LDP Election
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ElectionsJapan’s LDP Presidency Frontrunners Compete for Diet Member Votes: Ishiba, Takaichi, Koizumi Seek Support Along Former Factional Lines
The top three candidates in the Liberal Democratic Party’s presidential race, who remain neck-and...
September 27, 2024
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Politics & GovernmentJapan’s LDP Presidential Race Looks Certain to Go to Runoff; Diet Members Surveyed in Election’s Last Stretch
The Liberal Democratic Party’s presidential election is almost certain to go to a runoff, as form...
September 25, 2024
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Yomiuri EditorialLDP Presidential Election: Candidates Should Present Visions for Driving Economic Growth
How can the Japanese economy be put on a path of full-fledged growth in order to raise the nation...
September 23, 2024
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Politics & GovernmentKoizumi Enjoys Most Lawmaker Support in LDP Race
Tokyo (Jiji Press) — Former Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi has support from the biggest nu...
September 23, 2024
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Politics & GovernmentLDP Leadership Race Focuses on Financial Income Taxation; Previous Plans were Shelved after Market Backlash in 2021
Increasing the rates of taxation on financial income has become one of the points of contention b...
September 21, 2024
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Politics & GovernmentSanae Takaichi, Shigeru Ishiba, Shinjiro Koizumi Fight to Reach Runoff in LDP Presidential Race; Ballots Set to Start Arriving
The top three candidates in the Liberal Democratic Party’s presidential race are moving to secure...
September 17, 2024
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Politics & GovernmentLDP Presidential Vote Could Go to Runoff, Surveys Suggest; Overall Tally Tips Toward Takaichi, Ishiba
There will likely be no clear winner in the upcoming presidential election for the Liberal Democr...
September 16, 2024
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Politics & Government2 Candidates for LDP President Deluged with Questions at Debate; Rivals Aiming to Make Runoff in Hotly Contested Race
Two candidates in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s presidential election — former LDP Secret...
September 15, 2024
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Yomiuri Editorial
LDP Presidential Election Debate: Determination Alone Does Not Qualify Someone to Be Prime Minister
Their determination to overcome domestic and external issues was clear. But are the assertions ma...
September 15, 2024
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Politics & GovernmentLDP Candidates Outline Signature Policies as Election Campaign Kicks Off; Using Signature Policies to Stand Out
The record-high nine candidates running in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s presidential ele...
September 13, 2024
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Politics & GovernmentLDP Presidential Candidates Jump into Election Fray, Staking Out Their Positions at Joint Press Conference
The nine candidates running in the Liberal Democratic Party’s presidential race jumped into the e...
September 13, 2024
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Yomiuri Editorial
LDP Presidential Election Campaign Begins: Discuss Japan’s Course from A Broad Perspective / State What to Protect or Change in National Crises
The declining birth rate, which can be described as a national crisis, has not been halted. Altho...
September 13, 2024
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Politics & GovernmentLDP Election Issues to Include Constitutional Revision, Succession to Throne
The Liberal Democratic Party’s presidential race is set to also turn on the issues of constitutio...
September 13, 2024
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Politics & GovernmentKoizumi’s Momentum Makes Other Candidates Wary; LDP Presidential Race Continues Heating Up
Aiming to become Japan’s youngest prime minister since the end of World War II, former Environmen...
September 8, 2024
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Yomiuri Editorial
LDP Presidential Election: Issues in Important Policies Have Surfaced in the Race
It is irresponsible to make assertions that seem to overturn the very foundation of discussions a...
September 7, 2024
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Shigeru Ishiba Elected Japan LDP President; Poised to be New Prime Minister
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Ishiba Elected President of Japan’s Ruling Party, Beats Takaichi in LDP Runoff
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Can Party Presidential Race Help LDP Survive General Election?
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Sanae Takaichi Elected Japan LDP President, Poised to Be Japan’s First Female Prime Minister
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Presidential Race for Japan’s LDP Hinges on ‘Change’; Younger Politicians Prepare to Jump In