Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s last-minute trade deal with the U.S. may calm tariff fears but has cost him politically, leaving Japan’s ruling party divided and his leadership on the brink. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/07/24/japan/ishiba-bends-the-knee-to-trump/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #shigeruishiba #donaldtrump #ldp #tariffs #ryoseiakazawa #usjapanrelations #trade
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has instructed the ruling coalition to include cash handouts as part of its election campaign pledge to aid households coping with inflation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/13/japan/politics/ishiba-ldp-cash-handouts/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #shigeruishiba #inflation
The ruling coalition has struck an agreement with the opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan on reforming the pension system — de facto clearing the last major hurdle of the ongoing parliamentary session. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/27/japan/politics/pension-bill-agreement-noda-ishiba/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #cdp #komeito #pensions #socialwelfare #diet #yoshihikonoda #shigeruishiba
Shinjirō Koizumi wraca do rządu
Ishiba wprowadził Koizumi na pole minowe na ryżowisku, ale jeżeli ten je przejdzie w jednym kawałku, to będzie mógł w przyszłości zawalczyć o tekę premiera.
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Japan Airport Terminal's president and chairman resigned amid a corruption scandal involving preferential treatment to a consultant firm a former secretary-general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's son headed. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/05/09/companies/japan-airport-terminal-quit/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #japanairportterminal #corruption #hanedaairport #ldp
Ahead of July's Upper House election, those hoping to unseat Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba are moving to raise their profiles within the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and win support. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/09/japan/politics/ldp-party-post-ishiba/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #shigeruishiba #sanaetakaichi #takayukikobayashi #katsunobukato #yoshimasahayashi #ldp
The Legislative Bureau of Japan's Lower House has been working in overdrive in recent months, with a hung parliament leading to more debate and an increase in the number of lawmaker-initiated bills. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/09/japan/politics/hung-diet-overwhelms-lower-house-bureau/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #diet #lowerhouse #ldp #komeito #cdp #dpp #nipponishinnokai
Even though lowering the consumption tax in Japan might encourage people to spend more, some economists argue it it wouldn't be very effective. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/05/08/economy/consumption-tax-cut/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #consumptiontax #taxes #ldp #japaneseeconomy #tariffs
Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Shoji Nishida has refused to withdraw remarks he made over the descriptions at a monument commemorating the "Himeyuri" nursing corps who died in the Battle of Okinawa. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/08/japan/politics/nishida-himeyuri-remarks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #shojinishida #okinawa #ldp #himeyuri #wwii #us
Opinions are split in Japan over whether to regulate sexual content in online advertisements, with advocates seeking measures to better protect children and critics saying they might infringe on freedom of expression. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/07/japan/media/sexual-ads-view-split/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #media #advertising #children #internet #constitution #ldp #dpp
The outcome of the ongoing Japan-U.S. tariff negotiations is sure to have a major impact on this summer's election in the House of Councilors and may affect the fate of the Ishiba administration. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/05/japan/politics/tariff-talks-influencing-coming-election/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #shigeruishiba #cabinet #upperhouse #tariffs #taxes #ldp
During a television debate Saturday, senior officials of ruling and opposition parties broadly agreed on the need to regulate election misinformation on social media, but were far apart over specific measures. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/03/japan/politics/election-misinformation-japan-parties/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #socialmedia #internet #ldp #jcp #cdp #fakenews
At first glance, Japan's political landscape looks favorable for discussing constitutional revision — and yet, wider debates on amending the top law have stalled. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/03/japan/politics/constitution-rethink-far-off/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #shigreruishiba #ldp #constitution #article9 #dpp #nipponishinnokai #komeito
The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan submitted a bill to the Lower House that would allow married couples to have different surnames, in the first act of what’s set to be a long debate. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/30/japan/politics/cdp-separate-surname-bill/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #women039sissues #diet #marriage #names #familyregistry #familylaw #cdp #nipponishinnokai #dpp #ldp #komeito
As his chief trade negotiator heads to the U.S. for talks with President Donald Trump’s administration, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is getting lots of advice on how best to deal with Trump's demands. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/30/japan/politics/dealing-with-trump/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #shigeruishiba #yoshihikonoda #seijimaehara #yuichirotamaki #ldp #cdp #nipponishinnokai #dpp
A delegation of Japanese parliamentarians from the ruling and opposition parties wrapped up a three-day visit to China by pushing for results that could lead to Beijing lifting restrictions on Japanese seafood imports. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/29/japan/politics/moriyama-china-seafood-imports/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #chinajapanrelations #china #ldp #hiroshimoriyama
U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs could push Asian nations closer to China and destabilize regional security, Japan’s ruling party policy chief has warned. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/29/japan/politics/japan-onodera-trump-tariffs/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #donaldtrump #us #globaleconomy #trade #tariffs #ldp #itsunorionodera #defense #usjapanrelations #china
Japan's main opposition party is doing an about-face to endorse eliminating the consumption tax on food products, compounding the tension growing within the ruling parties to announce tax-cutting pledges. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/28/japan/politics/consumption-tax/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #cdp #komeito #taxes #consumptiontax #diet #japaneseeconomy #yoshihikonoda
The Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau has identified the concealment of about ¥100 million in income by a subsidiary of Japan Airport Terminal, which operates the terminal buildings of Tokyo's Haneda Airport. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/04/27/companies/haneda-unit-underreports-income/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #tokyoregionaltaxationbureau #japanairportterminal #hanedaairport #liberaldemocraticparty #ldp #makotokoga
Many members of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's Cabinet will be out of the country during the Golden Week holiday period. Some in the opposition camp are questioning the need for the trips amid economic turmoil. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/26/japan/politics/ishiba-cabinet-golden-week/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #shigeruishiba #cabinet #goldenweek
