The ruling coalition has struck an agreement with the opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan on reforming the pension system — de facto clearing the last major hurdle of the ongoing parliamentary session. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/27/japan/politics/pension-bill-agreement-noda-ishiba/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #cdp #komeito #pensions #socialwelfare #diet #yoshihikonoda #shigeruishiba

The Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito are preparing to accept an opposition party proposal to amend a pension reform bill that would raise basic benefits. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/24/japan/politics/pension-bill-on-track/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #cdp #komeito #pensions #socialwelfare #diet

Japan's Cabinet has approved a long-postponed bill for reforming the pension system following lengthy internal discussions and fierce resistance from within the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/16/japan/politics/pension-bill-cabinet-decision/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #pensions #socialwelfare #jobs #ldp #diet #elderly #ldp #dpp #cdp #shigeruishiba #yuichirotamaki #shinzoabe

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

Whether to lower the consumption tax rate will be a campaign issue in this summer's upper house election, key members of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and the main opposition have said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/12/japan/politics/japan-consumption-tax-cut-election-issue/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #cdp #2025upperhouseelection #taxes #consumptiontax

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

During a television debate Saturday, senior officials of ruling and opposition parties broadly agreed on the need to regulate election misinformation on social media, but were far apart over specific measures. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/03/japan/politics/election-misinformation-japan-parties/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #socialmedia #internet #ldp #jcp #cdp #fakenews

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

As his chief trade negotiator heads to the U.S. for talks with President Donald Trump’s administration, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is getting lots of advice on how best to deal with Trump's demands. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/30/japan/politics/dealing-with-trump/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #shigeruishiba #yoshihikonoda #seijimaehara #yuichirotamaki #ldp #cdp #nipponishinnokai #dpp

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

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

The question of lowering the consumption tax on food items to help consumers hit hard by rising prices has led to public spats within the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and concern over a possible breakup. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/17/japan/politics/cdp-consumption-tax/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #kenjieda #yukioedano #ichiroozawa #yoshihikonoda #cdp #consumptiontax #taxes

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

The main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan has begun discussions on a consumption tax cut as a possible key policy pledge for this summer's Upper House election. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/12/japan/politics/cdp-consumption-tax-talks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #cdp #2025upperhouseelection #ldp #diet #yoshihikonoda

Japan's newly appointed tariffs negotiator is one of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's closest allies — but he's also one of the busiest, and some wonder if he'll have too much on his plate. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/09/japan/politics/akazawa-profile/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ryoseiakazawa #shigeruishiba #ldp #cdp #nipponishinnokai #dpp #tariffs #trade #us #tradewar #donaldtrump

The House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the Diet, passed an active cyber defense bill on Tuesday and sent it to the House of Councilors, the upper chamber. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/08/japan/politics/cyber-defense-bill-lower-house/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #cdp #lowerhouse #cybersecurity #defense #diet

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