2025-02-25 21:19:00
In order to address labor shortages in the medical and nursing care fields, Prime Minister Ishiba has instructed Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Fukuoka to formulate a plan to improve productivity by spring of this year using AI and robots.
2025-02-25 21:00:00
Regarding the revision of the new fiscal year budget, the Liberal Democratic Party, the Komeito Party, and the Japan Restoration Party formally agreed at a meeting of party leaders on specific measures for free education and measures to reduce the burden of social insurance premiums. The budget was revised under the minority ruling coalition and is expected to be passed.
2025-02-25 20:00:00
The House of Representatives Budget Committee held a public hearing to hear the opinions of experts on the new fiscal year's budget proposal, and in the afternoon, four experts recommended by each party gave their opinions on economic policy, educational support, and other topics.
2025-02-25 20:00:00
Regarding the revision of the new fiscal year budget, the Liberal Democratic Party, the Komeito Party, and the Japan Restoration Party formally agreed at a meeting of party leaders on specific measures for free education and measures to reduce the burden of social insurance premiums. The budget was revised under the minority ruling coalition and is expected to be passed.
2025-02-25 19:26:00
A bill to amend the Public Offices Election Act to prohibit the inclusion of disrespectful content in election posters was put to a vote in a special committee of the House of Representatives and passed with a majority of votes in favor, including from the Liberal Democratic Party and the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan.
2025-02-25 19:26:00
Regarding two prefectural assembly members of the Japan Restoration Party who provided audio recordings of closed-door meetings of the 100-Article Committee to a third party during the Hyogo Prefectural gubernatorial election, Representative Yoshimura said that the party's prefectural organization is considering expelling them and recommending that they leave the party, and added, "If they are expelled, they should resign from their seats in the assembly."
2025-02-25 19:02:00
Regarding the revision of the new fiscal year budget, the Liberal Democratic Party, the Komeito Party, and the Japan Restoration Party formally agreed at a meeting of party leaders on specific measures for free education and measures to reduce the burden of social insurance premiums. The budget was revised under the minority ruling coalition and is expected to be passed.
2025-02-25 18:01:00
Regarding the revision of the new fiscal year budget, the Japan Restoration Party decided to accept the draft agreement on free education and other matters that was compiled with the policy chiefs of the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito last week, and to support the new fiscal year budget. After this, a formal agreement is expected to be reached at a meeting between the leaders of the three parties, the Liberal Democratic Party, and Komeito, and the budget will be passed under a minority government.
2025-02-25 17:21:00
A bill to amend the Public Offices Election Act to prohibit the inclusion of disrespectful content in election posters was put to a vote in a special committee of the House of Representatives and passed with a majority of votes in favor, including from the Liberal Democratic Party and the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan.
2025-02-25 16:12:00
Regarding the revision of the new fiscal year budget, the Japan Restoration Party approved the draft agreement on free education and other issues that was compiled with the policy chiefs of the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito Party at an extraordinary executive meeting last week. The final consensus on the budget, including whether to support it or not, is being collected intermittently at the general assembly of both houses of parliament.
2025-02-25 16:10:00
Regarding the new fiscal year budget proposal, policy chiefs from the Liberal Democratic Party and the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan met and exchanged opinions on the revised proposal of around 3.8 trillion yen put together by the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan.
2025-02-25 16:08:00
Minister Ito, in charge of regional revitalization, who had been hospitalized due to poor health, returned to his duties on the 25th after approximately two weeks of recuperation.
2025-02-25 15:24:00
Regarding the schedule for deliberation on the new fiscal year budget bill, LDP Diet Affairs Committee Chairman Sakamoto expressed the view that it will be difficult for the budget bill to pass the House of Representatives by the 2nd of next month, which is the deadline for the bill to be automatically enacted within the fiscal year under the provisions of the Constitution.
2025-02-25 14:43:00
Regarding the review of the "1.03 million yen annual income barrier," the Democratic Party for the People confirmed its intention to continue calling for the abolition of the annual income category, stating that it is unfair and difficult to accept the proposal put forward by the Komeito Party last week to expand the range of annual income to which the income tax exemption is added, and that it will continue to do so. Meanwhile, the secretaries-general of the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito confirmed that they will continue to carefully discuss the matter, stating that the agreement reached by the secretaries-general of the three parties, including the Democratic Party for the People, to "aim for 1.78 million yen" is significant.
2025-02-25 14:10:00
A bill aimed at strengthening child abuse prevention measures has been finalized. The bill's main pillars include making it possible to restrict visits between children in temporary custody and their guardians, even at the "suspect" stage before abuse is recognized, in cases where there is a high risk of adverse effects.
2025-02-25 13:45:00
The House of Representatives Budget Committee is holding public hearings to hear the opinions of experts regarding the new fiscal year's budget proposal, with experts recommended by each party expressing their views on issues such as finances and wage increases.
2025-02-25 13:17:00
Regarding the review of the "1.03 million yen annual income barrier," the Democratic Party for the People confirmed its intention to continue calling for the abolition of the annual income classification, stating that it is difficult to accept the proposal put forward by the Komeito Party last week to expand the range of annual income to which the income tax exemption is added, as it would be unfair to differentiate the tax exemption depending on annual income.
2025-02-25 13:10:00
Regarding the review of the "1.03 million yen annual income barrier," the Democratic Party for the People confirmed its intention to continue calling for the abolition of the annual income category, stating that it is unfair and difficult to accept the proposal put forward by the Komeito Party last week to expand the range of annual income to which the income tax exemption is added, and that it will continue to do so. Meanwhile, the secretaries-general of the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito confirmed that they will continue to carefully discuss the matter, stating that the agreement reached by the secretaries-general of the three parties, including the Democratic Party for the People, to "aim for 1.78 million yen" is significant.
2025-02-25 13:03:00
Regarding the revision of the new fiscal year budget, the Japan Restoration Party approved the draft agreement on free education and other issues that was compiled with the policy chiefs of the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito Party at an extraordinary executive meeting last week. The final opinion, including the pros and cons of the budget proposal, is currently being collected at a joint meeting of both houses of the Diet.
2025-02-25 12:44:00
At a cabinet meeting on the 25th, the government approved a bill to amend relevant laws, including making it mandatory for companies with annual carbon dioxide emissions of 100,000 tons or more to participate in the "emissions trading" system, which is scheduled to be fully implemented from fiscal 2027.
2025-02-25 12:00:00
Regarding the Osaka-Kansai Expo, the government and the Expo Association have decided to sell "period passes" that allow unlimited entry during a certain period at a discounted price only to those who visit by May. Based on this, Prime Minister Ishiba called on the National Governors' Association to cooperate in building momentum.
2025-02-25 11:49:00
Regarding the review of the "1.03 million yen annual income barrier," the secretaries-general of the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito confirmed that they would continue to hold careful discussions, as the agreement reached by the secretaries-general of the three parties, including the Democratic Party for the People, to "aim for 1.78 million yen" is significant.
2025-02-25 11:44:00
Regarding the revision of the new fiscal year budget, the Japan Restoration Party held an extraordinary executive meeting to discuss the draft agreement on free education and other issues that was compiled last week with policy leaders from the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito. The draft document is expected to be approved, and the final opinion, including whether to support or oppose the budget, will be compiled at a joint meeting of both houses of parliament.
2025-02-25 11:38:00
Regarding the schedule for deliberation on the new fiscal year budget bill, LDP Diet Affairs Committee Chairman Sakamoto expressed the view that it will be difficult for the budget bill to pass the House of Representatives by the 2nd of next month, which is the deadline for the bill to be automatically enacted within the fiscal year under the provisions of the Constitution.
2025-02-25 11:09:00
The House of Representatives Budget Committee has resolved to hold a subcommittee meeting for two days from the 27th to deliberate policy issues of each ministry and agency before the vote on the new fiscal year budget. At a board meeting prior to this, the ruling and opposition parties reached a broad agreement to hold the postponed hearing of the accounting officer of the former Abe faction of the Liberal Democratic Party on the 27th.
2025-02-25 09:55:00
(Prime Minister Ishiba's Activities February 24, 2025) 17:46 Departure from the official residence. 17:54 Arrived at the Tottori Okayama Shinbashikan, a joint antenna shop for Tottori and Okayama prefectures in Shinbashi, Tokyo. Tried Matsuba crab at the restaurant Bistro Cafe Momotenashiya. Photograph taken. 18:37 Departure from the same place. 18:43 Arrived at the official residence. 18:55 Attended an online summit on support for Ukraine (until 19:05). 22:00 G7 = Group of Seven leaders video conference (until 23:30). 23:34 Interviews with media (until 23:39). (Prime Minister Ishiba's Activities February 23, 2025) 12:25 Departure from the official residence. 12:33 Arrived at the Imperial Palace. Attended the Emperor's Birthday Celebration Ceremony and Banquet with his wife, Yoshiko. 13:48 Departed from the Imperial Palace. 13:57 Arrived at the Official Residence. 14:31 Met with Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Aoki Kazuhiko, Director-General of the National Security Council Okano Masatake, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Ministers for Foreign Affairs Namazu Hiroyuki and Akahori Takeshi, and Director-General of the European Affairs Bureau Kitagawa Katsuro (until 15:39). 15:43 Met with Director-General of the National Security Council Okano and Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Akahori (until 16:50). (Prime Minister Ishiba's Activities, February 22, 2025). Spent the whole day at the Official Residence. (Prime Minister Ishiba's Activities, February 21, 2025). 05:57 Met with Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Tachibana Keiichiro at the Official Residence (until 07:36). 07:39 Departed the Official Residence on foot. 07:40 Arrived at the Official Residence. 08:16 Cabinet meeting (until 08:23). 08:46 Departing from the Prime Minister's Office 08:47 Arriving at the Diet 08:49 Entering the House of Representatives First Committee Room 08:50 Talking with Finance Minister Kato Katsunobu (until 08:54) 08:55 Talking with Constitutional Democratic Party's Chief Deputy Chairman for National Affairs, Yamai Kazunori (until 08:56) 08:59 House of Representatives Budget Committee opening 12:04 House of Representatives Budget Committee goes on break. Leaves the room 12:06 Leaves the Diet 12:10 Arrives at the Prime Minister's Office 12:20 Government and ruling party liaison meeting (until 12:36) 12:51 Leaves the Prime Minister's Office 12:52 Arrives in the Diet 12:54 Enters the House of Representatives 1st Committee Room 12:57 Talks with LDP member of the House of Representatives Koichi Tani (until 12:58) 13:00 House of Representatives Budget Committee resumes 17:02 House of Representatives Budget Committee adjourns 17:03 Leaves the room 17:05 Leaves the Diet 17:07 Arrives at the Prime Minister's Office 17:08 Met with LDP members Onodera Itsunori and Matsumoto Yohei, Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Policy Research Council (until 17:27) 17:29 Leaves the Prime Minister's Office 17:40 Arrives at the Meiji Memorial Hall in Motoakasaka, Tokyo. Attended and gave speech at the Akahige Awards ceremony, sponsored by the Japan Medical Association and others, held at the Horai-no-Ma banquet hall.17:53 Departed from the banquet hall.18:04 Arrived at the Prime Minister's Office.18:05 Met with Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Muto Yoshiharu, State Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Ogushi Masaki, Administrative Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Iida Yuji, and Fukushima Reconstruction Promotion Group Director Tsujimoto Keisuke (until 18:14).18:30 Exchange of opinions with medium-sized companies leading regional revitalization (until 19:27).19:34 Met with Director-General of the National Security Council Okano Masatake, Cabinet Intelligence Director Hara Kazuya, and Cabinet Satellite Intelligence Center Director Notomi Naka (until 19:57).19:58 Met with Director-General of the National Security Council Okano and Cabinet Intelligence Director Hara (until 20:19).20:20 Met with Cabinet Intelligence Director Hara (until 20:24).21:20 Departed from the Prime Minister's Office.21:26 Arrives at the House of Representatives accommodation in Akasaka, Tokyo at 21:36. Departs from the accommodation at 21:39. Arrives at the official residence.
2025-02-25 05:11:00
Regarding the revision of the new fiscal year budget, the Japan Restoration Party plans to collect opinions within the party on the 25th regarding the draft agreement document on free education and other issues that was compiled last week with the policy chiefs of the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito. If it is accepted, it is expected to be officially agreed upon at a meeting of the leaders of the three parties, which will set a target for the passage of the budget.
2025-02-25 02:35:00
On the evening of the 24th, Prime Minister Ishiba participated in an online summit of the G7, where he emphasized the importance of ending the fighting in a way that does not teach the wrong lesson that the status quo can be changed by force, and of achieving a fair and lasting peace in Ukraine.
2025-02-25 00:23:00
In response to the issue of a member of the Hyogo Prefectural Assembly of the Japan Restoration Party providing documents of unknown authenticity and audio recordings of 100-article committee meetings that were kept private to avoid influencing the election during last year's gubernatorial election, to the head of a political group, Takashi Tachibana, it has been learned from interviews with related parties that the prefectural organization of the party is considering taking severe disciplinary measures, including expulsion and a recommendation to leave the party. The party plans to decide on the disciplinary measures at a meeting of its executives on the 25th.
