2025-03-01 18:24:00
The Japan Restoration Party held its party convention and decided on a new line of action, including steadily implementing concrete measures to make education free and reduce the burden of social insurance premiums, forcing the ruling party to lose its majority in the summer's House of Councillors election, and aiming to realize further policies.
2025-03-01 17:37:00
Prime Minister Ishiba appeared at the Tokyo Girls Collection, a popular fashion event among young people, and called for "everyone to work together to create a cute and energetic Japan by using AI and digital technology to spread the message to the world."
2025-03-01 16:43:00
The Japan Restoration Party held its party convention and decided on a new line of action, including steadily implementing concrete measures to make education free and reduce the burden of social insurance premiums, forcing the ruling party to lose its majority in the summer's House of Councillors election, and aiming to realize further policies.
2025-03-01 14:03:00
Komeito leader Saito said that this summer's House of Councillors election is a de facto "election to choose the government," in which a defeat for the minority ruling coalition would directly lead to a change of government, and emphasized his intention to aim for the ruling coalition, including the LDP, to maintain a majority of seats.
2025-03-01 07:04:00
Regarding the "High-cost Medical Care System," Prime Minister Ishiba said that the increase in the upper limit of the burden will proceed as scheduled this year, but that the treatment from next year onwards will be reconsidered, and asked for understanding. The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan is arguing that it should be frozen for the time being from this year, and discussions are becoming lively with the ruling party aiming to vote on the new fiscal year budget in the first half of next week.
2025-03-01 06:04:00
Defense Minister Nakatani is arranging to meet with U.S. Secretary of Defense Hegseth in Tokyo in early April. This will be their first face-to-face meeting, and they are expected to discuss specific measures to strengthen the deterrence and response capabilities of the Japan-U.S. alliance.
2025-03-01 00:44:00
In relation to the new fiscal year budget proposal, the Japan Restoration Party held discussions on the evening of the 28th regarding how to respond to the proposed amendments to tax-related bills that reflect the ruling party's review of the "1.03 million yen annual income barrier." However, no consensus was reached, and a decision was postponed until the beginning of next week.
