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SEIKO NODA

Digital minister Taro Kono at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo in September 2023
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 19, 2024
LDP presidential hopefuls¡¯ first hurdle ¡ª securing 20 signatures
Each needs to garner support from 20 LDP lawmakers before the registration deadline for them to stand in next month¡¯s election.
Sanae Takaichi (left) and Seiko Noda attend a debate session in Tokyo for the Liberal Democratic Party presidential election in September 2021. While both Takaichi and Noda are seeking to run again this year, they must first secure the necessary recommendations from at least 20 party lawmakers.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 12, 2024
Calls grow within LDP for female presidential candidates
Amid headwinds from a political funding scandal, the party hopes to refresh its image by presenting the possibility of Japan having its first female prime minister.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 13, 2023
Legislation on assisted reproductive technology delayed in Japan
Currently in Japan, the right of children born through fertility treatment to know their biological parents is not guaranteed
JAPAN / Explainer
Apr 18, 2022
Japan bids for more streamlined approach to children¡¯s issues with new agency
Deliberations on a series of bills that will allow the government to create the agency, a key part of the agenda for the current parliamentary session, will begin on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Oct 24, 2021
Is Taro Kono politically dead?
Effectively demoted after his unsuccessful LDP leadership bid, the former vaccine czar needs to maintain his public popularity while hoping the party¡¯s views move closer to his own.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 4, 2021
Challenges await as Kishida takes reins as Â鶹´«Ã½ prime minister
Fumio Kishida is taking over as the country continues to battle the COVID-19 pandemic. But his first job will be securing his mandate.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 4, 2021
What Kishida¡¯s Cabinet picks tell us
It is important to look at not only who gets tapped, but which LDP factions they represent.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 29, 2021
Fumio Kishida to become Â鶹´«Ã½ PM following close LDP leadership race
The LDP veteran defeated Taro Kono, the vaccine czar and No. 1 choice for prime minister in public opinion polls, in a runoff thanks to strong backing from lawmakers.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 29, 2021
WATCH LIVE: What to look out for in Â鶹´«Ã½ ruling party leadership vote
The Liberal Democratic Party votes for a new leader in an unusually unpredictable tussle that will essentially decide the No. 3 economy¡¯s next prime minister.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 28, 2021
Taro Kono faces intractable opposition ¡ª from his own party
Vicious infighting from the far-right of the LDP could destabilize the next administration, rendering even a popular prime minister practically a lame duck upon election.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 28, 2021
LGBTQ groups hope LDP¡¯s leadership race may lead to same-sex marriage in Japan
Of the four candidates for the Liberal Democratic Party leadership, Taro Kono and Seiko Noda have supported gay marriage. Within Asia, same-sex marriage is currently only legal in Taiwan.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 27, 2021
Who the opposition wants to win the LDP presidential race
The opposition are strategizing on how to erode the ruling LDP-Komeito coalition¡¯s Lower House majority, a task all the more difficult without knowing who their principal opponent will be.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Sep 24, 2021
Sanae Takaichi emerges as dark horse candidate in LDP leadership race
Despite initially being viewed as a no-hope candidate, Takaichi has used Shinzo Abe¡¯s backing and media appearances to build support among lawmakers and the public.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 24, 2021
Balance of nuclear and renewables looms large in LDP presidential race
While all candidates see some future for nuclear energy, they are divided on whether to increase its share of electricity generation and how to handle renewables.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 22, 2021
Will Â鶹´«Ã½ next PM take a shot at constitutional amendment?
An important political factor at play here is that every single LDP candidate has to voice support for constitutional amendment if they hope to win the party presidential race.
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Sep 20, 2021
LDP contenders put China in crosshairs in bid to win votes
Foreign policy has taken on increased importance in the party¡¯s presidential race, as candidates are trying to win over conservative members with a tough stance on Beijing.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 19, 2021
LDP contender Sanae Takaichi says she¡¯d accept U.S. intermediate-range missiles
The former internal affairs minister and China hawk was the party¡¯s sole presidential candidate to back the idea, calling such a move ¡°absolutely necessary.¡¯
BUSINESS
Sep 19, 2021
Candidates to lead Japan say fiscal reconstruction target may have to be postponed
All four contenders in the LDP¡¯s presidential election said the government¡¯s goal may have to be delayed to prioritize resuscitating an economy ravaged by the pandemic.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 18, 2021
COVID-19 in focus as LDP hopefuls make their case in wide-ranging debate
The government¡¯s response to the coronavirus crisis, the constitutionality of lockdowns and the challenge the pandemic has posed for the medical system were central themes on Saturday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 18, 2021
LDP candidates differ on same-sex marriage and women¡¯s rights issues
Widely seen as the leading contender, vaccine chief Taro Kono recently veered from mainstream thinking in the LDP by saying he favors the introduction of same-sex marriage.
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.
New ¡®Katsu Curry Index¡¯ aims to show how weak the yen really is
A CoCo Ichibanya curry house in Tokyo.
Mexican man arrested over attempt to smuggle some 200 lizards into Japan
Mexican alligator lizards seized by Tokyo Customs from a Mexican man who attempted to smuggle them into Japan on Saturday through Haneda Airport
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
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.
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
By Alex K.T. Martin

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