Political News(2024/12/02)
LDP Vice President Suga to visit South Korea from 15th, arranging meeting with President Yoon
2024-12-02 21:38:00
Suga, the vice president of the Liberal Democratic Party and chairman of the Japan-Korea Parliamentary Friendship League, is scheduled to visit South Korea for two days from December 15th, and is arranging a meeting with President Yoon Seok-yeol. Given that next year will mark the 60th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between Japan and South Korea, he hopes to confirm the cooperative relationship between the two countries.
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LDP Secretary-General Moriyama: "We will thoroughly ensure that the party membership procedures are carried out properly"
2024-12-02 21:12:00
Regarding the issue of LDP member of the House of Representatives Hiroaki Tabata allegedly registering employees of companies that the party supports as party members without their permission, Secretary-General Moriyama indicated his intention to hear from Tabata himself and to thoroughly ensure that party membership procedures are carried out properly.
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Prime Minister Ishiba continues to lobby Russia to allow former residents of Northern Territories to resume grave visits
2024-12-02 21:06:00
Prime Minister Ishiba met with local government officials, including from Nemuro City in Hokkaido, which are seeking the return of the Northern Territories, and expressed his intention to continue urging the Russian side to allow former islanders to resume grave visits, which have been postponed due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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Representative question session at the House of Representatives plenary session: First full-scale debate since the Lower House election begins
2024-12-02 21:04:00
In the Diet, the representatives of each party asked questions at the plenary session of the House of Representatives, marking the first full-scale debate since the House of Representatives election. Regarding the issue of politics and money, Constitutional Democratic Party leader Noda called for the realization of fundamental political reform, such as a ban on corporate and group donations. Prime Minister Ishiba, on the other hand, stated that he did not believe that corporate and group donations themselves were inappropriate, but emphasized his intention to aim for legal reform, including a further revision of the Political Funds Control Law, such as the abolition of policy activity expenses.
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Yoshimura's new leader, Ishin no Kai, decides on senior personnel appointments for co-leader Maehara and Secretary-General Iwatani
2024-12-02 20:34:00
Following the inauguration of new leader Yoshimura, the Japan Restoration Party held a general meeting of members of both houses of the Diet on the 2nd and decided on senior personnel changes, appointing House of Representatives member Maehara Seiji as co-leader and House of Representatives member Iwatani Ryohei as secretary-general.
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Prime Minister Ishiba: "Please cooperate to pass the supplementary budget and political reform bills as soon as possible"
2024-12-02 20:15:00
At a meeting of the LDP executive committee, Prime Minister Ishiba called for cooperation in ensuring the early passage of this year's supplementary budget bill, which will support new economic measures, as well as related bills for political reform.
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Representative question session at the House of Representatives plenary session: First full-scale debate since the Lower House election begins
2024-12-02 19:56:00
In the Diet, the representatives of each party asked questions at the plenary session of the House of Representatives, marking the first full-scale debate since the House of Representatives election. Regarding the issue of politics and money, Constitutional Democratic Party leader Noda called for the realization of fundamental political reform, such as a ban on corporate and group donations. Prime Minister Ishiba, on the other hand, stated that he did not believe that corporate and group donations themselves were inappropriate, but emphasized his intention to aim for legal reform, including a further revision of the Political Funds Control Law, such as the abolition of policy activity expenses.
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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe considers clarifying standards for businesses to remove "illegal part-time job" recruitment posts
2024-12-02 19:46:00
In order to strengthen measures against crimes committed through illegal part-time work, Prime Minister Ishiba has indicated his intention to consider clarifying standards so that social media operators can delete posts that hint at high rewards and recruit people to commit crimes.
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Ishin Co-chair Maehara and Secretary-General Iwatani decide on senior personnel changes
2024-12-02 19:16:00
Following the inauguration of new leader Yoshimura, the Japan Restoration Party held a general meeting of members of both houses of the Diet on the 2nd and decided on senior personnel changes, appointing House of Representatives member Maehara Seiji as co-leader and House of Representatives member Iwatani Ryohei as secretary-general.
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Lawyer and university professor file complaint against Governor Saito's campaign over social media use in Hyogo gubernatorial election
2024-12-02 17:56:00
A lawyer and a university professor have mailed a complaint against Governor Saito, who was re-elected in the Hyogo Prefectural gubernatorial election, and his PR company representative to the Kobe District Public Prosecutors Office and other organizations, alleging that the contents of an article posted on a website by the representative of a PR company regarding the social media operations of the campaign team of Governor Saito, who was re-elected in the Hyogo Prefectural gubernatorial election, are suspected of violating the Public Offices Election Act. The governor has stated that he "recognizes that there has been no violation of the law."
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Prime Minister Ishiba appeals on social media to "use the freelance consultation hotline"
2024-12-02 17:17:00
A law to protect "freelance" workers came into force in November, and Prime Minister Ishiba said he would support the government in ensuring that everyone is able to work in the way they wish, and called on people on social media to use a dedicated consultation hotline if they ran into any problems.
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Lawyer and university professor file complaint against Governor Saito's campaign over social media use in Hyogo gubernatorial election
2024-12-02 16:20:00
A lawyer and a university professor have mailed a complaint against Governor Saito, who was re-elected in the Hyogo Prefectural gubernatorial election, and his PR company representative to the Kobe District Public Prosecutors Office and other organizations, alleging that the contents of an article posted on a website by the representative of a PR company regarding the social media operations of the campaign team of Governor Saito, who was re-elected in the Hyogo Prefectural gubernatorial election, are suspected of violating the Public Offices Election Act. The governor has stated that he "recognizes that there has been no violation of the law."
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CDP plans to submit opposition proposal for political reform to the Diet within this week
2024-12-02 15:15:00
Regarding political reform, Constitutional Democratic Party Deputy Leader Ogushi expressed his intention to quickly compile opposition proposals for each specific item, such as the abolition of policy activity expenses, and to submit those that can be agreed upon to the Diet within this week.
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The government will submit the supplementary budget to the Diet on the 9th.
2024-12-02 13:06:00
At a board meeting of the House of Representatives Rules and Administration Committee on the 2nd, the government announced that this year's supplementary budget bill, which will support the new economic measures, will be submitted to the Diet on the 9th of next week.
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Prime Minister Ishiba meets with Komeito leader Saito to confirm "cooperation in running the Diet"
2024-12-02 12:12:00
Before the question and answer session by each party leader began in the Diet on the afternoon of the 2nd, Prime Minister Ishiba met with Komeito leader Saito and confirmed that the LDP and Komeito will work together to run the Diet, as the ruling party still has less than a majority in the House of Representatives.
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Lawyer and university professor file complaint against Governor Saito's campaign over social media use in Hyogo gubernatorial election
2024-12-02 12:02:00
Regarding the social media activities of Governor Saito, who was re-elected in the Hyogo Prefectural gubernatorial election, a lawyer and a university professor have mailed a complaint against the governor and his representative to the Kobe District Public Prosecutors Office and other organizations, citing suspicions that the contents of an article posted on a website by the representative of a PR company may have violated the Public Offices Election Act. The governor's side has so far stated that they do not believe they have violated the law.
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Prime Minister Ishiba's Activities November 29th - December 1st, 2024
2024-12-02 11:15:00
Prime Minister Ishiba's Activities November 29th - December 1st, 2024
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The challenge is whether the new leader of the Ishin Party, Yoshimura, can restore the party's strength under the new system.
2024-12-02 04:10:00
Osaka Governor Hirofumi Yoshimura was elected as the new leader of the Japan Restoration Party in the party leadership election held on the 1st. Yoshimura plans to decide on key executive personnel changes within the next 2 days, including appointing Seiji Maehara as co-leader, and the issue is whether the party can regain its strength under the new structure.
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Parliament: From today, party leaders will be able to ask questions to the Prime Minister's policy speech
2024-12-02 04:08:00
In the Diet, the representatives of each party will begin questioning Prime Minister Ishiba's policy speech on the 2nd. The Liberal Democratic Party will ask for an explanation of specific measures to combat rising prices and raise wages, while the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan plans to press for the realization of fundamental political reforms, such as a ban on corporate and organizational donations.
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