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Tokyo, Sept. 27 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Liberal Democratic Party is worried that fresh attention may be directed to the issue of money and politics in the extraordinary parliamentary session beginning on Oct. 5. Behind the worry are Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's controversial appointments of two lawmakers involved in her LDP's slush fund scandal as ministers. The two members of the House...
Tokyo, Sept. 22 (Jiji Press)--Hideki Murai, who became new parliamentary affairs chief of Japan's governing Liberal Democratic Party last week, is drawing attention from both the ruling and opposition sides. The 46-year-old has been elected to the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the Diet, the country's parliament, six times but has never served as a cabinet minister. It is...
Tokyo, Sept. 16 (Jiji Press)--Masaji Matsuyama, leader of lawmakers in Japan's Senate from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, on Wednesday denied views that Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has interfered in personnel decisions for party members in the upper chamber of parliament. "I made the decision comprehensively" without any consideration to the prime minister's intention, Matsuyama tol...
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is expected to retain many of her Liberal Democratic Party’s (LDP) executives on Wednesday, in her first reshuffle since taking the helm of the ruling party about a year ago. Takaichi is likely to keep the influential former prime minister Taro Aso as vice-president and his brother-in-law, Shunichi Suzuki, as secretary general, sources familiar with the matter have said, as she seeks to maintain continuity ahead of what is likely to be a packed legislative...
Tokyo, Sept. 15 (Jiji Press)--Junichi Ishii, secretary-general of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party in the Senate will be replaced from his post, it was learned Tuesday. Ishii, 68, was informed of the replacement by Masaji Matsuyama, the LDP's chairman in the upper chamber of the Diet, party sources said. This personnel change appears to reflect Prime Minister and LDP President Sanae ...
Tokyo, Sept. 15 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, who also heads the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, announced Tuesday that she will reshuffle the party's leadership team Wednesday and the cabinet Thursday. The announcement was made at a meeting of LDP executives held at the party's headquarters in Tokyo. Party executives on Sept. 8 agreed to leave personnel-related dec...
Tokyo, Sept. 14 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is considering appointing former Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Hideki Murai as parliamentary affairs chief of her ruling Liberal Democratic Party in an upcoming reshuffle of the party's leadership team, it has been learned. Arrangements are also underway for picking Hiroshi Nakatsuka, secretary-general of the Japan Innova...
Tokyo, Sept. 8 (Jiji Press)--Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party decided at a meeting of party executives on Tuesday to give LDP President and Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi discretion over a renewal of the party leadership. If the government adopts a fiscal 2027 tax system reform package, including a plan to lower the consumption tax rate on food, at a cabinet meeting on Sept. 15, Takai...