LDP ally Komeito circumspect on constitutional revision in election platform
Komeito, the junior coalition partner of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party, has taken a cautious stance over the LDP's proposal to revise the war-renouncing Article 9 of the Constitution, according to its election platform released Thursday. The LDP will push for the first-ever ...
Voters should scrutinize the positions of each party on the issue of constitutional amendment as they weigh their judgment.
Yuriko Koike says her new party will seek to topple Abe's ruling bloc in coming poll
Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike said Monday her newly founded political party will field candidates in a majority of seats in the Oct. 22 Lower House election, aiming to take power from the ruling coalition led by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. "We will take them on ...
Yuriko Koike's energized challenge exposes risk of Abe's snap poll decision
A fast-growing challenge by Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ruling bloc has highlighted the risk of his gamble on a snap poll.
Rebounding from low public support, Abe is back on the offensive.
Opposition lawmakers slam timing of Abe's snap poll plans as abuse of power
Abe’s plan to force a snap election by closing an extraordinary Diet session the same day it opens has opposition lawmakers crying foul.
Abe eyes tax revenue for child-rearing support in election platform
Social security reform is expected to be a key policy for the ruling LDP if Prime Minister Abe calls a snap Lower House election in October.
China to amend party constitution at October congress, possibly to enshrine Xi's 'Comprehensives'
China's ruling Communist Party is expected to amend its constitution at a key party congress next month, state media said on Monday, in a sign that President Xi Jinping aims to enshrine his guiding ideological doctrine in the charter. Since assuming office almost five years ...
Komeito chief Yamaguchi says Abe's idea to amend Constitution 'difficult' without public support
The leader of Komeito, the junior coalition partner to the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, expressed pessimism Wednesday about the Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ambition to amend the Constitution, including its war-renouncing Article 9, by 2020. "It would be difficult without significant public support," Natsuo Yamaguchi ...
Tokyo High Court dismisses journalist's case against Syria travel ban
The Tokyo High Court on Wednesday upheld a lower court ruling supporting a Foreign Ministry order requiring a Japanese freelance photographer to surrender his passport because he would likely find himself in danger if he traveled to war-torn Syria for work. In the lawsuit, Yuichi ...
The Abe administration should not seek to amend the Constitution just because political circumstances make it possible.
