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DIET 3

Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Mar 30, 2016
Landmark new laws put suicide prevention front and center
In what was hailed as a landmark development, the Diet passed an amendment last week to the suicide prevention law for the first time since its enactment 10 years ago — this time requiring local-level authorities to take preventive action.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 4, 2016
DPJ, Ishin no To invite entries for new party name
The Democratic Party of Japan and Ishin no To (Japan Innovation Party) took to the Internet on Friday seeking an answer to a first key issue facing them ahead of their merger: a new name.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 1, 2016
Lower House approves record ¥96.7 trillion budget
The Lower House passes a record budget, marking a turning point in Diet deliberations in which the ruling and opposition camps will switch attention to the Upper House election.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 29, 2016
Lower House ready to pass record ¥96.7 trillion draft budget
The Lower House is set to pass the government's fiscal 2016 budget proposals Tuesday, making enactment of the record draft totaling ¥96.7 trillion all but certain.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 24, 2016
DPJ endorses merger with Ishin no To; new party to form next month
The Democratic Party of Japan on Wednesday formally endorsed a plan to merge with the smaller Ishin no To (Japan Innovation Party), in an organizational realignment that it hopes will arm it for battle with the ruling coalition in this summer's election.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 22, 2016
Lawmakers can't break logjam over Japan's unequal voting districts
One month after an expert panel proposed key electoral reforms to correct wide vote-value disparities between urban and less-populated areas, major political parties remain divided on the issue.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 19, 2016
Abe eschews further delays, vows to cut 10 Lower House seats in line with census
The prime minister pledges to slash 10 seats in the Diet's House of Representatives sooner than his LDP party has proposed.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Feb 8, 2016
Glass ceiling yet to be broken in Japan politics
Japan will this year mark 70 years since the nation saw women win Lower House seats for the first time in April 1946.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 1, 2016
Diet deliberations to resume after resolution of Akira Amari policy speech deadlock
Opposition and ruling-party lawmakers overcame a deadlock Monday by agreeing to resume Diet deliberations, which had ground to a halt when Akira Amari quit his Cabinet post last week over a graft scandal.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 26, 2016
DPJ chief blasts Abe over Amari's money scandal
With allegations of corruption against economic minister Akira Amari showing no signs of abating, opposition leader Katsuya Okada accuses Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of sharing 'grave responsibility' over the scandal.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 22, 2016
Abe indicates pivot toward reduction of wage disparities in policy speech
In a key policy speech for 2016, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledges to promote measures to reduce wage disparities.
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 20, 2016
Japanese government doubles estimated tax-hike burden, stokes opposition anger
Tokyo suddenly raises its estimated per capita burden from next year's consumption tax hike, drawing protest from opposition lawmakers.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Ishiba aggravates his own political failures with diplomatic faux pas
Prime Minster Shigeru Ishiba is greeted at the APEC summit in Lima by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday. The Japanese leader was criticized for remaining seated while meeting several world leaders at the event.
Japan's 3.31 million visitors in October set monthly record
Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in December 2023. Famous autumn leaf colors contributed to increased tourism demand last month from many markets across Asia, Europe and North America, the Japan National Tourism Organization has said.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
Ruling coalition and DPP strike last-minute deal over economic policy
DPP policy chief Makoto Mahaguchi speaks at the party's policy gathering in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.
Japanese expats in Asia find community through rugby
The Taiwan Fivewoods celebrate their victory at the 2023 Asian Japanese Rugby Cup in December of last year.
In Fukushima, a weekend of prose, poetry and translation
Aomori-based writer JJ Carter presented on tabletop gaming as creative inspiration for building characters and narratives.
For Dr. Nakamats, aging is just experience in action
Though he didn't win the recent gubernatorial election in Tokyo, the 96-year-old Dr. Nakamats' run was seen as inspirational in Japan's aging society.

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