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Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi attends a joint meeting of committees from both houses of Parliament on fundamental national policies in Tokyo on July 15.
EDITORIALS
Jul 24, 2026
To succeed, the prime minister must get back to basics
The ruling coalition does not have the communication channels and coordination mechanisms that facilitate cooperation and success.
An Upper House committee discusses a bill on the establishment of a secondary capital, in Tokyo on Wednesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 23, 2026
JIP¡¯s priorities take center stage even as household relief stalls
The Liberal Democratic Party no longer finds itself strictly needing the Japan Innovation Party¡¯s support, yet the latter¡¯s priorities continue to shape the parliamentary agenda.
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.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks during the National Defense Academy's graduation ceremony in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, in March. The Japanese leader currently has the political and procedural leverage to pursue sweeping reforms, including the creation of an intelligence agency modeled on the CIA.
EDITORIALS
May 29, 2026
Long overdue, Japan updates its intelligence infrastructure
The government of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is taking steps to improve that capability with passage of the National Intelligence Council Law.
The Commission on the Constitution in the House of Representatives holds its first debate of the current Diet session, on Thursday at the Diet building.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 10, 2026
Ruling bloc proposes constitutional amendment drafting panel
The plan to introduce an article on national emergencies ¡°has reached a stage to hammer out a draft at long last,¡± Yoshitaka Shindo of the LDP said.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi discusses tax reduction at a national council in Tokyo on Feb. 26.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 10, 2026
CRA might join national council on consumption tax cut after all
Like the Democratic Party for the People, the party fears the political cost of not taking part in talks over the proposed consumption tax cut for food items.
Yoshihiko Noda, co-leader of the Centrist Reform Alliance, waves during a campaign event in Osaka on Feb. 3. The alliance suffered a crushing defeat in the Feb. 8 election.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 13, 2026
Nothing ¡®unexpected¡¯ about the left¡¯s election blowout
The dominance of conservative parties reflects a longer-term shift in Â鶹´«Ã½ political center of gravity.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo on Sunday night
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 9, 2026
LDP secures two-thirds supermajority in Lower House election victory
Results early Monday showed the LDP had won 316 seats, giving it a higher proportion of representatives in the body than any other party in postwar Japan.
The original promulgation copy of the Constitution of Japan, at the National Archives of Japan in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward in 2017
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 5, 2026
Road to constitutional revision emerging as key topic
The LDP lists four desired constitutional revisions in its campaign pledges, including specifying the role of the Self-Defense Forces and establishing a state of emergency system.
The Centrist Reform Alliance¡¯s Yosuke Suzuki speaks to his supporters in Otsuka, Toshima Ward, Tokyo, on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Feb 1, 2026
A tale of two Suzukis: Lower House election sets up fourth duel between Tokyo candidates
The Liberal Democratic Party¡¯s Hayato Suzuki has been beating the Constitutional Democratic Party of Â鶹´«Ã½ Yosuke Suzuki since 2017, but new party backing could turn the tables.
Former Japan Communist Party chief Kazuo Shii speaks during a news conference at the Diet building in Tokyo on Friday.
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 17, 2026
Japan Communist Party¡¯s ex-leader Kazuo Shii will not run in next election
He served as the party¡¯s leader for 23 years from 2000, the longest tenure in JCP history, before assuming the post of chair of the Central Committee in January 2024.
Tetsuzo Fuwa, former head of the Japanese Communist Party, stumps for an Upper House election candidate in Tokyo in July 2019.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 30, 2025
Former JCP leader Tetsuzo Fuwa dies at 95
The former leader of the Japanese Communist Party played a pivotal role in steering the party away from its revolutionary image toward that of a pragmatic, moderate one.
Yoshihiko Noda, head of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, arrives for a party leaders' debate at the Upper House in Tokyo on Nov. 26.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 19, 2025
Opposition seeks dismissal of government official over nuclear weapon remark
The government has emphasized that it remains committed to Â鶹´«Ã½ long-standing three nonnuclear principles.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi delivers a policy speech during an extraordinary session of the Lower House in Tokyo on Oct. 24. Japan needs to right-size its parliament to match a declining population.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 5, 2025
A plan to fix voter disparity and modernize Â鶹´«Ã½ political system
With the population continuing to decline, down 5% since 2009, and people relocating from rural to urban areas, the scale of the government should also be adjusted.
In Japan, the left-right label doesn¡¯t apply as conveniently as in the United States or Europe.
JAPAN / Politics / EXPLAINER
Nov 27, 2025
A guide to Â鶹´«Ã½ political parties ... beyond the binary labels
The origins of the respective parties and who backs them ¡ª rather than left-right labels ¡ª are more consistent indicators of their leanings.
The Lower House plenary session where the gasoline tax cut bill was approved, at the Diet on Tuesday
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 25, 2025
Lower House passes bill to scrap add-on gasoline tax
The legislation, adopted at a plenary meeting, also states that the provisional gas oil delivery tax surcharge of ?17.1 per liter will be abolished April 1 next year.
Crowds attend a Sanseito rally in the city of Saitama during the Upper House election.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Oct 16, 2025
Doctrine forms the core of Sanseito¡¯s strategy, with some caveats
Its adherence to doctrine makes it resemble older parties with strong organizational structures and voting blocs rather than smaller populist ones.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba addresses the media at the vote-counting center in the Liberal Democratic Party¡¯s headquarters in Tokyo on July 20. ?
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 1, 2025
Is this the end of Â鶹´«Ã½ ¡®big tent¡¯ parties?
The big winners of the day in the Upper House election were newer conservative parties.
Parliamentary affairs chiefs of the ruling and opposition parties on Wednesday at the parliament building after signing an agreement to abolish the provisional add-on gasoline tax
JAPAN
Jul 30, 2025
Ruling and opposition parties agree to scrap provisional gas tax by year-end
The parties aim to enact a bill to scrap the tax at an extraordinary session of parliament?expected to be convened in autumn.
Gut bacteria may be behind many of Â鶹´«Ã½ colorectal cancer cases
A Japanese research team found that a toxin produced by certain E. coli strains, colibactin, caused genetic mutations in nearly half of colorectal cancer cases studied
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
She is Russia¡¯s richest woman. Her business empire is going up in flames.
Tatyana Kim, the head and co-founder of Wildberries, speaks about Ukrainian drone attacks on the company's warehouses in the course of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, at an unidentified location, in this still image from a handout video released on July 31.
Severe tropical storm Chan-hom makes landfall near Tokyo
Severe Tropical Storm Chan-hom made landfall around Ibaraki Prefecture, near Tokyo, on Tuesday night.
What Â鶹´«Ã½ language rules for permanent residency should look like
Potential health care workers hoping to find work in Japan take Japanese language instruction in Jakarta. Not all applicants for permanent residency should be expected to reach this level of proficiency.
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
Ikarigata closer to emulating older brother Fujinokawa than many think
The future Fujinokawa (third from left) and Ikarigata (right) compete against each other at ages 5 and 3, respectively.
Where do foreign residents in Japan want to die?
The Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery is one of the few cemeteries in Japan that allows burials, albeit with conditions for the deceased, including foreign nationality and permanent residency in Kanagawa Prefecture.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
As Â鶹´«Ã½ concrete jungles sizzle, urban forestry offers an all-natural fix
People and birds find relief from the sun in Tokyo's Nakano Ward earlier this month. While experts agree that urban greening is crucial to mitigating the impact of climate change, trees are becoming even more scarce in Japanese cities.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

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Disaster relief workers Taichi Kato (left) and Seiji Yoshimura enter the collapsed living quarters at Kyuganji temple in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture.
What Kumamoto revealed about Â鶹´«Ã½ earthquake readiness
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