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DIET 3

BUSINESS
Jan 20, 2016
Diet enacts extra budget through March, prioritizes welfare, farming
Lawmakers activate a u00a53.32 trillion extra budget for fiscal 2015 to bolster the economy through greater social support and other means.
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 19, 2016
Abe Diet speech to focus on balancing tax hike exemptions with fiscal reforms
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's policy speech to the full Diet this Friday will stress his administration's ability to balance exemptions to the planned consumption tax hike with fiscal reform goals, according to political sources.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 16, 2016
DPJ set to block Abe government's push to ratify TPP in current Diet session
The main opposition Democratic Party of Japan is considering blocking moves by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government to ratify the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade pact during the current Diet session, a senior DPJ lawmaker said Friday.
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 14, 2016
Panel calls for cuts in Lower House seats, reallocation of others to correct vote-value disparities
The reform would rectify gaps in the weight of votes between constituencies, and also cut the total number of seats to a postwar low of 465.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 13, 2016
Abe eyes using boosted tax revenue to cover food exemption shortfall
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe indicated Wednesday that the higher tax revenues — which he attributed to Abenomics — may be used to cover a shortfall when food is exempted from the coming tax hike.
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Jan 13, 2016
Mothers want a word with the LDP's old guard over paternity leave slap-down
After LDP bigwigs took a young politician to task over his intention to take paternity leave, mothers vent their anger.
JAPAN
Jan 13, 2016
Japan's labor ministry to investigate why 2 million workers are on wrong pension program
The labor minister pledges to look into why around 2 million firm employees are members of a pension program for the self-employed.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 15, 2015
Regular Diet session to convene Jan. 4
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet on Tuesday approved a plan to convene the Diet on Jan. 4 for a 150-day regular session.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 4, 2015
The Supreme Court and the state of unconstitutionality
Do we want the Supreme Court to violate the Constitution by allowing illegally elected politicians to stay in office, or do we want something closer to real democracy?
BUSINESS
Nov 27, 2015
Abe orders extra budget drafted to boost welfare, agriculture
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday instructed his Cabinet to compile an extra budget for fiscal 2015 to bolster welfare services and improve the competitiveness of the farm sector.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 17, 2015
Snubbing opposition pressure, Abe will convene regular Diet session Jan. 4
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said he plans to convene a regular session of the Diet on Jan. 4, citing difficulties in meeting opposition demands to hold an extraordinary session this fall.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 10, 2015
Amari says TPP to stand, dismisses concern over renegotiation clause
The ruling and opposition camps lock horns in the Diet over the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement, with the Cabinet minister who brokered the deal ruling out any renegotiation of the free trade pact.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 10, 2015
Reconstruction minister denies misuse of political funds, underwear theft
Reconstruction minister Tsuyoshi Takagi on Tuesday dismissed any notion he will step down and denied separate allegations that he misused political funds and stole a young woman's underwear.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 28, 2015
Anti-war student organization to close shop after Upper House poll
SEALDs, the group behind youth protests against Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's security legislation, announces it will disband after next year's Upper House election.
EDITORIALS
Oct 27, 2015
Hold an extraordinary Diet session
The Abe administration has no compelling reason to reject the call by opposition parties to convene an extraordinary Diet session.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 24, 2015
Abe looks to bring 2016 Diet session forward to ease criticism
The government and ruling parties are considering moving up the start of next year's first Diet session by a few weeks to early January to ease criticism if they decide to skip the usual extraordinary session this fall, sources close to the matter said Saturday.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 22, 2015
Ex-Ishin no To members refuse to give up seal, bankbook as party paralyzed by leadership struggle
Ishin no To may be on the verge of vanishing as rebellious members threaten procedures to legally disband the party.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 21, 2015
Opposition bloc slams scandal-hit government for shying away from extra Diet session
The opposition camp asks the Lower House speaker for an extraordinary Diet session to hear information about TPP and the policies of new Cabinet members.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / HOTLINE TO NAGATACHO
Oct 21, 2015
Tokyo can feel less than welcoming to food allergy sufferers
Japan needs to improve labeling and education surrounding food allergies, and increase allergen-safe options.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 19, 2015
On the security bills, let me keep out of it
Though writing about the security bill, I will not mention my own opinion. I am, in fact, opposed to the oxymoronic approach called “collective self-defense,” but I will not tell you so.
Japan's population continues to fall even as foreign resident count rises
The number of residents in Tokyo as of Jan. 1 rose by 0.03% from a year before, data shows, marking a year-on-year increase for the first time in three years, while the country's other 46 prefectures saw their populations continue to decline.
Ahead of the Olympics, Japan is still talking about the gymnast who won't be there
Japan's Shoko Miyata withdrew from the gymnastics team herself over her drinking and smoking, although it had already appeared as though the association was prepared to send her home from the team’s training camp in Monaco.
Yen melt-up nudges Japanese stocks into correction territory
Japanese stocks are down 10% from their July peak as the yen strengthens.
‘Crazy’ yen rally is at risk of shattering as soon as Wednesday
Some investors are warning that a yen rally is fragile, as was on show this week when the yen rapidly retraced an advance after Thursday’s stronger-than-expected U.S. economic growth figures.
Japan's average life expectancy rises for first time in three years
A decline in COVID-19-caused deaths likely helped boost the average life expectancy for Japanese men and women to rise for the first time in three years in 2023.
The Japanese Olympians looking to shine in Paris
Rim Nakamura, who is attempting to win Japan's first Olympic gold medal in cycling, will be one of the top Japanese athletes to watch at the Paris Games.
Japan’s minimum wage set for record ¥50 hike in major boost
Demonstrators rally to demand a big hike in minimum wages in Tokyo last week.
Japan loses top spot on strongest passport list to Singapore
Japan had the strongest passport for six years running from 2018, before being dethroned by Singapore on the 2024 list.
Why Japan's mysterious stash of classified funds escapes scrutiny
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (right) during a meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan eyes gold — and the future — as Olympic men's soccer campaign begins
Japan midfielder Yu Hirakawa controls the ball during a match against the United States in Kansas City, Kansas, on June 11.

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