2025-01-23 23:01:00
The government has drawn up a draft of how the training and employment system, which will be implemented to secure specialized foreign human resources, should be operated. In order to prevent the concentration of human resources in urban areas, the government will set up more acceptance quotas for regional companies.
2025-01-23 21:32:00
Ahead of the regular Diet session convening on the 24th, the top members of the ruling and opposition parties on the House of Representatives Budget Committee met, with the opposition party proposing the establishment of a new "ministerial review" in which specialized questioning would be conducted for each ministry in order to enhance budget deliberations. The proposal was to have the parties hold discussions on the 24th.
2025-01-23 20:28:00
The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) announced the results of an investigation into the party's local organizations following a scandal involving political fundraising parties run by a group in the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly. It revealed that 22 prefectural chapters had refunded party ticket sales that exceeded the quota to assembly members, while also properly recording the amount in their income and expenditure reports.
2025-01-23 20:17:00
One of the topics of interest in the regular Diet session starting on the 24th is whether or not to introduce a selective system of separate surnames for married couples. While there are cautious voices within the Liberal Democratic Party, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan plans to submit the necessary bills with the aim of introducing the system, and the debate is expected to become lively. Those who have been calling for the introduction of the system are expressing their hopes that the debate will deepen in the Diet.
2025-01-23 19:16:00
Ahead of the regular Diet session being convened on the 24th, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan held the first meeting of the working group to verify the government's new fiscal year budget proposal. Each field will be examined to see if there are any wasteful projects, and an interim report will be compiled in early February.
2025-01-23 19:10:00
In its monthly economic report for January, the government maintained its basic assessment of the current economic situation, stating that "the economy is recovering slowly, although some areas remain sluggish."
2025-01-23 19:05:00
Following the discovery that part of the income from a political fundraising party held by the Liberal Democratic Party faction in the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly, the "Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly Liberal Democratic Party," was not reported in its political funding income and expenditure report, the faction held a press conference on the 23rd to correct the income and expenditure report and to announce that six of the faction's former secretaries-general would not be officially endorsed in this year's Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election.
2025-01-23 17:49:00
Following the discovery that part of the income from a political fundraising party held by the Liberal Democratic Party faction in the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly, the "Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly Liberal Democratic Party," was not reported in its political funding income and expenditure report, the faction held a press conference on the 23rd to correct the income and expenditure report and to announce that six of the faction's former secretaries-general would not be officially endorsed in this year's Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election.
2025-01-23 16:59:00
Following the discovery that part of the income from a political fundraising party held by the Liberal Democratic Party faction in the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly, the "Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly Liberal Democratic Party," was not reported in its political funding income and expenditure report, the faction held a press conference on the 23rd to correct the income and expenditure report and to announce that six of the faction's former secretaries-general would not be officially endorsed in this year's Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election.
2025-01-23 16:24:00
Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Moriyama visited the Osaka-Kansai Expo site, which opens in April this year, and said he saw for himself that the site brings together technologies from around the world, and expressed his intention to support the event as a whole party to ensure its success.
2025-01-23 16:02:00
Heated negotiations are taking place in Greenland, a land in the Arctic covered in snow and ice. Even before taking office, President Trump strongly asserted that "America needs Greenland." Opposition and dissent have erupted from Denmark, Russia, and other European countries, which consider Greenland an autonomous territory, and Greenland's Prime Minister Aede has stated that he will be holding talks with the Trump administration within the next few days. What is the big "attraction" for America? Will Greenland choose? Commentator Go Kamoshida, who has experience reporting on the ground, explains. *Information current as of January 23rd. (Video: 4 minutes 24 seconds)
2025-01-23 15:27:00
Following the discovery that part of the income from a political fundraising party held by the Liberal Democratic Party faction in the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly, the "Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly Liberal Democratic Party," was not reported in its political funding income and expenditure report, the faction held a press conference on the 23rd to correct the income and expenditure report and to announce that six of the faction's former secretaries-general would not be officially endorsed in this year's Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election.
2025-01-23 10:06:00
(Prime Minister Ishiba's Activities January 22, 2025)
2025-01-23 05:47:00
With the long time it will take to provide relief to victims of wrongful convictions, such as Hakamada Iwao, whose innocence was finalized last year, becoming an issue, a bipartisan group of lawmakers has begun full-scale consideration of a review of the system of retrials, or restarting a trial, focusing on issues such as how to disclose evidence, for which no specific procedures have yet been established.
2025-01-23 05:23:00
In order to enhance budget deliberations in the regular Diet session that will convene on the 24th, the ruling and opposition parties are making arrangements to establish a new "ministerial review" in the first half of the House of Representatives Budget Committee's deliberations, in which specialized questioning will be conducted for each ministry.
