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Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 27, 2015
Ex-LDP lawmaker Takaya Muto involved in sex scandal: report
Takaya Muto, a Lower House member who quit the Liberal Democratic Party over an alleged money scandal last week, has engaged in sexual intercourse with a 19-year-old male prostitute repeatedly since last November, the latest issue of weekly magazine Shukan Bunshun reported.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 26, 2015
Lawmaker Takaya Muto denies involvement in stock fraud, says he won't resign
Embattled Lower House lawmaker Takaya Muto on Wednesday dismissed an allegation that he was involved in investment fraud and said he had no plans to resign from the Diet.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 21, 2015
Lack of challenger means Abe to be returned as LDP leader next month
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is likely to be re-elected president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in September without opposition after the man seen as his greatest potential rival decided not to run, an LDP executive said Thursday.
COMMENTARY / Japan / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Aug 20, 2015
Limits of Abe's leadership
Former Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori has been and continues to be a thorn in Shinzo Abe's side, as evidenced by the National Stadium brouhaha.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 20, 2015
Shiga residents slam lawmaker who resigned from LDP amid money scandal
Lower House member Takaya Muto, who quit the Liberal Democratic Party on Wednesday over allegations of a financial scandal, has come under fire among his constituents in Shiga Prefecture for betraying their trust, and faces an uncertain future as an independent politician.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 20, 2015
LDP lawmaker Takaya Muto quits party over money scandal
A Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker who has been accused over an alleged money scandal quit the party on Wednesday after apologizing for "causing great trouble" to the LDP.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 15, 2015
Abe is wrong to rush toward militarization
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's push to militarization could have dangerous unforeseen consequences for peace in the Asia-Pacific region.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / 70 YEARS AFTER THE WAR'S END
Aug 14, 2015
Abe's nationalism reflected in conservative political movement, but polls show voter dissent
The hot political season is back as the nation observes Aug. 15, which is always an emotional date as it marks Japan's surrender in World War II — and this year is the 70th anniversary of that fateful event.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media
Aug 5, 2015
Asahi Shimbun apologizes for 'inappropriate' tweet about Shinzo Abe
Tadashi Tominaga, the newspaper's senior staff writer, had posted a photograph of an ultranationalist rally, writing that the participants were supporters of the prime minister.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 4, 2015
LDP member under fire for belittling student protesters
A Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker is in hot water over a recent tweet that branded students protesting against the Abe administration's security legislation as "self-centered" and "extremely selfish."
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 30, 2015
Nation's political culture stands at major crossroads
Will Japan be dragged down by egocentric anti-intellectualism and suspension of judgment, or will a new civic culture turn the nation into a more mature democracy?
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 30, 2015
Potential Abe successor speaks out against security bills
A possible rival for the leadership of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling party is speaking out against his plans to expand the role of the Self-Defense Forces.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 28, 2015
Upper House districts set for shake-up after electoral reform laws pass Diet
Several Upper House electoral districts are set to be merged after the Diet passes reform legislation to rectify sharp gaps in the weight of votes among those constituencies.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 26, 2015
Osaka merger, rejected by referendum, is not dead yet
Hang on. Haven't we seen this movie before?
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 23, 2015
LDP OKs Upper House electoral reform bill for submission with four opposition parties
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Wednesday endorsed a bill proposed by four opposition parties to narrow vote disparities between constituencies in House of Councilors elections.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 15, 2015
Government changes its tune on Olympic stadium design amid soaring costs
The government is now considering modifying the design for a ¥252 billion Olympic stadium, in response to public criticism over the shy-high cost.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 15, 2015
Protesters decry passage of 'war legislation' by Lower House committee
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered Wednesday morning in front of the Diet building in Tokyo in a show of measured outrage as a Lower House special committee voted on the government's defense bills.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LAW OF THE LAND
Jul 15, 2015
The LDP's comic appeal for constitutional change falls flat
I hadn't planned on reading the Liberal Democratic Party's propaganda comic on constitutional change for the same reason I don't watch NHK, listen to AKB48 or use my underpants as an ashtray. Yet, as a piece of Japanese legal cultural history, perhaps it merits comment.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 15, 2015
Protesters take to streets as ruling camp, opposition square off ahead of vote on SDF bills
Japan's ruling coalition has decided to put two security bills to a vote at a House of Representatives panel on Wednesday, paving the way for passage by the Lower House as early as Thursday, coalition lawmakers said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 14, 2015
Parody of LDP security bills video goes viral ahead of Diet vote
An animated video released by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party that attempts to explain the need for the security bills currently being debated by the Diet has spawned a scathing parody that attempts to shoot holes in the ruling coalition's argument for the legislation.
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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