Ruling coalition lawmakers are considering extending soon-to-expire subsidies to keep regular gasoline prices under 180 yen ($1.22) per liter through the end of the year.
The Tokyo metropolitan chapter of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party held a “women-only” recruitment drive for candidates in the next Lower House election, drawing internal criticism of discrimination against male politicians.
Excluded from the current “troika politics,” former Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga appears to have made his first move at a comeback with an attack against his successor, Fumio Kishida.
Under a tight deadline to compile a tax hike proposal to help pay for Japan’s defense buildup, a research commission left out a key part in the plan: when the tax rates will rise.