2024-11-05 23:15:00
Prime Minister Ishiba is considering appointing Hiromasa Nakano, also from the Komeito party, as the new Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism to succeed Masayoshi Saito, who is expected to become the leader of the Komeito party.
2024-11-05 22:23:00
In response to North Korea's deployment of troops to Russia as it continues its invasion of Ukraine, foreign ministers of the G7 countries, including Japan, as well as like-minded countries such as South Korea, have issued a statement expressing serious concern and strongly urging North Korea to stop supporting Russia.
2024-11-05 21:20:00
Minister of State for Children's Policy, Mihara, visited a child consultation center in Tokyo and expressed his intention to strengthen efforts to secure child consultation center staff and develop human resources.
2024-11-05 19:07:00
The policy research council chairmen of the Liberal Democratic Party and the Democratic Party for the People met and confirmed that they will begin discussions this week on new economic measures that include measures to combat rising prices.
2024-11-05 19:03:00
Constitutional Democratic Party leader Noda and Democratic Party for the People leader Tamaki met and agreed to aim to revise the Political Funds Control Act again by the end of the year in order to speed up political reform. Noda also conveyed his intention to cooperate in reviewing the so-called "1.03 million yen barrier" advocated by the Democratic Party for the People.
2024-11-05 18:37:00
Representatives of the business community who serve on the advisory council of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum have urged Prime Minister Ishiba to work toward building a free trade area in the Asia-Pacific region.
2024-11-05 18:34:00
Regarding the system under which couples who have been enrolled in the Employees' Pension Insurance can divide the records of the insurance premiums paid up to that point when they divorce, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has decided to extend the deadline for filing claims from two years after the divorce is finalized to five years.
2024-11-05 17:55:00
The policy research council chairmen of the Liberal Democratic Party and the Democratic Party for the People met and confirmed that they will begin discussions this week on new economic measures that include measures to combat rising prices.
2024-11-05 17:48:00
Constitutional Democratic Party leader Noda and Democratic Party for the People leader Tamaki met and agreed to aim to revise the Political Funds Control Act again by the end of the year in order to speed up political reform. Noda also conveyed his intention to cooperate in reviewing the so-called "1.03 million yen barrier" advocated by the Democratic Party for the People.
2024-11-05 17:45:00
Following the results of the recent House of Representatives election, Japan Restoration Party Secretary-General Fujita has announced that the party will hold a standing executive meeting on the 6th to officially decide whether to hold an election for party leader.
2024-11-05 16:56:00
The secretaries-general of the Japan Restoration Party and the Democratic Party for the People met and agreed that in light of the problems surrounding politics and money, political reform is needed urgently and that they will work together to achieve things like the abolition of policy activity expenses by the end of the year.
2024-11-05 15:55:00
The policy research council chairmen of the Liberal Democratic Party and the Democratic Party for the People met and confirmed that they will begin discussions this week on new economic measures that include measures to combat rising prices.
2024-11-05 13:10:00
The policy research council chairmen of the Liberal Democratic Party and the Democratic Party for the People met and confirmed that they will begin discussions this week on new economic measures that include measures to combat rising prices.
2024-11-05 12:56:00
Regarding how to respond to the special Diet session to be convened on the 11th, the Diet Affairs Committee chairpersons of four opposition parties, including the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, met and confirmed their intention to urge the ruling party to ensure that the Budget Committee has sufficient time to discuss issues of politics and money.
2024-11-05 12:24:00
At a meeting of the LDP executive committee, Prime Minister Ishiba instructed the party to continue policy discussions with the Democratic Party for the People while firmly maintaining the coalition government between the LDP and Komeito, and also indicated his own intention to hold a party leaders' meeting with Representative Tamaki.
2024-11-05 12:19:00
Following the recent House of Representatives election, a special Diet session to hold an election to nominate the prime minister will be convened on the 11th of next week.
2024-11-05 12:16:00
Regarding the then secretary of former Policy Research Council Chairman Hagiuda Koichi, who was criminally charged but not indicted on suspicion of violating the Political Funds Control Act in connection with a political fundraising party held by the Abe faction of the Liberal Democratic Party, the Prosecutorial Review Committee has decided that the non-indictment was inappropriate, and the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors' Office Special Investigation Division will reinvestigate the case and decide whether to file new charges.
2024-11-05 11:56:00
The policy research council chairmen of the Liberal Democratic Party and the Democratic Party for the People met and confirmed that they will begin discussions this week on new economic measures that include measures to combat rising prices.
2024-11-05 11:16:00
At a cabinet meeting on the 5th, the government decided to extend by one year the deployment period of Self-Defense Forces' escort ships and aircraft, which are engaged in activities such as collecting information necessary to ensure the safety of ships related to Japan in the Middle East.
2024-11-05 10:07:00
(Prime Minister Ishiba's Activities November 4, 2024)
2024-11-05 05:32:00
With the ruling party falling short of a majority in the House of Representatives, the Democratic Party for the People has decided to urge the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito to reach a certain conclusion in the discussions on next year's tax reform, which will be held towards the end of the year, in order to bring about an early review of the so-called "1.03 million yen barrier."
