Prime MinisterSanae Takaichi, who is also LDP president, has already come under criticism for appointing two members involved in the scandal to key party posts ... LDP Secretary-General Shunichi Suzuki ...
“Complex crises, such as attempts to change the status quo by force, have become the norm around the world,” Takayuki Kobayashi, chairman of the LDP’s PolicyResearch Council told a news conference to announce the party’s manifesto on Jan.
Both proposals, advocated by the party during the Upper House election last summer, were incorporated into the coalition agreement with the LDP in October ... The LDP stated it will “seek to pass the bill during the next Diet session.”.
The LDP will also consider a two-year suspension of the 8 percent consumption tax on food and beverage items to address rising living costs, according to the pledges ... LDP candidates in constituencies are generally placed on this list.
Kamiya is threatening to challenge LDP members who do not toe Takaichi’s conservative line. “There are LDP members who say, ‘Let's bring in more foreigners and promote multiculturalism,’” Kamiya said on a Jan.
Prime MinisterSanae Takaichi had advocated a zero food tax, but she has made contrary statements since last autumn’s LDP leadership election, such as, “It would take time to configure cash registers.”.
Takaichi, who leads the LDP, is expected to dissolve the lower house at the start of the 150-day regular parliamentary session from Friday, seeking to take advantage of her high public support to ...
Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) was constituted from a coalition of organized crime, military-industrial tycoons, and war criminals, funded by the US CIA. The LDP was constituted to ...
Together, the four former LDP lawmakers will form the core of Sanseito’s policy‑planning team ... “I know some may mock us as ‘another LDP,’ but I asked them to help us accomplish things the LDP can’t,” Kamiya said.
The number of voters who say they would vote for the LDP if a national election were held now has risen by roughly 40 percent over the past six months, according to the survey ... to the LDP by November.
Respondents were asked about Nippon Ishin (Japan Innovation Party) forming a coalition government with the LDP in October after Komeito decided to leave the ruling bloc ... 79 percent of LDP supporters.