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

A delegation of Japanese parliamentarians from the ruling and opposition parties wrapped up a three-day visit to China by pushing for results that could lead to Beijing lifting restrictions on Japanese seafood imports. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/29/japan/politics/moriyama-china-seafood-imports/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #chinajapanrelations #china #ldp #hiroshimoriyama

U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs could push Asian nations closer to China and destabilize regional security, Japan’s ruling party policy chief has warned. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/29/japan/politics/japan-onodera-trump-tariffs/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #donaldtrump #us #globaleconomy #trade #tariffs #ldp #itsunorionodera #defense #usjapanrelations #china

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

The Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau has identified the concealment of about ¥100 million in income by a subsidiary of Japan Airport Terminal, which operates the terminal buildings of Tokyo's Haneda Airport. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/04/27/companies/haneda-unit-underreports-income/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #tokyoregionaltaxationbureau #japanairportterminal #hanedaairport #liberaldemocraticparty #ldp #makotokoga

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On va dire que ce fut une sortie musculation ! Il est temps de démonter et trouver le problème.

Many members of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's Cabinet will be out of the country during the Golden Week holiday period. Some in the opposition camp are questioning the need for the trips amid economic turmoil. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/26/japan/politics/ishiba-cabinet-golden-week/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #shigeruishiba #cabinet #goldenweek

The Japanese government has set up a panel to discuss measures to support the “employment ice age generation” — a move seen by some as an attempt to respond to the opposition and appeal to voters ahead of an election. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/25/japan/politics/employment-ice-age-measures/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #jobs #employmenticeagegeneration #lostgeneration #ldp #shigeruishiba #dpp #yuichirotamaki

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party notified the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan on Thursday that it plans to submit a pension system reform bill to parliament around mid-May. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/24/japan/ldp-pension-reform-bill-mid-may/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #diet #ldp #pensions

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang urged the ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Tuesday to build out domestic artificial intelligence infrastructure that could fuel a robotics revolution. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/04/22/tech/nvidia-ldp/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #nvidia #jensenhuang #shigeruishiba #ai #datacenters #tech #energy #chipmakers #ldp #takuyahirai #tarokono

Amid a litany of complaints over younger people having scarce interest in politics in Japan, a movement to expand the next generation’s access to the political arena is slowly gaining traction. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/21/japan/politics/lowering-age-electoral-eligibility/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #votingage #ageofmajority #adulthood #ldp #dpp #diet

The Liberal Democratic Party approved a proposal on Thursday that could require telecom companies to retain users’ communication histories in an effort to combat a sharp rise in fraud through social media. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/18/japan/crime-legal/communication-log-ldp/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #ldp #socialmedia #japanesepolice #fraud

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 ruling Liberal Democratic Party has most support from eligible voters ahead of this summer's election for the House of Councilors, a Jiji Press poll showed. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/17/japan/politics/ldp-upper-house-support-poll/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #upperhouse #surveys

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

For the first time in 16 years, a prime minister from the Liberal Democratic Party has held talks with the leader of Japan's largest labor union group. What is Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's motive for doing so? https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/15/japan/politics/ishiba-rengo-yoshino/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #shigeruishiba #tomokoyoshino #dpp #rengo #2025upperhouseelection

Hiroshi Moriyama, LDP secretary-general, said he will push to submit a supplementary budget this Diet session to fight inflation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/13/japan/politics/moriyama-to-coordinate-extra-budget/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #liberaldemocraticparty #ldp #hiroshimoriyama #budget

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