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Former Lower House member Masatoshi Akimoto
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 6, 2026
Six-year sentence sought for former lawmaker in wind power bribery case
The trial is scheduled to conclude after final arguments from the defense in January.
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.
Yukio Edano, ex-lawmaker and the founder of the opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, speaks at a meeting of his supporters in the city of Saitama on Saturday.
JAPAN
Oct 26, 2026
Ex-opposition heavyweight Edano negative on forming new party
“I am basically thinking about how we should make much of parties that we have now,” said former chief Cabinet secretary Yukio Edano.
So Watanabe, a Lower House representative and the only member of the Centrist Reform Alliance
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 21, 2026
Nearly defunct CRA receives ?584 million in state subsidies
While the CRA effectively disbanded, one lawmaker has remained so that it could receive subsidies to pay costs related to February’s election.
Hideki Murai, the new parliamentary affairs chief of the Liberal Democratic Party, heads to a meeting in the parliament building in Tokyo on Friday.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Sep 22, 2026
Takaichi’s pick for parliament chief prompts concern over power shift
Selection of a lawmaker without Cabinet experience seen as strengthening the influence of the Prime Minister’s Office while reducing opposition input.
Gaku Hashimoto, a Lower House member from the Liberal Democratic Party, is among a group of three lawmakers visiting China this week.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 24, 2026
Japanese lawmakers visit China to patch up ties
The group is expected to meet with senior officials of the Chinese Communist Party in the first such exchange since Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi made remarks that angered Beijing.
Former Lower House Speaker Tamisuke Watanuki has died at the age of 99.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 24, 2026
Former Lower House Speaker Watanuki dies at 99
Watanuki died of old age at a Tokyo medical institution last Tuesday.
Officials from the Centrist Reform Alliance, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and Komeito meet in the Diet building in Tokyo on July 31.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 21, 2026
Most CDP chapter members wary of merger with CRA
Regional CDP representatives have expressed caution, with one saying, “Why do we need to merge with the CRA, which suffered a humiliating defeat in the Lower House election?”
Japan's the lower chamber of parliament will install security cameras in the Diet building starting in fiscal 2027.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 2, 2026
Japan Lower House to install security cameras in Diet building
The plan has been considered partly in response to an incident in which a government employee secretly filmed a woman in a Diet building restroom in 2021.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and Japan Innovation Party co-leader Fumitake Fujita (second from right) in the parliamentary building on Friday following the enactment of a bill to establish a second capital
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 26, 2026
Takaichi set to face grilling as parliament adjourns
Takaichi is set to appear at the Lower House Budget Committee during a review that follows Saturday’s adjournment of parliament.
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.
The women's restroom next to the Lower House's main chamber has only two individual toilet cubicles for women, but that number will be expanded to four.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 3, 2026
Following petition, female lawmakers in Japan get two more toilets
The cross-party petition, whose 58 signatories included Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, asked for more toilets for women in the parliament building.
According to the 2025 reports on lawmakers' incomes, the average income among nine party leaders stood at ?24.53 million.
BUSINESS
Jun 30, 2026
Takaichi tops 2025 income rankings for Japan party heads
The prime minister earned ?36.41 million in 2025 while the average income among nine party leaders stood at ?24.53 million.
Kazuhiko Shigetoku (third from right), Lower House parliamentary affairs chief of the Centrist Reform Alliance, and other members submit a request to Shunichi Yamaguchi (center), chair of the Committee on Rules and Administration, regarding a bill to reduce the number of seats in the House of Representatives, at the parliament building in Tokyo on Thursday.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 28, 2026
Shrinking Lower House by 45 seats to hit smaller parties hard
Debates on the LDP-JIP bill are slated to start Monday at a political reform special committee of the Lower House.
Lawmakers who proposed a bill banning the desecration of the national flag bow as the bill was approved at a meeting of the Lower House Cabinet Committee on Friday.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 26, 2026
Lower House committee approves flag bill in appeal to conservatives
The proposed law would prohibit publicly damaging, removing or defacing the national flag in a way that “causes extreme discomfort or disgust to others.”
A bill to revise the law on punishment of acts causing death or injury by automobile driving is enacted at a plenary session of the Lower House on Thursday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 25, 2026
Japan enacts bill that sets numerical standards for dangerous driving
The bill stipulates the charge of dangerous driving be uniformly applied to accidents causing death or injury by drivers exceeding the speed limit by over 50 kph on ordinary roads.
A bill to criminalize the act of damaging the national flag is among the measures the Liberal Democratic Party and the Japan Innovation Party plan to enact during the current special Diet session under their deal to form a ruling coalition.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 24, 2026
Lower House begins discussions on flag-vandalism bill
Under the bill, those who publicly deface the flag in a way that causes the public to feel extremely uncomfortable or disgusted would be subject to imprisonment or a fine.
Hirofumi Yoshimura (left), head of the Japan Innovation Party, and Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, who is also Liberal Democratic Party president, during a meeting at the Diet in Tokyo on March 17
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Jun 15, 2026
Bills on JIP’s signature policy goals in limbo as parliamentary session nears end
The party, also known as Nippon Ishin no Kai, continues to push for the creation of a secondary capital and a reduction of seats in the Lower House.
The Judicial Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives approves a bill to revise Japan's criminal retrial system on Friday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 12, 2026
Lower House panel approves retrial system reform bill
The bill is expected to clear the Lower House on Tuesday and be enacted during the current Diet session ending in July.
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.
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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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