As Japan nears summer elections, debate over the consumption tax grows, with opposition pushing cuts to ease pressure on households and the government defending it amid rising debt. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/editorials/2025/05/16/the-consumption-tax-debate/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #editorials #consumptiontax #ldp #cdp #dpp #komeito #shigeruishida #upperhouseelection
With the ruling coalition in crisis, the opposition divided and the Democratic Party for the People gaining momentum, Japan’s upcoming Upper House election could trigger a major political realignment. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/05/15/japan/japans-upper-house-election/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #ldp #cdp #dpp #komeito #shigeruishida #upperhouseelection
Debate on Japan's consumption tax is set to dominate the upcoming Upper House election in July. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/13/japan/politics/consumption-tax/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #consumptiontax #taxes #ldp #japaneseeconomy #shigeruishiba #hiroshimoriyama #cdp #dpp #komeito
Senior officials of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner, Komeito, have agreed on the need to draft a supplementary budget before a possible extraordinary session of the Diet this autumn. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/13/japan/politics/ldp-komeito-supplementary-budget/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #komeito #us #tariffs #2025upperhouseelection #diet #budgets #japaneseeconomy
The Legislative Bureau of Japan's Lower House has been working in overdrive in recent months, with a hung parliament leading to more debate and an increase in the number of lawmaker-initiated bills. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/09/japan/politics/hung-diet-overwhelms-lower-house-bureau/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #diet #lowerhouse #ldp #komeito #cdp #dpp #nipponishinnokai
At first glance, Japan's political landscape looks favorable for discussing constitutional revision — and yet, wider debates on amending the top law have stalled. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/03/japan/politics/constitution-rethink-far-off/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #shigreruishiba #ldp #constitution #article9 #dpp #nipponishinnokai #komeito
The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan submitted a bill to the Lower House that would allow married couples to have different surnames, in the first act of what’s set to be a long debate. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/30/japan/politics/cdp-separate-surname-bill/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #women039sissues #diet #marriage #names #familyregistry #familylaw #cdp #nipponishinnokai #dpp #ldp #komeito
Japan's main opposition party is doing an about-face to endorse eliminating the consumption tax on food products, compounding the tension growing within the ruling parties to announce tax-cutting pledges. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/28/japan/politics/consumption-tax/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #cdp #komeito #taxes #consumptiontax #diet #japaneseeconomy #yoshihikonoda
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s decision to tentatively lower gasoline prices by ¥10 per liter drew ire from opposition parties calling for axing the provisional gasoline tax. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/23/japan/politics/ishiba-gasoline-prices/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #shigeruishiba #inflation #oil #energy #electricity #dpp #cdp #komeito
Komeito leader Tetsuo Saito arrived in Beijing on Tuesday for his first visit to China since becoming the head of the junior member of Japan's ruling coalition. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/23/japan/politics/komeito-leader-china-visit/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #chinajapanrelations #china #komeito
A high-level Japanese delegation will deliver a letter from Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba to Chinese leader Xi Jinping this week, as Tokyo strives to avoid getting caught in the trade crossfire between China and the U.S. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/22/japan/politics/ishiba-letter-china-trade/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #xijinping #china #chinajapanrelations #shigeruishiba #tetsuosaito #komeito #trade #tariffs #us
A league of lawmakers within the Liberal Democratic Party and one in the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan are each planning to propose lowering the consumption tax on food products from the current 8% to 0%. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/18/japan/politics/ldp-cdp-consumption-tax-on-food/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #cdp #komeito #nipponishinnokai #dpp #tax #consumptiontax
A bill seeking to spell out the rights of children conceived through artificial insemination by donor raises the thorny question of when they can access information on their biological parents, and to what extent. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/15/japan/science-health/aid-bill/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #pregnancy #hospitals #parenthood #invitro #women039sissues #ldp #komeito #dpp #nipponishinnokai
Both the policy chiefs of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan have expressed caution over a possible consumption tax cut. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/13/japan/politics/ldp-cdp-cautious-on-tax-cuts/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #taxes #ldp #cdp #nipponishinnokai #komeito #dpp
Japan's ruling coalition is increasingly divided over economic measures to deal with inflation and U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff policy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/12/japan/politics/ldp-komeito-divided-economic-measures/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #financeministry #ldp #komeito #shigeruishiba #japaneseeconomy #tariffs #trade #tradewar #hiroshimoriyama #inflation
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has set up a task force to oversee trade negotiations with the United States, headed by his close aide Ryosei Akazawa. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/04/11/economy/taskforce-tariff-impacts/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #shigeruishiba #us #tariffs #consumptiontax #taxes #japaneseeconomy #food #ldp #komeito
The Japanese government is considering a fresh economic package to help households and businesses deal with the impact of rising prices and recent tariffs imposed by the United States. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/10/japan/politics/economic-package-cash-handouts/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #shigeruishiba #seijimaehara #ldp #dpp #nipponishinnokai #komeito
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is under pressure to take a stronger stance against the United States after it announced 24% tariffs on Japanese exports to the country. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/07/japan/politics/ishiba-leadership/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #shigeruishiba #yoshihikonoda #kazuyashimba #seijimaehara #cdp #dpp #nipponishinnokai #komeito #tariffs #trade #donaldtrump #us #tradewar
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba may have let out a sigh of relief after the budget finally cleared parliament earlier this week, but he has no time to rest as more challenges await. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/01/japan/politics/post-budget-parliament-deliberations/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #shigeruishiba #ldp #cdp #komeito #dpp #nipponishinnokai #diet
The Special Committee on Political Reform of the House of Representatives decided at a board meeting Monday not to hold a vote the same day on bills regarding political donations from companies and other organizations. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/31/japan/politics/japan-political-donation-bill/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #komeito #cdp #politicalfunds #diet
