Japan's Ishin party joins political establishment it vowed to fight

By Kantaro Komiya and Tim Kelly TOKYO (Reuters) -Formed in 2010 to shake up Japan's political establishment and loosen ...

Can Japan’s New Leader Afford to Go Hard on Immigration?

Analysts are divided on whether Sanae Takaichi’s agenda will be as hardline in practice as her campaign rhetoric on ...

Japan’s first female PM appoints just two women to her cabinet

Ms Takaichi, an ultra-conservative who on Tuesday became Japan’s first female prime minister, had promised to model her ...

Japan’s ruling party is in crisis as voters swing to right-wing rivals. Can a new leader save it?

And while the LDP has ruled Japan almost continuously for the last 30 years, it’s now in a precarious position as it prepares ...
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Japan ruling party proposes higher departure tax for international travellers

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Thursday called for hiking the departure tax from the current 1,000 yen (215 baht) per person, hoping to use the increased revenue to address challenges ...
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Liberal Democratic, Japan Innovation Parties Form Coalition for Takaichi

Takaichi Sanae, head of Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), and Yoshimura Hirofumi, representative of the Japan ...

LDP-Japan Innovation Party marriage of convenience may face rocky future

Following the historic coalition deal between the Liberal Democratic Party and the Japan Innovation Party, unease is growing within b ...