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Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Hiroshi Moriyama has quickly become Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's right-hand man. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/19/japan/politics/ldp-moriyama-influence-on-ishiba/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #hiroshimoriyama #shigeruishiba #2024lowerhouseelection #2025upperhouseelection #politicalfunds

Dissatisfaction and anger have created unstable governments focused more on deflecting public discontent than addressing structural issues. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2024/12/31/world/world-is-ever-more-angry/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #2024lowerhouseelection #2024uspresidentialelection #donaldtrump #shigeruishiba #ldp #diet #france #german #russia #china

The leader of opposition Nippon Ishin no Kai announced on Sunday that his party will not cooperate with the administration of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/11/10/japan/politics/nippon-ishin-refuses-cooperate/ #japan #politics #nobuyukibaba #2024lowerhouseelection #shigeruishiba #nipponishinnokai #ldp #diet

Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers vented their frustration on Thursday over the party’s crushing election defeat, with calls rising for Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba to consider resigning next year. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/11/07/japan/politics/ldp-post-election-gathering/ #japan #politics #ldp #shigeruishiba #hiroshimoriyama #2024lowerhouseelection

The momentum for amending Japan's Constitution is weakening as a result of last month's election for the House of Representatives. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/11/05/japan/politics/japan-constitutional-amendments-wane/ #japan #politics #2024lowerhouseelection #constitution #shigeruishiba #ldp #komeito #nipponishinnokai #yoshihikonoda #democraticpartyforthepeople

Keiichi Ishii, the leader of Komeito, the junior coalition partner of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, has said he will resign to take responsibility for his party's loss of seats, including his own, in Sunday's election for the House of Representatives. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/10/31/japan/politics/komeito-leader-resignation/ #japan #politics #keiichiishii #komeito #2024lowerhouseelection

Signs of revolt against Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba are beginning to emerge within his Liberal Democratic Party after its humiliating defeat in Sunday's general election. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/10/30/japan/politics/revolt-against-ishiba/ #japan #politics #2024lowerhouseelection #ldp #shigeruishiba #hiroshimoriyama

Will Shigeru Ishiba become Japan's shortest-lived prime minister? His decision to call a snap election has been disastrous for his party, now left to pick up the pieces. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2024/10/28/japan/ldp-postmortem-general-election/ #commentary #japan #2024lowerhouseelection #ldp #shigeruishiba #fumiokishida #yoshihidesuga #shinjirokoizumi #komeito #nipponishinnokai #dpp #cdp #yoshihikonoda

About 60% of candidates involved in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's "slush fund" scandal lost in the election of the House of Representatives. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/10/28/japan/politics/japan-lower-house-election-slush-fund-scandal-loss/ #japan #politics #2024lowerhouseelection #ldp #politicalfunds #koichihagiuda #yasutoshinishimura #hakubunshimomura #hiroshigeseko

In a devastating blow to ruling coalition partner Komeito, Keiichi Ishii, who was elected party president just one month ago, failed to secure a seat in parliament–creating a leadership crisis for the party and questions about its future direction. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/10/28/japan/politics/komeito-keiichi-ishii-loses/ #japan #politics #keiichiishii #komeito #ldp #2024lowerhouseelection #diet

The heads of Japanese political parties traveled a total of 84,302 kilometers across Japan, equivalent to more than two laps around the earth, for stump speeches during the 12-day official campaign period for Sunday's general election, https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/10/27/japan/politics/political-parties-heads-traveling-distance/ #japan #politics #2024lowerhouseelection #ldp #cdp #komeito #jcp #nipponishinnokai #democraticpartyforthepeople #socialdemocraticparty #sanseito #reiwashinsengumi

Former LDP member Hiroshige Seko's decision to seek a Lower House seat as an independent candidate in Wakayama — taking on the son of party heavyweight Toshihiro Nikai — has bewildered constituents and catapulted his district into the national spotlight. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/10/25/japan/politics/seko-nikai-ldp-wakayama/ #japan #politics #ldp #2024lowerhouseelection #hiroshigeseko #nobuyasunikai #toshihironikai #cdp #jcp #shinzoabe #wakayama

The results of Japan's Oct. 27 general election could impact not only the position of junior coalition partner Komeito but also that of its head Keiichi Ishii, who became leader just three weeks ago. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/10/21/japan/politics/komeito-ishin-general-election/ #japan #politics #ldp #komeito #nipponishin #keiichiishii #nobuyukibaba #osaka #saitama #election #2024lowerhouseelection

Hiroshi Moriyama, secretary-general of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, called for boosting the incomes of young people during a television debate with other parties on Sunday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/10/21/japan/politics/japan-party-leaders-young-people-pay/ #japan #politics #2024lowerhouseelection #children #hiroshimoriyama #junyaogawa #ldp #cdp

The suspect in an attack on the ruling LDP's headquarters and the Prime Minister’s Office over the weekend was sent to prosecutors on Sunday, as more details emerged about the incident, although the suspect’s motive remained unclear. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/10/20/japan/crime-legal/japan-ldp-headquarters-pmo-attack/ #japan #crimelegal #ldp #japanesepolice #shigeruishiba #2024lowerhouseelection #terrorism #tokyo #chiyodaward #nagatacho #mpd

The suspect in an attack on the ruling LDP's headquarters and the Prime Minister’s Office over the weekend was sent to prosecutors on Sunday, as more details emerged about the incident, although the suspect’s motive remained unclear. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/10/20/japan/crime-legal/japan-ldp-headquarters-pmo-attack/ #japan #crimelegal #ldp #japanesepolice #shigeruishiba #2024lowerhouseelection #terrorism #tokyo #chiyodaward #nagatacho #mpd

The suspect in an attack on the ruling LDP's headquarters and the Prime Minister’s Office over the weekend was sent to prosecutors on Sunday, as more details emerged about the incident, although the suspect’s motive remained unclear. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/10/20/japan/crime-legal/japan-ldp-headquarters-pmo-attack/ #japan #crimelegal #ldp #japanesepolice #shigeruishiba #2024lowerhouseelection #terrorism #tokyo #chiyodaward #nagatacho #mpd

The suspect in an attack on the ruling LDP's headquarters and the Prime Minister’s Office over the weekend was sent to prosecutors on Sunday, as more details emerged about the incident, although the suspect’s motive remained unclear. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/10/20/japan/crime-legal/japan-ldp-headquarters-pmo-attack/ #japan #crimelegal #ldp #japanesepolice #shigeruishiba #2024lowerhouseelection #terrorism #tokyo #chiyodaward #nagatacho #mpd

The electoral race in Tokyo's Hachioji is emblematic of the present state of Japanese politics, where the ruling LDP is grappling with a widespread backlash but the opposition is struggling to capitalize on the public’s lingering dissatisfaction. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/10/18/japan/politics/general-election-tokyo-24-race/ #japan #politics #2024lowerhouseelection #koichihagiuda #yoshifuarita #yoshihikonoda #ldp #cdp #jcp #komeito

Preliminary polls indicate that Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba took office with one of the lowest approval ratings in modern Japanese history. To change that, he must show voters that he has control of his party. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/editorials/2024/10/18/japan-goes-to-vote/ #editorials #2024lowerhouseelection #ldp #shigeruishiba #dpj #cdpj

Preliminary polls indicate that Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba took office with one of the lowest approval ratings in modern Japanese history. To change that, he must show voters that he has control of his party. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/editorials/2024/10/18/japan-goes-to-vote/ #editorials #2024lowerhouseelection #ldp #shigeruishiba #dpj #cdpj

Preliminary polls indicate that Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba took office with one of the lowest approval ratings in modern Japanese history. To change that, he must show voters that he has control of his party. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/editorials/2024/10/18/japan-goes-to-vote/ #editorials #2024lowerhouseelection #ldp #shigeruishiba #dpj #cdpj

Preliminary polls indicate that Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba took office with one of the lowest approval ratings in modern Japanese history. To change that, he must show voters that he has control of his party. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/editorials/2024/10/18/japan-goes-to-vote/ #editorials #2024lowerhouseelection #ldp #shigeruishiba #dpj #cdpj

Election officials have started the procedures for allowing Iwao Hakamata, the world's longest-held death row inmate who has been exonerated over a 1966 murder case, to vote in the Oct. 27 Lower House election for the first time in decades. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/10/15/japan/society/hakamata-voting-rights/ #japan #society #iwaohakamata #japanesecourts #2024lowerhouseelection

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party will move to abolish policy activity allowances that political parties pay their member lawmakers, Secretary-General Hiroshi Moriyama said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/10/15/japan/japan-ldp-secretary-general-interview/ #japan #2024lowerhouseelection #ldp #hiroshimoriyama #politicalfunds

Nobuyuki Baba, the leader of Nippon Ishin no Kai, has hinted at cooperating with the Liberal Democratic Party-led coalition if it loses its majority in the House of Representatives in the Oct. 27 general election. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/10/15/japan/politics/japan-opposition-nippon-ishin-interview/ #japan #politics #2024lowerhouseelection #nipponishinnokai #nobuyukibaba #ldp

The Japanese Communist Party is unlikely to withdraw its constituency candidates for cooperation with other opposition parties in the Oct. 27 general election, its leader, Tomoko Tamura, has indicated. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/10/13/japan/politics/japan-lower-house-election-jcp-interview/ #japan #politics #jcp #tomokotamura #cdp #2024lowerhouseelection #ldp

Keiichi Ishii, new head of Komeito, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's ally, sees a maintaining at least a majority of seats in the Lower House as the make-or-break line for the ruling coalition in the upcoming general election. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/10/12/japan/politics/komeito-seeks-ldp-win/ #japan #politics #komeito #ldp #lowerhouse #2024lowerhouseelection #shigeruishiba #keiichiishii

Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Hiroshi Moriyama has such a powerful influence on the administration of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba that a former a minister has dubbed it a "de facto Moriyama Cabinet." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/10/08/japan/politics/japan-ldp-moriyama-influence/ #japan #politics #hiroshimoriyama #ldp #shigeruishiba #diet #2024lowerhouseelection