2024-09-05 23:50:00
Incumbent leader Izumi, who has decided to run in the Constitutional Democratic Party leadership election, will officially announce his candidacy on the 6th, having secured the necessary sponsors.
2024-09-05 22:35:00
The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan's leadership election will be announced on September 7th. Former Prime Minister Noda held a press conference and called for the realization of political reform, while former Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Mabuchi, who had received requests from some Diet members within the party to run, indicated that he would not run. This was on the 5th.
2024-09-05 22:33:00
With the LDP presidential election scheduled to be announced on September 12th, just one week away, preparations are underway for each camp. On the 5th, a series of policy announcements and meetings were held. These are all preparations for the presidential election.
2024-09-05 22:27:00
LDP Secretary-General Motegi held a press conference and announced the policies he will put forward in the presidential election. These policies include economic policies that prioritize raising people's incomes and measures to revitalize local areas.
2024-09-05 20:04:00
The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan's leadership election will be announced on September 7th. Former Prime Minister Noda held a press conference and called for the realization of political reform, while former Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Mabuchi, who had received requests from some Diet members within the party to run, indicated that he would not run. This was on the 5th.
2024-09-05 19:31:00
With the LDP presidential election scheduled to be announced on September 12th, just one week away, preparations are underway for each camp. On the 5th, a series of policy announcements and meetings were held. These are all preparations for the presidential election.
2024-09-05 18:48:00
A witness was questioned at the Hyogo Prefectural Assembly's Article 100 Committee regarding a document that accused Governor Saito of power harassment. Experts pointed out that the prefecture's decision not to protect the former director who prepared the document as a whistleblower was a violation of the law, while a lawyer who cooperated with the prefecture's investigation said that there was no legal problem.
2024-09-05 18:38:00
Minister of Digital Affairs Kono held a press conference and announced the policies he will put forward in the LDP presidential election. He pledged to accelerate regulatory reform and digitalization, as well as lower the voting age to 18.
2024-09-05 18:04:00
LDP Secretary-General Motegi held a press conference and announced the policies he will put forward in the presidential election. These policies include economic policies that prioritize raising people's incomes and measures to revitalize local areas.
2024-09-05 17:27:00
The Japan-Australia foreign and defense ministerial meeting, known as the "2+2," was held near Melbourne, and the two sides agreed to strengthen security cooperation amid China's increasingly active military activity, as well as to support infrastructure development for the digitalization of Pacific island nations.
2024-09-05 17:08:00
Former Prime Minister Noda of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan said at a press conference, "We must thoroughly clean up the filthy 'water' of politics," and indicated his intention to call for the realization of political reform in the leadership election to be announced on the 7th.
2024-09-05 16:14:00
The Japan-Australia foreign and defense ministerial meeting, known as the "2+2," was held near Melbourne, and the two sides agreed to strengthen security cooperation amid China's increasingly active military activity, as well as to support infrastructure development for the digitalization of Pacific island nations.
2024-09-05 14:47:00
Prime Minister Kishida met with Park Chol-hee, the new South Korean ambassador to Japan, and conveyed his desire to further solidify the trend of expanding cooperation between the two countries, including through the Japan-South Korea summit meeting scheduled for the 6th.
2024-09-05 14:41:00
A witness was questioned at the Hyogo Prefectural Assembly's Article 100 Committee regarding a document that accused Governor Saito of power harassment. Experts pointed out that the prefecture's response of not making the former director who prepared the document a whistleblower protection "violates the law protecting whistleblowers."
2024-09-05 14:04:00
Former Prime Minister Noda, who has announced his candidacy for the Constitutional Democratic Party leadership election, will hold a press conference at around 3:00 pm on the 5th. We will be live streaming the press conference.
2024-09-05 13:18:00
A witness was questioned at the Hyogo Prefectural Assembly's Article 100 Committee regarding a document that accused Governor Saito of power harassment. Experts pointed out that the prefecture's response of not making the former director who prepared the document a whistleblower protection "violates the law protecting whistleblowers."
2024-09-05 12:07:00
The Japan-Australia foreign and defense ministerial meeting, known as the "2+2," will be held near Melbourne, and the two sides are expected to agree to strengthen security cooperation through measures including promoting joint training amid China's increasingly active military activities.
2024-09-05 09:16:00
(Prime Minister Kishida's Activities September 4, 2024)
2024-09-05 06:26:00
Former Prime Minister Noda, who has declared his candidacy for the Constitutional Democratic Party leadership election, will announce his policies on the 5th. Meanwhile, incumbent leader Izumi and two others who are also seeking to run are meeting individually, and the focus is on whether they will be able to finalize their candidate selection.
2024-09-05 06:25:00
Secretary-General Motegi has announced his candidacy for the LDP presidential election. The lawmakers who have already announced their candidacy are scheduled to hold press conferences to announce their policies, and with the announcement of the election just one week away, they are getting ready for the debate in earnest.
2024-09-05 05:13:00
The governments of Japan and South Korea are working toward signing a memorandum of understanding to confirm that they will cooperate with each other in the event of an emergency in a third country and the evacuation of their respective nationals.
