2025-01-11 20:32:00
Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs Ito visited the U.S. military's Futenma Air Base in Okinawa and expressed his intention to support local governments in developing plans for the use of the site after the base is returned.
2025-01-11 20:23:00
Regarding opposition party cooperation in this summer's House of Councillors election, Communist Party Chairman Tamura said it was necessary to assess how each party would respond to the LDP, and indicated that he was not yet in a position to reach a decision on whether to unify candidates in single-seat districts with a single seat.
2025-01-11 19:06:00
Constitutional Democratic Party leader Noda has indicated his intention to submit a bill to the regular Diet session convening this month to increase employee wages by 10,000 yen per month in order to resolve labor shortages in nursing care and other fields, and to work toward its enactment.
2025-01-11 18:52:00
Prime Minister Ishiba, who visited Southeast Asia, completed a series of events including summit meetings in Malaysia and Indonesia, and departed for Japan on a government plane on the evening of the 11th, Japan time.
2025-01-11 18:51:00
Prime Minister Ishiba, who is visiting Indonesia, emphasized his intention to continue to carefully listen to the opinions of the people, including supporters of the opposition parties, and seek to reach a consensus in the Diet regarding running the government with a minority ruling party.
2025-01-11 16:59:00
Prime Minister Ishiba held a summit meeting with President Prabowo of Indonesia, where the two leaders agreed to provide fast patrol boats to strengthen cooperation in the security field and to hold foreign and defense ministerial consultations within the year.
2025-01-11 14:05:00
Prime Minister Shinzo Ishiba, who is currently visiting Indonesia, will soon hold a summit meeting with President Prabowo. He plans to convey Japan's intention to provide fast patrol boats to promote cooperation in the security field, and hopes to reach an agreement on matters such as the early holding of foreign and defense ministerial consultations.
2025-01-11 12:31:00
In preparation for the next House of Representatives election, the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito are scheduled to begin coordinating their candidates, and the issue of how to handle Tokyo's single-seat constituencies, which was difficult to coordinate in the last election, is expected to become a focus again.
2025-01-11 11:46:00
Prime Minister Shinzo Ishiba, who is currently visiting Indonesia, will soon hold a summit meeting with President Prabowo. He plans to convey Japan's intention to provide fast patrol boats to promote cooperation in the security field, and hopes to reach an agreement on matters such as the early holding of foreign and defense ministerial consultations.
2025-01-11 05:05:00
The government has decided to send Foreign Minister Iwaki to the inauguration ceremony of the next US President Trump, which will be held on the 20th of this month.
2025-01-11 05:01:00
Prime Minister Shinzo Ishiba, who is currently visiting Indonesia, will hold a summit meeting with President Prabowo on the 11th. To strengthen cooperation in the security field, he will convey his intention to provide fast patrol boats and hopes to reach an agreement on matters such as holding an early ministerial meeting on foreign and defense affairs.
2025-01-11 04:55:00
Regarding Foreign Minister Iwao's indication of a plan to relax visa issuance requirements for Chinese tourists, former LDP Policy Research Council Chairman Hagiuda said it was problematic that the minister has not followed party procedures, and criticized the party's diplomatic stance toward China.
