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As Japan's next general election nears, 848 candidates prepare to run


As Japan s next general election nears, 848 candidates prepare to run
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Jiji
Apr 30, 2021
A total of 848 people are preparing to run in the next general election, for seats in the House of Representatives, which must be held by autumn, a Jiji Press survey showed Thursday.
They will vie for 289 seats in single-seat constituencies and 176 proportional representation seats in the lower chamber of the Diet.
Observers are leaning toward the view that Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga will dissolve the chamber for a snap election after the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games end in September. The election has to take place before Lower House members reach the end of their term, which is Oct. 21. ....

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Japan's main opposition leader seeks end to nuclear power after controversial remark


Japan s main opposition leader seeks end to nuclear power after controversial remark
March 12, 2021 (Mainichi Japan)
Yukio Edano, leader of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, speaks during a press conference at the Diet building on March 11, 2021. (Mainichi/Kan Takeuchi)
TOKYO Yukio Edano, leader of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDP), expressed his intention to aim for the elimination of nuclear power in Japan on March 11 the 10th anniversary of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami after earlier stating it was no easy task.
Edano s declaration appeared to be a response to criticism over his recent comment that ending nuclear power is not easy. Edano told reporters at the Diet, It has been demonstrated during these 10 years that Japanese society is viable without operating nuclear power plants. I intend to make a society that does not depend on nuclear power permanent. ....

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The uneasy state of Japan's welfare system


Feb 13, 2021
On Jan. 27, Hiroaki Nakanishi, chairman of the Japan Business Federation (Keidanren), held an online meeting with his counterpart, Rikio Kozu, of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo) to talk about wages, and, at one point, Nakanishi said that “somehow” Japan’s ranking for average pay among the 37 developed countries of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development had dropped. On Jan. 30, Tokyo Shimbun summarized the media reaction to Nakanishi’s remark by saying that the business leader made it seem as if he thought Japan’s pay situation “was somebody else’s problem.” Japan’s lower OECD ranking it went from #12 in 1990 to #24 in 2019 is due to wage stagnation: While salaries in Japan have remained roughly the same over the past 30 years, pay in other countries has gone up substantially, including in South Korea, the only other Asian economy on the OECD list. ....

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