2024-07-23 18:16:00
Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Moriyama, who is currently visiting China, met with Foreign Minister Wang Yi and agreed to work together to concretely realise and promote a "strategic mutually beneficial relationship" that will expand the common interests of both Japan and China.
2024-07-23 18:13:00
In response to the series of scandals at the Ministry of Defense and the Self-Defense Forces, as well as the government's response to the sexual assault incident by a U.S. soldier in Okinawa, the House of Councilors' Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defense has decided to hold an out-of-session hearing on July 30, inviting Defense Minister Kihara and Foreign Minister Kamikawa to attend.
2024-07-23 18:07:00
A national council was held to review the Basic Energy Plan, a guideline for mid- to long-term energy policy, and opinions were exchanged regarding the positioning of thermal power generation. With the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions becoming an issue, committee members expressed the opinion that the impact on the stable supply of energy should also be taken into consideration.
2024-07-23 17:44:00
With a view to realizing a carbon-free society and developing an efficient power transmission grid, Prime Minister Kishida expressed his intention to expedite consideration of new support systems and other measures to concentrate industry in areas with an abundance of electricity from renewable energy sources, nuclear power generation, and other sources.
2024-07-23 17:38:00
Constitutional Democratic Party Secretary-General Okada indicated that the party's leadership election will be held in late September, close to the LDP presidential election, given that the latter will be held by the end of September.
2024-07-23 17:36:00
It has been officially decided that the Japan-U.S. Foreign and Defense Ministerial Consultation, known as "2+2," will be held in Tokyo on the 28th of this month. In conjunction with this, the first-ever ministerial meeting on "extended deterrence," which involves protecting Japan with U.S. nuclear forces, will also be held.
2024-07-23 16:56:00
Foreign Minister Kamikawa announced that he will visit Laos this week to attend a series of ASEAN foreign ministers' meetings to deepen friendly and cooperative relations with ASEAN countries and to reaffirm the importance of a free and open international order based on the rule of law.
2024-07-23 16:43:00
Former Prime Minister Suga of the Liberal Democratic Party will attend the state funeral of Vietnam's top leader, Communist Party Secretary-General Nguyen Phu Trong, who passed away this month, as a special envoy of Prime Minister Kishida.
2024-07-23 16:37:00
It has been officially decided that the Japan-U.S. Foreign and Defense Ministerial Consultation, known as "2+2," will be held in Tokyo on the 28th of this month. In conjunction with this, the first-ever ministerial meeting on "extended deterrence," which involves protecting Japan with U.S. nuclear forces, will also be held.
2024-07-23 15:03:00
Regarding the series of scandals at the Ministry of Defense and the Self-Defense Forces, Prime Minister Kishida stated that the public is closely watching the situation, and emphasized his intention to quickly restructure the organization under Defense Minister Kihara and work to restore trust.
2024-07-23 14:22:00
On the evening of the 22nd, Democratic Party for the People leader Tamaki met with Constitutional Democratic Party leader Izumi and others and revealed that he proposed that the two parties work together to refine basic policies on security, energy, and other areas with an eye toward the next House of Representatives election.
2024-07-23 13:05:00
LDP Secretary-General Motegi announced that he will visit four Southeast Asian countries, including Indonesia, starting next week, and expressed his intention to use the visit to meet with government officials from each country to strengthen cooperation on a wide range of issues, including promoting decarbonization.
2024-07-23 12:45:00
The basic guidelines for budget requests that each ministry and agency will submit within the next month in preparation for the compilation of the national budget for next fiscal year, 2025, have been revealed. "Countermeasures against the declining birthrate" and "structural wage increases" are positioned as important policies, and a special budget of around 4 trillion yen will be set aside for requests.
2024-07-23 11:43:00
The total amount of ordinary local allocation tax provided by the national government to local governments to make up for their financial shortfalls this fiscal year is just over 17.54 trillion yen, an increase for the sixth consecutive year. Meanwhile, there are 83 local governments that are "non-granting entities" that can manage their finances without receiving ordinary local allocation tax, an increase of six from last year.
2024-07-23 08:20:00
(Prime Minister Kishida's activities, July 22, 2024) 08:29 Met with LDP Deputy Secretary-General Kihara Seiji at the Official Residence (until 09:10) 09:11 Departed the Official Residence on foot 09:12 Arrived at the Prime Minister's Residence. Interviews with media outlets (until 9:13): 9:30 Meeting with Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Iida Yuji and Deputy Commissioner-General of the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy Hatayama Yojiro (until 9:45): 10:06 Meeting with LDP Election Campaign Committee Chair Obuchi Yuko (until 10:39): 10:46 Meeting with Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare Takemi Keizo, Minister of Digital Affairs Kono Taro, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretaries Murai Hideki, Moriya Hiroshi, and Kuriu Shunichi, Assistant Chief Cabinet Secretary Sakata Wataru, Digital Affairs Counselor Ninomiya Seiji, Commissioner-General of the Fire and Disaster Management Agency Ikeda Tatsuo, Administrative Vice-Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare Ihara Kazuto, and Director-General of the Insurance Bureau Kanuma Hitoshi (until 11:01): 11:14 Meeting with Nagashima Eiki and Shimizu Hiroshi, Chairman of the New and Old Life Insurance Associations of Japan (until 11:24): 11:25 Received a proposal from Mayor Edahiro Naoki, Mayor of Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Prefecture, and Chairman of the Association for Promoting the Development of National Highway No. 2 Fukuyama Road and Kannabe Mizunomi Line (until 11:38). 14:03 Met with Haruhiko Fujimoto and Kana Morimoto, Independent Archives Managers of the Cabinet Office (until 14:06). 14:29 Met with Kazuo Masuda, Administrative Vice-Minister of Defense (until 14:50). 15:00 Japan Startup Awards ceremony. Commemorative photo taken (until 15:50). 16:10 Telephone talk with Iran's President-elect Pezhkian (until 16:30). 16:37 Met with Keiichi Ono, former Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs (until 16:52). 17:09 Met with Shigenobu Fukumoto, Secretary-General of the Cabinet Secretariat's Abduction Issue Headquarters (until 17:24). 18:19 Departed from the Prime Minister's Office. 18:29 Arrived at the steak restaurant "Yutaka Ginza" in Ginza, Tokyo. Dinner with Eiji Hashimoto, Chairman of Nippon Steel Corporation, Keiichi Yoshii, President of Daiwa House Industry, and Yoji Okumura, President of Fujita Corporation. Leaves the same place at 20:52 and arrives at the official residence at 20:59.
2024-07-23 05:50:00
Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives Kaieda visited China for the first time in six years as Speaker or Deputy Speaker of both the House of Representatives and the House of Councillors, meeting with members of the Chinese Communist Party's top leadership and calling for the resumption of parliamentary exchanges between Japan and China.
2024-07-23 05:32:00
Regarding U.S. President Biden's announcement of his intention to withdraw from the presidential election campaign this fall, the Japanese government stated that it is difficult to predict the situation, and will continue to build personal connections and analyze policies in order to maintain good Japan-U.S. relations regardless of the election outcome.
2024-07-23 05:08:00
The vice foreign ministers of Japan and China held their first strategic dialogue in four and a half years. They exchanged views on issues of concern to both countries, such as China's maritime advance into the East China Sea, and the regional situation, and confirmed their intention to comprehensively promote a "mutually beneficial relationship based on common strategic interests" that will expand their common interests.
2024-07-23 00:54:00
Senior members of the Nikai faction of the Liberal Democratic Party, which has decided to dissolve itself following issues surrounding the faction's political fundraising parties, met to exchange opinions on how to respond to the party's presidential election.
2024-07-23 00:53:00
Regarding his response to the LDP presidential election, Secretary-General Motegi said, "I feel the expectations of my fellow lawmakers," revealing his enthusiasm for running.
