2025-03-24 21:58:00
A consultation meeting was held between the ruling and opposition parties to discuss the establishment of a third-party organization to check political funds, with the Komeito Party and the Democratic Party for the People explaining the outline of a bill they had put together and calling for cooperation in getting the bill enacted.
2025-03-24 21:35:00
A bipartisan group of lawmakers was launched on the 24th to discuss the form of a "high-cost medical care system" to reduce the out-of-pocket expenses for patients with high medical expenses.
2025-03-24 21:13:00
Ahead of the enforcement of a law that will allow the operating period of nuclear power plants, which has been set at a maximum of 60 years, to be extended by the period during which they are shut down for inspections, etc., the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has proposed standards that will not include cases where the inspection is prolonged due to mistakes or mismanagement by power companies in the period that can be extended.
2025-03-24 20:05:00
Regarding the fact that the approval rating of the Ishiba Cabinet has been falling in various opinion polls, Democratic Party for the People leader Tamaki told a group of reporters in Tokyo that "one of the reasons is that they are not doing what they should be doing," with measures to combat rising prices in mind, and emphasized the importance of pursuing economic policies that will increase take-home pay.
2025-03-24 19:52:00
At the House of Representatives Special Committee on Political Reform, the Komeito Party and the Democratic Party for the People introduced the outline of a bill to strengthen regulations rather than ban donations from companies and organizations, and called for consensus building using this as a basis.
2025-03-24 19:30:00
In light of the fact that large companies have been showing a series of high levels of response in this year's spring labor offensive, Prime Minister Ishiba emphasized his intention to mobilize all policies to spread the trend of wage increases to small and medium-sized companies as well.
2025-03-24 19:28:00
At a plenary session of the prefectural assembly held on the 24th, there were multiple voices calling for the governor to be held accountable in response to a report compiled by a third-party committee commissioned by Hyogo Prefecture that acknowledged Governor Saito's acts of power harassment and found the prefecture's response to an internal whistleblower to be illegal.
2025-03-24 19:18:00
Regarding the new fiscal year budget bill, the leaders of the House of Councillors of the Liberal Democratic Party and the Komeito Party met and agreed to revise the bill again before the end of the fiscal year, which is just one week away, and to aim for its passage. They also confirmed that they would not compile a provisional budget bill.
2025-03-24 18:56:00
At the House of Representatives Special Committee on Political Reform, the Komeito Party and the Democratic Party for the People introduced the outline of a bill to strengthen regulations rather than ban donations from companies and organizations, and called for consensus building using this as a basis.
2025-03-24 17:17:00
Minister Ito, in charge of regional revitalization, will be recuperating at home due to influenza until at least the 28th of this month. Deputy ministers will be handling parliamentary deliberations and other matters.
2025-03-24 15:18:00
Ahead of the opening of the Osaka-Kansai Expo next month, a general meeting of the cross-party parliamentary group aiming for the success of the event was held. Prime Minister Ishiba emphasized that Japan has a responsibility as the host country and will do everything in its power to make the Expo a success.
2025-03-24 14:09:00
Regarding the new fiscal year budget bill, the leaders of the House of Councillors of the Liberal Democratic Party and the Komeito Party met and agreed to revise the bill again before the end of the fiscal year, which is just one week away, and to aim for its passage. They also confirmed that they would not compile a provisional budget bill.
2025-03-24 13:52:00
A panel of experts discussing measures to address the shortage of national civil servants has drawn up final recommendations, stating that reforms must be implemented to enable public service personnel to achieve maximum results, including concrete measures such as raising the salaries of employees at the section chief and office director levels to a level that is comparable to the external labor market.
2025-03-24 12:20:00
The LDP and Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan's House of Councillors Diet Affairs Committee chairmen met to discuss the schedule for deliberation on the new fiscal year's budget bill. The LDP stated that if there is no prospect of the budget bill being passed within the fiscal year, it will be necessary to prepare and deliberate a provisional budget bill, and asked the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan to consider how to respond in the future.
2025-03-24 12:03:00
Regarding the handling of corporate and organizational donations, the Komeito Party and the Democratic Party for the People argued that regulations should be strengthened rather than banned, and have outlined a bill that would, among other things, limit donations to a single political party to 20 million yen per year.
2025-03-24 11:57:00
The LDP and Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan's House of Councillors Diet Affairs Committee chairmen met to discuss the schedule for deliberation on the new fiscal year's budget bill. The LDP stated that if there is no prospect of the budget bill being passed within the fiscal year, it will be necessary to prepare and deliberate a provisional budget bill, and asked the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan to consider how to respond in the future.
2025-03-24 09:41:00
(March 23) Spend the whole day at the official residence
2025-03-24 04:34:00
Regarding the new fiscal year budget proposal, the government and ruling parties will be revising it again in the House of Councillors, and then they will begin coordinating with the opposition parties regarding the deliberation schedule in order to ensure that it is passed by the end of the fiscal year, which is just one week away.
2025-03-24 01:20:00
In the Fukuoka Prefectural Governor election, which was held on the 23rd, incumbent Governor Seitaro Hattori (70) was elected for the second time.
