Political News(2024/09/03)
LDP Secretary-General Motegi to hand over authority to Prime Minister Kishida during presidential election
2024-09-03 21:22:00
Secretary-General Motegi, who will announce his candidacy for the LDP presidential election on the 4th, will entrust the duties of the secretary-general to Prime Minister Kishida, who is also the party president, during the election period, in order to ensure the fairness of the election. According to party sources, it is unusual for a sitting prime minister to also hold the authority of secretary-general.
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LDP's Kishida faction officially disbands, bringing to a close the history of the Kōchikai party, which has produced five prime ministers in 67 years
2024-09-03 20:26:00
Following the scandal surrounding a political fundraising party run by a faction within the Liberal Democratic Party, the Kōchikai/Kishida faction was officially dissolved, bringing to an end a faction that had produced five prime ministers in 67 years.
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Opposition parties demand recess investigation into report of former LDP lawmaker Aso's "income not reported"
2024-09-03 20:03:00
At a meeting of directors of the Budget Committees of the House of Representatives and the House of Councillors, the opposition called for the holding of an off-session review in response to reports that an associate of a former member of the Aso faction of the Liberal Democratic Party had received part of his party income in 2017 from the faction without reporting it on the income and expenditure report, but instead deposited it into an account.
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LDP Presidential Election [September 3rd Events] Chief Cabinet Secretary Hayashi announces his candidacy
2024-09-03 19:02:00
Chief Cabinet Secretary Hayashi announced his candidacy for the LDP presidential election to choose the successor to Prime Minister Kishida on the afternoon of the 3rd.
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LDP Presidential Election [September 3rd Events] Chief Cabinet Secretary Hayashi announces his candidacy
2024-09-03 18:15:00
Chief Cabinet Secretary Hayashi announced his candidacy for the LDP presidential election to choose the successor to Prime Minister Kishida on the afternoon of the 3rd.
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CDP leadership election [September 3rd] Four days left until announcement. What are the movements of each party?
2024-09-03 18:13:00
The Constitutional Democratic Party leadership election will be announced on September 7th, with the ballots counted on the 23rd. With four days until the election, former Prime Minister Noda, who has announced his candidacy, met with House of Representatives member Ichiro Ozawa, where Ozawa conveyed his intention for a group centered around himself to support Noda. Former Chairman Edano, who has also announced his candidacy, attended a meeting of supporting lawmakers and secretaries to ask for their cooperation. Chairman Izumi, who is seeking reelection, is continuing to work toward securing the necessary sponsors for his candidacy. In addition, former Deputy Chairman Eda and House of Representatives member Harumi Yoshida have expressed their desire to run, but there is a view within the party that it will be difficult for all three to run, and so the situation is one of mutual probing.
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Prime Minister Kishida to visit South Korea from the 6th, to hold summit meeting with President Yoon
2024-09-03 18:01:00
Prime Minister Kishida will visit the Republic of Korea (ROK) for two days from September 6th and will hold a summit meeting with President Yoon Seok-yeol.
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Chief Cabinet Secretary Hayashi announces his candidacy for the LDP presidential election: "I will use my experience and achievements to serve the country"
2024-09-03 17:52:00
Chief Cabinet Secretary Hayashi held a press conference on the afternoon of the 3rd and announced his candidacy for the LDP presidential election to choose the successor to Prime Minister Kishida, saying, "I would like to use all of my experience and achievements for the good of this country." This will be his second time running for the presidency.
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Chief Cabinet Secretary Hayashi announces candidacy for LDP presidential election
2024-09-03 16:21:00
Chief Cabinet Secretary Hayashi held a press conference and announced that he will run in the LDP presidential election to choose the successor to Prime Minister Kishida. This will be his second time running in the presidential election.
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Defense Minister urges Japan's Defense Agency not to release contract results for three months
2024-09-03 16:17:00
It was discovered that the Defense Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency had not published the results of contracts for three months, a practice the government has adopted to ensure transparency in public procurement. Defense Minister Kihara has expressed his intention to work to prevent a recurrence.
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Chief Cabinet Secretary Hayashi announces candidacy for LDP presidential election
2024-09-03 16:03:00
Chief Cabinet Secretary Hayashi held a press conference and announced that he will run in the LDP presidential election to choose the successor to Prime Minister Kishida. This will be his second time running in the presidential election.
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LDP's Kishida faction officially disbands, bringing to a close the history of the Kōchikai party, which has produced five prime ministers in 67 years
2024-09-03 15:49:00
Following the scandal surrounding a political fundraising party run by a faction within the Liberal Democratic Party, the Kōchikai/Kishida faction was officially dissolved, bringing to an end a faction that had produced five prime ministers in 67 years.
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Chief Cabinet Secretary Hayashi announces candidacy for LDP presidential election
2024-09-03 15:17:00
Chief Cabinet Secretary Hayashi held a press conference and announced that he will run in the LDP presidential election to choose the successor to Prime Minister Kishida. This will be his second time running in the presidential election.
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[Live broadcast scheduled] Chief Cabinet Secretary Hayashi announces his candidacy for the LDP presidential election
2024-09-03 13:30:00
Chief Cabinet Secretary Hayashi is set to announce his candidacy for the LDP presidential election to choose the successor to Prime Minister Kishida, which will begin at around 2:30pm on the 3rd. We will be broadcasting the press conference live. Chief Cabinet Secretary Hayashi will hold a press conference on the afternoon of the 3rd to announce his candidacy for the LDP presidential election. He is expected to demonstrate his determination to tackle the issues facing Japan, drawing on his extensive political experience, including having served as a cabinet minister. Candidates for the presidential election have continued to announce their candidacy since the 4th, and under the current system, it is likely that the number of candidates this time will exceed the previous record of five. Lawmakers planning to run have decided to speed up their policy considerations, with an eye on the debates that will follow after the election is announced.
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Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications to advance regular local allocation tax to 34 municipalities in 7 prefectures affected by Typhoon Faxai
2024-09-03 12:59:00
In response to the damage caused by Typhoon No. 10 in various areas, Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Matsumoto announced at a press conference his intention to advance the payment of general local allocation tax to a total of 34 local governments in seven prefectures across the country.
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LDP to set up working group to discuss specific system design for political funds control law
2024-09-03 12:35:00
Regarding the issue of politics and money, the Liberal Democratic Party has decided to set up a working group within the party to discuss the specific design of new third-party organizations, which have become a subject of consideration under the revised Political Funds Control Act.
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Prime Minister Kishida's Activities September 2, 2024
2024-09-03 10:28:00
(Prime Minister Kishida's Activities September 2, 2024)
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In addition to the two candidates who announced their candidacy for the Democratic Party leadership election, three others are working to secure sponsors
2024-09-03 06:04:00
In the Constitutional Democratic Party leadership election, in addition to the two who have already announced their candidacy, three others, including Izumi, who is seeking reelection, are continuing to work to secure sponsors. There is a view within the party that it will be difficult for all three to run, and the situation is one of mutual exploration.
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Today, Mr. Hayashi announces his candidacy for the LDP presidential election. More announcements to come from tomorrow onwards
2024-09-03 06:03:00
Chief Cabinet Secretary Hayashi will announce his candidacy for the LDP presidential election on the 3rd. Candidates will continue to announce their candidacy from the 4th onwards, and lawmakers planning to run are accelerating the process of considering their policies with an eye on the debate that will follow after the announcement.
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Ibaraki Prefecture postpones "on-demand" early voting in October
2024-09-03 05:30:00
The city of Tsukuba in Ibaraki Prefecture had aimed to implement "on-demand" early voting, in which people would be able to vote from a van parked in front of their homes or other locations, for the mayoral election in October and other elections, but the city's election management committee has decided not to implement it in this election.
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