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UPPER HOUSE ELECTION

Seiji Maehara, co-leader of Nippon Ishin no Kai, is interviewed in Tokyo on Thursday. The party is calling for a ban on political donations from firms and organizations.
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 19, 2025
Nippon Ishin stresses need for corporate donation ban
Nippon Ishin has also called for making high school free, eliminating nursery fees for kids up to 2 and realizing tuition-free higher education.
Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Hiroshi Moriyama speaks to reporters after meeting with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Friday.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Jan 19, 2025
LDP heavyweight Moriyama boosting profile within party
Moriyama's increased presence within the Ishiba administration has failed to shore up low levels of public support.
Yoshihiko Noda, the leader of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, gives a speech in the city of Kitakyushu last week.
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 13, 2025
CDP's Noda looks to local elections to build party's momentum
The moves by main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan chief Yoshihiko Noda come amid speculation of a rare double election this summer.
"This is a year of elections," Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (center) told peer LDP executives at a party meeting held Tuesday to mark party members' start of work for this year, at LDP headquarters in Tokyo.
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 10, 2025
Talk of summer double election persists in Japan
The Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito have agreed to begin preparations for the next Lower House election.
Voters take pictures and videos of a candidate campaigning for the Tokyo gubernatorial election in Tokyo's Chuo Ward in June.
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 8, 2025
Japanese political parties struggling to use social media effectively
Social media proved to be a powerful campaign tool in 2024 elections, shocking political parties that had stuck to old-fashioned campaigns.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks during a meeting in Tokyo on Friday.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 28, 2024
Ishiba hints at possibility of double election next summer
An Upper House poll is scheduled for next July, and Ishiba hinted at the possibility that a Lower House election might coincide with that poll.
Komeito leader Tetsuo Saito (left) urged Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba to resolve the slush funds scandal during their meeting on Saturday at the Prime Minister's Office.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 14, 2024
Upper House LDP members hope to face ethics panel over scandal
LDP lawmakers in the Lower House are generally opposed to such moves.
The Supreme Court has upheld a damages order against police for removing a heckler during a stump speech by then Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in 2019.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 21, 2024
Japan's top court finalizes damages order over removal of heckler
Hokkaido police officers grabbed the heckler's shoulder and arm, moved her away from the location, and followed her for about an hour afterwards.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
May 19, 2023
Japan’s largest opposition party could be reaching a breaking point
The CDP faces a crisis as internal arguments, poor elections results and the rise of Nippon Ishin threaten its status as Japan’s largest opposition party.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 18, 2023
Suspect in Kishida attack sued government over election rules, records show
In the lawsuit, the suspect also touched on the state funeral for former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, claiming the government forced the event to go forward despite public opposition.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 14, 2023
Upper House committee votes to expel GaaSyy from Japan's parliament
The decision, made unanimously among ruling and opposition lawmakers, will almost certainly be finalized during an Upper House plenary session on Wednesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 8, 2023
YouTuber-turned politician GaaSyy likely to be expelled from parliament
The lawmaker's probable dismissal comes after he failed to show up at a plenary session to apologize for — fittingly enough — failing to attend parliament.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 7, 2023
GaaSyy won't apologize in parliament meeting as required
GaaSyy was elected to the Upper House in July last year but has not attended a single parliamentary meeting since then.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 27, 2023
Lawmaker GaaSyy to apologize for long absence at Upper House
On Wednesday, the Upper House voted to order GaaSyy to apologize in an open parliamentary session as a penalty for his long absence.
JAPAN
Jan 4, 2023
Assets of Japan's new Upper House members average ¥25.67 million
The figure is 38% higher than the average for Upper House members who won seats in the 2019 election.
JAPAN
Dec 30, 2022
Images of 2022: Japan news
From the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, to the reopening of borders amid the easing of the pandemic: The stories that defined 2022 domestically.
JAPAN
Nov 16, 2022
Eight of 16 courts find July Upper House poll to be in unconstitutional state
The rulings were given on lawsuits filed with high courts and high court branches across the country by two groups of lawyers claiming that the Upper House poll violated the Constitution.
U.S. Osprey accidentally drops cargo into sea in Okinawa
A V-22 Osprey
Large fire breaks out near Osaka's Tsutenkaku Tower
Smoke rises from a fire at a commercial building near Tsutenkaku Tower, in Osaka, on Tuesday.
Nissan to end production of compact van as Honda rescue looms
A trailer transports Nissan’s NV200 Venette minivans in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture.
Kanagawa high school student arrested for credit card data theft
A 17-year-old student from Kanagawa Prefecture has been arrested for allegedly creating a program that purported to verify the validity of credit cards and using it to illegally obtain their details.
SoftBank to help fund and lead Trump-backed Stargate AI project, a $500 billion venture
U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks on Stargate, as Oracle Executive Chairman Larry Ellison, SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman look on in the Roosevelt room at the White House.
Iconic Japanese outfielder Ichiro Suzuki elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
Ichiro Suzuki finished his career with 3,089 MLB hits and is one of 33 players in the 3,000-hit club.
'America first' returns as Trump ditches focus on allies and rules-based order
U.S. President Donald Trump reviews troops during his inauguration ceremony at the Capitol in Washington on Monday.
Japan looks to learn from the past with bid to build Australian warships
The Maritime Self-Defense Force's Mogami frigate, of the class of the same name, is anchored at the MSDF's naval base in the city of Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, in September 2022.
Amid rising world hunger, a Japan-inspired group in Kenya is making a big impact
Wawira Njiru, the founder of Food4Education, serves food during the opening of a new kitchen in Mombasa County, Kenya, in 2022. The organization started in 2012 by feeding 25 children out of a single kitchen. Now it feeds nearly half a million every day.
From Tokyo to Manhattan, Takuma Watanabe stirs up a stiff drink
It's taken Takuma Watanabe little time to establish himself as one of New York's hottest bartenders.

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