2025-01-18 11:16:00
The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan has set up a new working group to examine the contents of the government's new fiscal year budget proposal. They plan to call for the government to cut wasteful spending and redirect financial resources to the realization of the party's policies, including making school lunches free for public elementary and junior high schools.
2025-01-18 10:22:00
In a Cabinet Office opinion poll, when people were asked about the areas in Japan that are currently heading in a bad direction, answers related to the economy, such as "prices" and "the economy," ranked high, just as they did last year. Meanwhile, "disaster prevention" increased three-fold, and the Cabinet Office believes this may be due to the succession of disasters, such as the Noto Peninsula earthquake.
2025-01-18 05:02:00
Following the summary indictment of an accountant for a political fundraising party held by a Liberal Democratic Party faction in the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly, some within the party have expressed concern about the impact on the summer House of Councillors election and other events. In response, the Constitutional Democratic Party and others plan to step up their investigation of issues related to politics and money in the regular Diet session.
