October 26, 2021
An opposition-backed independent and a Liberal Democratic Party candidate were the winners in Sunday’s House of Councillors by-elections, the first national elections since the inauguration of Prime...
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Monday that he will “humbly accept” the results of Sunday’s House of Councillors by-elections.
“I humbly accept the voters’ judgment in those prefectures,...
Candidates took to the streets on Oct. 24, the only Sunday during the current election campaign, as they appealed for support while taking steps to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
To avoid cr...
Oct. 31 will mark the first House of Representatives election since the enactment of a law aimed at achieving an equal number of male and female candidates for the Diet and local assemblies, but wome...
BEIJING — The Chinese Defense Ministry announced Saturday that its navy and the Russian Navy conducted their first joint maritime patrol on Oct. 17-23.
This is believed to refer to the Chinese and...
Ten Chinese and Russian destroyers and other vessels passed through the Osumi Strait off Kagoshima Prefecture, the Defense Ministry said Saturday.
This is the first time that vessels belonging to th...
Ruling and opposition party leaders touted their campaign platforms around the nation on the first weekend of campaigning for the House of Representatives election, including their measures to cope w...
Political parties and candidates are boosting their use of online tools such as social media to reach more young voters ahead of the upcoming House of Representatives election. A ban on online campa...
The government is making plans for Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to visit Britain for the 26th U.N. climate change conference, known as COP26, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned. If the trip is realized,...
MOSCOW (Jiji Press) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday voiced his unwavering determination to aim for the conclusion of a peace treaty to formally end wartime hostilities between Japan a...
The Yomiuri Shimbun has taken a nationwide survey to gauge voter sentiment in the early stages of campaigning for the upcoming House of Representatives election.
According to the poll, as well as i...
North Korea’s ballistic missile test on Tuesday and the eruption of Mt. Aso in Kumamoto Prefecture on Wednesday presented a double challenge for Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who is traveling acros...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Chinese people’s impression of Japan worsened this year for the first time in eight years, a joint survey conducted in Japan and China showed Wednesday. The survey showed t...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel said Wednesday he did nothing improper but still fell short in his handling of the fatal police shooting of a Black teenager in the city seven y...
WASHINGTON, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Rahm Emanuel, nominee to be the next U.S. ambassador to Tokyo, vowed at his Senate confirmation hearing on Wednesday to prioritize the case of an American former Nissan...
Candidates from the ruling and opposition parties will compete one-on-one in 132 single-seat constituencies, or nearly half of all 289 constituencies, in the upcoming House of Representatives election...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The maximum vote-value disparity among single-seat constituencies in Japan’s House of Representatives exceeds two times, Jiji Press estimates showed Tuesday. The Supreme Co...
Campaigning for the 49th House of Representatives elections officially kicked off Tuesday, with candidates vying for votes over 12 days through Oct. 31, when voting and ballot counting will take place...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The average unit price of newly supplied condominiums in the Tokyo area reached a record high in the fiscal first half ended last month, Real Estate Economic Institute Co. said ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A House committee tasked with investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection is moving swiftly Tuesday to hold at least one of Donald Trump’s allies in contempt as the former pre...
The leaders of nine political parties participated in a debate on Monday covering several pressing issues, and the at times heated exchanges shed light on their differing policies.
Up for discussio...
WASHIINGTON (AP) — Colin Powell, who served Democratic and Republican presidents in war and peace but whose sterling reputation suffered when he went before the U.N. and made faulty claims to just...
Taro Kono’s daily planner is filled with events stumping for fellow Liberal Democratic Party members who plan to run in the upcoming lower house election. As many as six people’s names are listed ...
Several controversial figures have been repeatedly apologizing ahead of the upcoming House of Representatives election, including former Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers who were forced to leave the...
With the official campaign period starting Tuesday in the run-up to the Oct. 31 general election, the leaders of nine political parties have been engaging in policy debates.
The election will show w...
Duty-free shops nationwide must send digital records of customer information and purchase transactions to the National Tax Agency starting this month.
The system addresses problems with duty-free ...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japanese economic revitalization minister Daishiro Yamagiwa indicated Sunday that administrative authorities’ requests for restaurants and bars to cut operating hours amid th...
For the first time in 15 years, the Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry will revise its targets for the energy-saving performance of household air conditioners, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned.
Sch...
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida sent a masakaki ritual offering bearing his name and title to Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Sunday for its autumn festival.
Kishida does not intend to visit the shrine dur...
Forty-four percent of respondents said they would vote for the Liberal Democratic Party in the proportional representation segment of the upcoming House of Representatives election in a recent Yomiuri...
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said he would consider specifying the possession of capabilities to destroy enemy missile bases in the National Security Strategy in an interview with The Yomiuri Shimbun...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Speaking over the phone with South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Friday, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida urged Moon to take action to resolve the wartime labor issue between the...
The ruling and opposition parties dove into preparations for the upcoming House of Representatives election Friday, the day after the lower house was dissolved.
The general election will be held on ...
The government will use its authority to secure hospital beds in the event of another wave of coronavirus infections, according to an outline of pandemic measures that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida pre...
More than 980 candidates are expected to vie for the 465 seats in the House of Representatives election, according to a Yomiuri Shimbun tally on Thursday. The number of candidates is likely to further...
The House of Representatives was dissolved Thursday, paving the way for a general election.
After the dissolution, the government held an extraordinary Cabinet meeting where it officially approved...
Ruling and opposition parties began preparing for the House of Representatives election following the dissolution of the lower house on Thursday.
The Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito are aiming...
The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan vowed in its campaign pledges on Wednesday to reestablish a society of 100 million middle-class people. The pledge includes a temporary reduction in the ...
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will dissolve the House of Representatives on Thursday, the last day of the current Diet session.
After the dissolution, the government will hold a Cabinet meeting to d...
The government plans to take disciplinary action against executives who psychologically harass whistleblowers to bolster protections for people who report corporate malfeasance, The Yomiuri Shimbun ha...
The Liberal Democratic Party has announced its campaign pledges for the lower house election, specifying that it would revise the National Security Strategy, the basic guideline for Japan’s security...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. will reopen its land borders to nonessential travel next month, ending a 19-month freeze due to the COVID-19 pandemic as the country moves to require all international vi...
Tokyo (Jiji Press) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced his intention Tuesday that the third round of COVID-19 vaccinations will be carried out entirely at public expense. At a plena...
Ahead of the dissolution of the House of Representatives on Oct. 14, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida faced off with the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDPJ) leader Yukio Edano for the first ti...
An article by the vice finance minister, published in the latest issue of a monthly magazine, is causing a stir among ruling party members, as it criticizes financial policy debates for the upcoming l...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Monday that his administration aims to achieve both economic growth and wealth distribution. “The basic stance of our economic policy is th...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Saturday started a round-table dialogue with citizens, which he pledged in his first policy address to the Diet, Japan’s parliament, on Friday...
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Senior Taliban officials and U.S. representatives are to hold talks Saturday and Sunday about containing extremist groups in Afghanistan and easing the evacuation of foreign citize...
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida stressed his stance of focusing on dialogue, calling for “politics that can earn trust and empathy,” in his first policy speech on Friday. His aim is to distinguish h...
Tokyo (Jiji Press) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida brought up the issue of Senkaku Islands and the human rights situations in Hong Kong and the Xinjiang Uighur autonomous region, in his talk...
Upcoming by-elections for the Shizuoka and Yamaguchi constituencies of the House of Councillors will be battles that could influence the outcome of the general election on Oct. 31.
Campaigning kicke...
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida delivered his first policy speech on Friday in which he said he was determined to realize a virtuous cycle of economic growth and distribution of wealth in an effort to re...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida instructed relevant ministries and agencies on Thursday night to make all-out efforts to figure out damage from the strong earthquake that...
Official campaigning for by-elections for the Shizuoka and Yamaguchi constituencies of the House of Councillors, the first national elections since the inauguration of the Kishida Cabinet, kicked off ...
The approval rating of the newly formed Cabinet of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida stood at 56% in a poll conducted by The Yomiuri Shimbun on Monday and Tuesday, higher than the 31% approval rating for t...
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. President Joe Biden is dispatching White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan for talks with senior Chinese foreign policy adviser Yang Jiechi in Switzerland as the ...
U.S. military state-of-the-art F-35B stealth fighter jets successfully landed on and took off from the Maritime Self-Defense Force’s Izumo destroyer, the Defense Ministry said Tuesday. The test mark...
A day after taking office, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida kicked off his summit diplomacy by holding separate long-distance talks Tuesday morning with U.S. President Joe Biden and Australian Prime Minis...
New Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said his government would draw up large-scale measures to revive the pandemic-battered Japanese economy, at his first press conference following the inauguration of hi...
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is expected to adopt the diplomatic strategies of his predecessors Shinzo Abe and Yoshihide Suga, placing emphasis on the Japan-U.S. alliance and cooperation under the Qua...
Liberal Democratic Party President Fumio Kishida, 64, was named the new prime minister Monday afternoon at extraordinary sessions of both houses of the Diet.
He immediately formed his Cabinet, which...
New Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has stuck to his campaign promise during the Liberal Democratic Party presidential election, promoting younger party members to posts in his Cabinet.
At the same tim...
The Cabinet of Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga resigned en masse Monday morning during an extraordinary Cabinet meeting.
Suga, who took office on Sept. 16, 2020, served in the post for 384 days.
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Liberal Democratic Party President Fumio Kishida intends to include Takayuki Kobayashi and Shigeyuki Goto in his cabinet lineup, it has been learned. Neither has served as a cabinet minister before.
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TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Regional political party Tomin First no Kai (Tokyoite first group), linked to Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike, on Sunday announced the launch of a national party. The new party, ...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Tomin First no Kai (Tokyoite first group), linked to Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike, said Friday that it will establish a new party in national politics, with the next House of Re...
Ruling Liberal Democratic Party President Fumio Kishida intends to dissolve the House of Representatives on Oct. 14 after taking office as prime minister at an extraordinary Diet session to be convene...
Liberal Democratic Party President Fumio Kishida launched his party’s new leadership team on Friday.
Kishida picked Akira Amari, 72, as secretary general; House of Representatives member Tatsuo Fuk...
The Nikai faction’s influence within the Liberal Democratic Party appears to be waning, with this week’s party presidential election bringing its decline into sharp focus.
The 47-member faction...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The government fully lifted its COVID-19 state of emergency and pre-emergency measures on Friday as scheduled. It is the first time since April 4 that the country is entirely...
