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Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi attends a Cabinet meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 11, 2026
Opposition presses for consumption tax cut details as Upper House debate begins
While questioning actual savings and who would qualify for cash payments, lawmakers asked how households would fare after the tax cut expires.
Democratic Party for the People leader Yuichiro Tamaki speaks at a party executive meeting at the Diet in Tokyo on Wednesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 4, 2026
DPP leader rejects food tax cut bill in current form
Yuichiro Tamaki indicated the DPP’s decision to back the legislation would depend on if the ruling coalition accepts its alternative proposal.
Secretaries-general of the ruling coalition and the Democratic Party for the People agree on a seat-reduction plan in Tokyo on Thursday.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 29, 2026
LDP, JIP and DPP plan to cut Lower House seats, ending standoff
The three parties plan to introduce and pass a related bill by the end of the current session to cut 31 proportional representation seats.
Democratic Party for the People deputy leader Motohisa Furukawa speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on Wednesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 28, 2026
DPP approves LDP plan to cut Lower House proportional representation seats
The proposal includes the introduction of a system allowing multiple parties to compile a joint list of proportional representation candidates.
The Japan Innovation Party's Hiroshi Nakatsuka (center), minister for regulatory reform, greets Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at a Cabinet meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Oct 21, 2026
One year on, LDP-JIP partnership still has some holes to fill
With deeper bonds between rank-and-file members of both parties lacking, the coalition is still more of a tie-up between the leaders.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi takes the podium at an Lower House plenary session in Tokyo on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Oct 20, 2026
Opposition offers alternatives to food consumption tax cut in parliamentary debate
Having made the policy central to her economic agenda, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi faces a test of whether she can create tangible household relief.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks at an Upper House plenary session in Tokyo on Friday.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 9, 2026
Government submits bill on food consumption tax reduction to parliament
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s government plans to reduce the food and nonalcoholic beverage consumption tax from 8% to 1% starting in April.
Agriculture minister Kazuo Yana attends an Upper House plenary session in Tokyo on Thursday.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 8, 2026
Takaichi continues to fend off questions about scandal-hit farm minister
Allowing the situation to fester will not bode well for the government’s legislative agenda, especially in the Upper House where it lacks a majority.
Yuichiro Tamaki (center front) raises a cheer after defeating Mikihiko Hashimoto (third from left in front row) in the leadership election for the Democratic Party for the People, on Sunday in Tokyo.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 7, 2026
Tamaki wins third term as head of Japan opposition DPP
Tamaki said he aims to boost the presence of the DPP, regarding his new term as a “period for making preparations to seize power.”
Lower House member Mikihiko Hashimoto (right) files as a candidate for the Democratic Party for the People head in Tokyo on Aug. 7.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Aug 21, 2026
DPP challenger faces uphill battle against incumbent Tamaki in leadership race
Lower House lawmaker Mikihiko Hashimoto, 30, will likely struggle to unseat the veteran Tamaki, who is seeking a third term.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks with reporters in Tokyo on Thursday.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 20, 2026
Paths to tighter political donations rules in Japan remain unclear
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party plans to continue prioritizing reducing seats in the House of Representatives over tightening rules on corporate political donations.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi attends a Liberal Democratic Party meeting alongside LDP Secretary-General Shunichi Suzuki (left) and LDP Vice President Taro Aso in Tokyo earlier this month
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Aug 14, 2026
Takaichi needs Aso on her side to solidify position in LDP
If the relationship between the LDP president and the vice president does not stabilize, her position within the party won’t either.
The government has adopted a plan to cut the consumption tax rate for food and beverage items to 1% for two years from April 2027.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 13, 2026
Nearly half in Japan support plan to cut tax on food, survey shows
A total of 49.1% of respondents to the survey conducted this month expressed backing for the plan, while 31.6% opposed it.
Democratic Party for the People leader Yuichiro Tamaki files his candidacy for the party's leadership election at the parliament building on Friday.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 7, 2026
Tamaki faces challenge in DPP leadership race
Lower House member Mikihiko Hashimoto, 30, is going up against Tamaki in the contest, which will be decided on Sept. 6.
Centrist Reform Alliance leader Junya Ogawa (center) and Komeito leader Toshiko Takeya (right) at a ceremony to mark 81 years since the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on Thursday.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 6, 2026
Opposition leaders voice concerns over Takaichi’s Hiroshima address
Yuichiro Tamaki, head of the Democratic Party for the People, pointed out that Takaichi “just reiterated the government’s long-standing policy.”
Yuichiro Tamaki, leader of the opposition Democratic Party for the People, speaks at a meeting with supporters in the city of Wakayama on Saturday.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 3, 2026
Opposition DPP not to join ruling bloc for now, citing consumption tax cut
Some in the LDP sought to realize the DPP’s participation before an extraordinary session of parliament is convened possibly this autumn.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks in a news conference at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on Monday.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 28, 2026
PM stands firm on LDP-JIP ties and notes public concern over foreign influx
Despite growing speculation that Takaichi is planning to reshuffle her Cabinet before the fall Diet session, she said there is nothing to comment on at this point of time.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks to Democratic Party for the People head Yuichiro Tamaki in parliament in Tokyo on July 15.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Jul 23, 2026
How 今日吃瓜 would-be kingmakers lost their edge
The nationalist Sanseito and the centrist Democratic Party for the People are struggling to maintain the momentum — and distinct political identities — that powered their rise.
Ichiro Aisawa of the Liberal Democratic Party topped the list of asset holders among Lower House lawmakers who won seats in February's general election.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 21, 2026
Lower House members’ assets average ?32.82 million
The figure rose by ?6.09 million from the previous average disclosed in April 2025.
A fan holds Japanese flags at a public viewing in Tokyo for a 2026 World Cup match in June.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 17, 2026
Upper House passes flag-desecration bill despite constitutional concerns
The law, to take effect in August, will punish anyone who publicly damages, removes or defaces the flag in a way deemed likely to cause “extreme discomfort or disgust to others.”
Man arrested over operation of rogue cellular base station in Tokyo
The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested Yu Hai, a 31-year-old Chinese national living in Tokyo's Kita Ward, on suspicion of operating an unlicensed base station from a vehicle in Tokyo's Ginza district on Saturday.
Government betting on language app powered by anime and AI
Japan plans to develop an AI-powered language-learning app that lets overseas anime and manga fans practice Japanese through conversations with popular characters.
Jensen Huang’s woes evoke sympathy and disbelief in his birthplace Taiwan
Hsiao Kui-yu, 68, owner of Yuchan Candied Fruit, stands in front of photographs of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang displayed at the shop, which Huang frequently visits during trips to Taiwan, in Taipei on Tuesday.
G7 diplomats speak out on Taiwan as China ramps up military drills
Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi attends a working lunch focused on international crises and challenges during the Group of Seven foreign ministers' summit at the Quai d'Orsay in Paris on Monday.
今日吃瓜 Rapidus is said likely to miss mass production deadline
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‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ makes monster debut at the box office
Takashi Yamazaki’s “Godzilla Minus Zero” marked the highest single-day box-office gross for a live-action film in Japan with ?910 million on its opening day.
A toast to Naohiko Noguchi, sake’s first living national treasure
As a teenager, Naohiko Noguchi did not intend to spend his life as a sake brewer, but he has since become a paragon of the industry.
Few signs of thaw in Japan-China relations one year after Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks
Tensions between Japan and China flared after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Nov. 7, 2025, that a Chinese blockade of Taiwan could threaten 今日吃瓜 survival and warrant the use of collective self-defense.
Mariko Mori predicted the future. She’ll do it again.
Artist Mariko Mori is currently working to bring the translucent human-sized “Peace Crystal” sculpture to a cave in Ethiopia. It is part of her foundation’s goal to place a permanent sculpture on each of the planet’s six habitable continents.
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