Lawyers attempt to fill in the gaps in the GSDF's heavily redacted South Sudan PKO logs
Lawyers poring over the activity logs that led to the defense minister's exit suspect that redactions point to illegal activities.
Abe reaffirms plan to complete doubling of consumption tax in 2019
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says his government remains committed to a plan to complete the doubling of the consumption tax to 10 percent in 2019.
Abe softens stance on deadline for constitutional reform proposals, deferring to LDP
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's attempt to pressure his party into revising its constitutional revision proposals by the end of the year appears to have backfired, and he is now willing to let the party itself dictate the timing instead. At a news conference after Thursday's ...
Peru may cut diplomatic ties with Venezuela to protest vote for constitution rewrite assembly
Peru may sever diplomatic ties with Venezuela to protest Sunday's election of a legislative superbody in the country that has been widely criticized as undemocratic, Peruvian Foreign Minister Ricardo Luna said on Thursday. Luna said Peru wanted to discuss appropriate measures with his regional counterparts ...
Abe's dream of amending Constitution slipping away
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has achieved much of his conservative security agenda since taking office in 2012, but unless he can revive his flagging popularity, his goal of revising the pacifist Constitution is likely to elude his grasp. Failure to achieve that goal by the ...
LDP mulls constitutional amendment to ensure equal education
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party may push to amend the Constitution to ensure financial factors do not deprive Japanese of the opportunity to get an education, party sources said Sunday. In May, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who is also president of the LDP, embarked on ...
Abe won't abandon key economic goals as he pushes for constitutional reform, adviser says
Japan will press ahead simultaneously with economic reform and constitutional changes as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe tries to revive his declining popularity, according to lawmaker Yasutoshi Nishimura, who advises the prime minister. While Abe has vowed that he won't take his eyes off the economy, ...
Constitution should enshrine civilian control of Self-Defense Forces: LDP vice president
The vice president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, which is working on a proposal to amend the postwar Constitution for the first time, says the principle of civilian control of the Self-Defense Forces should be made clear through an addition to the war-renouncing ...
Venezuela opposition seeks 48-hour general strike over Maduro's plan to rewrite constitution
Venezuela's opposition party Union Democratica is calling for a 48-hour general strike in Caracas Wednesday and Thursday, in a continuation of protests over President Nicolas Maduro's plan to elect a new constituent assembly next weekend and rewrite the country's constitution. Deputy Simon Calzadilla, speaking for ...
A reset for Abe's constitutional revision agenda?
The sudden implosion in Abe's popularity has significant consequences for his agenda of constitutional revision.
Abe's sinking popularity may thwart quest to revise Constitution's Article 9
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's cherished goal of revising Japan's pacifist Constitution has become more difficult to achieve after a plunge in his popularity and the erosion of public trust, a ruling party lawmaker said on Wednesday. Support for Abe has plummeted to its lowest since ...
Abe prods LDP to speed up work on charter as approval ratings sink
In an apparent bid to draw attention to his pet project while his popularity tumbles, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has increased pressure on his ruling Liberal Democratic Party to speed up work on revising the Constitution.
