2024-10-11 21:48:00
Prime Minister Ishiba, who was visiting Laos on his first overseas trip since taking office, completed a series of events including a summit with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and summit meetings with China and South Korea, and departed for Japan on a government plane on the evening of the 11th.
2024-10-11 20:54:00
Ahead of the House of Representatives election being announced on the 15th of next week, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications conducted a rehearsal for the process of accepting proportional representation candidate lists.
2024-10-11 20:36:00
Prime Minister Ishiba, who is visiting Laos on his first overseas trip since taking office, attended the East Asia Summit (EAS) and stressed the importance of maintaining and strengthening a free and open international order based on the rule of law, with increasing military activity from Russia and China in mind.
2024-10-11 20:31:00
Prime Minister Ishiba met with Australian Prime Minister Albanese while in Laos, and the two leaders agreed to strengthen their deterrent capabilities in the security field as well as cooperate on cyber and economic security.
2024-10-11 20:06:00
With the House of Representatives election due to be announced on October 15th, each party has effectively entered the election campaign. On the 11th, party leaders and executives gave street speeches in various places, promoting their party policies.
2024-10-11 19:26:00
Prime Minister Ishiba, who is visiting Laos on his first overseas trip since taking office, attended the East Asia Summit (EAS) and stressed the importance of maintaining and strengthening a free and open international order based on the rule of law, with increasing military activity from Russia and China in mind.
2024-10-11 18:49:00
Ahead of the House of Representatives election, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department held a meeting on the 11th, attended by police station chiefs and others, and Superintendent General Ogata Yoshimi instructed to focus on cracking down on election violations as well as to thoroughly guard street speeches and other events.
2024-10-11 18:28:00
Regarding the merits of introducing a system of optional separate surnames for married couples, Justice Minister Makihara expressed the view that careful consideration must be given to a wide range of opinions from all walks of life and discussions in the Diet, so as to avoid dividing the public.
2024-10-11 17:53:00
The Liberal Democratic Party announced that three former lawmakers who had been seeking to run alone in the proportional representation section of the upcoming House of Representatives election had withdrawn due to an omission in their political funding report.
2024-10-11 17:42:00
Prime Minister Ishiba, who is visiting Laos on his first overseas trip since taking office, attended the East Asia Summit (EAS) and stressed the importance of maintaining and strengthening a free and open international order based on the rule of law, with increasing military activity from Russia and China in mind.
2024-10-11 17:25:00
The government has established a new headquarters, headed by Prime Minister Ishiba, to realize regional revitalization. The headquarters is planning to consider measures such as revitalizing agriculture, forestry, fisheries, and tourism, as well as encouraging companies to move into regional areas, and will finalize a basic outline of the plan by the end of the year.
2024-10-11 16:16:00
Minister of State for Children's Policy Mihara announced that a new law providing compensation to victims who were forced to undergo sterilization under the former Eugenic Protection Law will come into effect on January 17th next year, and expressed his intention to make efforts to publicize the system so that they can claim compensation from that day.
2024-10-11 14:57:00
While visiting Laos, Prime Minister Ishiba met with Vietnamese Prime Minister Chinh. The two leaders exchanged views on the situation in the East China Sea and South China Sea, where China is strengthening its maritime expansion, and agreed to work closely together to maintain peace and stability in the region.
2024-10-11 14:45:00
At a press conference, Defense Minister Nakatani said he intends to deepen security cooperation by visiting Belgium and Italy this month, becoming the first Japanese defense minister to attend NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) meetings, as well as attending the first defense ministers' meeting of the G7 countries.
2024-10-11 14:02:00
During his visit to Laos, Prime Minister Ishiba met with Prime Minister Songxay and conveyed his intention to focus on supporting Laos in areas such as infrastructure development to ensure a stable supply of electricity to neighboring countries and the expansion of airport terminals, in order to promote economic development and financial soundness in Laos. *When this article was originally published, there was an error in the image. We apologize.
2024-10-11 13:44:00
The East Asia Summit (EAS), where leaders of ASEAN, Japan, the United States, China and other countries discuss regional security issues, has begun in Laos. Intense debate is expected between the United States, China and Russia over the South China Sea issue and the situation in Ukraine.
2024-10-11 12:57:00
The government has decided to designate the damage caused by Typhoon Faxai, which struck Iwate Prefecture in August this year, as a "localized severe disaster." This will allow the government to increase subsidies for the costs of restoring farmland, roads, and other areas, and to provide assistance.
2024-10-11 12:43:00
(Prime Minister Ishiba's Activities October 10, 2024)
2024-10-11 12:35:00
Regarding the damage caused by record-breaking rains in September in the Noto region of Ishikawa Prefecture, the government has declared it a "severe disaster" and announced that it will provide subsidies to cover the costs of restoring schools and sports facilities.
2024-10-11 12:00:00
Prime Minister Ishiba, who is visiting Laos for his first overseas trip since taking office, will attend the East Asia Summit (EAS). With Russia and China's increasing military activity in mind, he plans to emphasize the importance of maintaining and strengthening a free and open international order based on the rule of law.
2024-10-11 11:34:00
At a cabinet meeting on the 11th, the government decided to allocate an additional 50 billion yen from the reserve fund in this fiscal year's budget to support disaster-stricken areas in the Noto region of Ishikawa Prefecture.
2024-10-11 11:16:00
At a Cabinet meeting on the 11th, the government decided to spend 81.5 billion yen from the reserve fund of this fiscal year's budget to cover the expenses necessary for the House of Representatives election, which will be held on the 27th of this month. The money will be used for voting administration, awareness-raising activities, crackdown on election violations, and overseas voting.
2024-10-11 05:28:00
Prime Minister Ishiba, who is visiting Laos on his first overseas trip since taking office, will attend the East Asia Summit (EAS) on the 11th, where he plans to stress the importance of maintaining and strengthening a free and open international order based on the rule of law, with increasing military activity from Russia and China in mind.
2024-10-11 05:26:00
With the House of Representatives election scheduled to be announced on the 15th of next week, both the Liberal Democratic Party and the Komeito Party have fielded candidates in most electoral districts. Meanwhile, the opposition parties are expected to field candidates in many electoral districts, and the focus is on the extent to which they will cooperate with each other.
2024-10-11 00:09:00
Prime Minister Ishiba held his first summit meeting with Indian Prime Minister Modi while in Laos, and the two leaders agreed to work together toward peace and stability in the international community as partners sharing fundamental values such as democracy and the rule of law.
