order to completely break away from deflation and ensure that wage increases take hold, it will promote labor market reforms, while on the fiscal side, it will maintain its goal of achieving a primary balance surplus next fiscal year.
2024-06-21 19:12:00
Prime Minister Kishida held a press conference at the Prime Minister's Office on the 21st at around 6 pm, ahead of the end of the Diet session. Prime Minister Kishida announced his intention to provide additional subsidies for electricity and gas charges for three months starting in August of this year.
2024-06-21 18:55:00
It has become clear that an unprecedented situation has arisen in which the Tokyo Metropolitan Election Commission has received over 1,000 complaints and questions about election posters for the Tokyo gubernatorial election, which was announced on the 20th, including complaints that "indecent images are attached."
2024-06-21 18:39:00
The government has decided on its "Basic Policy" for this year. In order to completely break away from deflation and ensure that wage increases take hold, it will promote labor market reforms, while on the fiscal side, it will maintain its goal of achieving a primary balance surplus next fiscal year.
2024-06-21 18:16:00
The 213th regular Diet session has effectively ended. The biggest focus of this session was political reform in response to the LDP's political and financial problems, and the revised Political Funds Control Law was passed. In addition, all but one of the 62 bills submitted by the government, including the revised Civil Code with the introduction of "joint custody" as its main pillar, were passed.
2024-06-21 18:08:00
Regarding the "optional separate surnames for married couples" system, a group of Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers made up of lawmakers who support its introduction has received a recommendation from the Japan Business Federation (Keidanren) calling for the necessary legal amendments to be made as soon as possible.
2024-06-21 18:02:00
Prime Minister Kishida will hold a press conference at the Prime Minister's Office from around 6 pm on the 21st, ahead of the end of the Diet session. He is expected to explain future efforts following the revision of the Political Funds Control Law, as well as economic policies such as how to respond to rising prices.
2024-06-21 16:52:00
The 213th regular Diet session has effectively ended. The biggest focus of this session was political reform in response to the LDP's political and financial problems, and the revised Political Funds Control Law was passed. In addition, all but one of the 62 bills submitted by the government, including the revised Civil Code with the introduction of "joint custody" as its main pillar, were passed.
2024-06-21 16:26:00
Prime Minister Kishida attended a meeting of the Liberal Democratic Party's Diet members and apologized for the great confusion and inconvenience caused by the party's amendment to the Political Funds Control Law and its passage, and explained that he made the decision as party president in order to protect the party.
2024-06-21 16:14:00
In response to a series of fraudulent incidents caused by fake advertisements on social media sites impersonating celebrities, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications on the 21st requested social media operators to strengthen pre-screening of advertisements.
2024-06-21 16:11:00
As part of efforts to digitalize the Diet, the House of Representatives will allow expert witnesses to participate in committee questioning online starting from the next Diet session. The ruling and opposition parties have agreed to allow this in cases where each committee judges it "difficult to attend."
2024-06-21 16:01:00
Prime Minister Kishida is scheduled to hold a press conference at the Prime Minister's Office around 6 pm on the 21st, ahead of the end of the Diet session. He is expected to explain future efforts following the revision of the Political Funds Control Law, as well as economic policies such as how to respond to rising prices.
2024-06-21 15:02:00
Regarding the LDP presidential election to be held by autumn this year, Digital Minister Kono was asked at a press conference about his own response and said, "We will take the necessary measures as necessary."
2024-06-21 14:56:00
Regarding the signing of a new treaty between Russia and North Korea that clearly provides military support to each other, Foreign Minister Kamikawa stated that this could significantly damage the security environment around Japan, and expressed his intention to respond in cooperation with the United States, South Korea, and other countries, including by strengthening the deterrent and response capabilities of the Japan-U.S. alliance.
2024-06-21 14:45:00
The LDP's parliamentary group, which is aiming to realize constitutional reform, has put together a draft article that would amend Article 9 to explicitly mention the Self-Defense Forces and create a new emergency clause. They hope to submit this to the party executive branch to accelerate discussion.
2024-06-21 14:37:00
At a press conference, when asked whether he was considering running for the LDP presidential election, Foreign Minister Kamikawa avoided giving any specific comments. He said, "I appreciate the expectations placed on me, and I would like to continue doing the work that is expected of me in the future."
2024-06-21 14:36:00
Regarding the fact that The Norinchukin Bank has been forced to book huge losses due to the failure of its foreign bond management, and that its final deficit for the fiscal year ending March next year may expand to 1.5 trillion yen, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Sakamoto stated his intention to closely monitor the bank's business situation in cooperation with the Financial Services Agency, but avoided commenting on management responsibility.
2024-06-21 14:16:00
With the Diet session drawing to a close, the Liberal Democratic Party proposed at a steering committee meeting of the House of Representatives Constitutional Review Committee that it would like to hold a closed-session review from next week onwards, with the aim of starting to draft constitutional amendment articles, and the ruling and opposition parties will continue to hold discussions.
2024-06-21 13:55:00
The government has revised its priority plan for realizing a digital society and has decided to expand the number of employees at the Digital Agency to 1,500, approximately 1.5 times the current level, in order to accelerate support for the transition to a cloud service jointly operated by the government and local governments.
2024-06-21 13:44:00
Regarding the next House of Representatives election, Constitutional Democratic Party leader Izumi expressed his intention to deepen cooperation with other opposition parties with which it is possible to cooperate in order to form a government outside the LDP framework.
2024-06-21 13:25:00
Minister for the World Expo, Shimizu, said that two countries, including Argentina, have withdrawn from the Osaka-Kansai Expo next year. However, two other countries have expressed their intention to participate, and that he would like to continue to make every effort to ensure preparations.
2024-06-21 13:11:00
In response to a series of frauds and other crimes caused by fake advertisements on social media impersonating celebrities and others, Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Matsumoto revealed that, based on the comprehensive measures compiled by the government on the 18th of this month, he has requested companies that operate social media and other platforms to strengthen pre-screening of advertisements and identity verification of people placing advertisements.
2024-06-21 13:07:00
Following the passage of a new law establishing a training and employment system for foreign workers, the government has revised its "roadmap" for realizing a society in which foreigners can coexist, and has included measures such as improving the quality of Japanese language education in order to create an environment for accepting foreigners.
2024-06-21 13:05:00
In response to concerns that third countries are providing Russia with materials that could be converted for military use as it continues its invasion of Ukraine, the Japanese government has decided to impose new export bans on 10 companies based in China, India, and other countries that it suspects of being involved in the provision of such materials.
2024-06-21 12:05:00
As a new measure to combat rising prices, the government is in the final stages of making adjustments to introduce additional measures to reduce the burden of electricity and gas bills. In addition, the government is considering implementing new benefit measures for pensioners and low-income earners from this autumn onwards.
2024-06-21 11:57:00
As inbound demand recovers, overseas airlines are increasingly suspending flights to Japan due to their inability to secure fuel for their aircraft. Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Saito indicated at a press conference after the Cabinet meeting on the 21st that he intends to respond quickly so as not to cause any disruption to the procurement of fuel.
2024-06-21 11:25:00
At a cabinet meeting on the 21st, the government decided to extend the period of deployment of Self-Defense Force personnel currently serving in the United Nations peacekeeping operations in South Sudan by one year, until the end of June next year.
2024-06-21 10:45:00
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un had been hoping for President Putin to visit North Korea. On June 19th, the visit finally took place for the first time in 24 years, and the meeting took place amid a warm and welcoming atmosphere. North Korea has recently stepped up its activities, such as launching a military reconnaissance satellite and scattering garbage in South Korea using balloons. Of these, the most important aspect is cooperation with Russia. What is Kim's intention behind this "new Cold War" structure against Japan, the US and South Korea? Commentator Takano Hiroshi, who has visited North Korea seven times to report on the situation, provides a detailed explanation. *Information current as of June 21st. (Video: 13 minutes and 9 seconds)
2024-06-21 09:36:00
Prime Minister Kishida's Activities June 20, 2024
2024-06-21 05:14:00
On the 20th, the Diet rejected a motion of no confidence against the Kishida Cabinet submitted by the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, with the LDP and Komeito parties voting against it. The regular Diet session, in which political reform is the biggest focus, will effectively close on the 21st before the end of the session on the 23rd.
