Nippon Ishin no Kai, which saw its seat count nearly quadruple in the Lower House election, decided to keep Ichiro Matsui on as leader after deciding not to hold a presidential election
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Osaka – Fact-checking or political propaganda?
That’s the question being asked in Osaka after Osaka Ishin no Kai (One Osaka), the local political group affiliated with the national party Nippon Ishin no Kai, announced it has set up a new Twitter account to monitor coronavirus-related information online.
Concerned about a rise in what they said was false or misleading statements on social media about the local response to the coronavirus, Osaka Ishin launched Fact Checker, a new Twitter account, to track posts about not only Osaka’s response to the virus but also other information about the local political group, which is headed by Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura.
Dec 24, 2020
OSAKA – The Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito recently marked 21 years of alliance, having ruled Japan as a coalition for 18 of those years. Now faced with policy differences and generational changes, along with two key elections those time-tested relations could be put under strain as never before and could herald a shift in the nation’s political landscape.
How has Yoshihide Suga’s leadership affected relations between the parties?
During the tenure of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Komeito faced pressure to support collective self-defense bills and other security-related legislation that Abe wanted but which upset Soka Gakkai, the lay Buddhist organization that forms Komeito’s key support base. Abe’s determination to revise the Constitution was also opposed by many in Komeito.