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LDP endorses scandal-hit candidates, draws criticism

Asahi News 22 Jan 2026
Prime Minister Sanae 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 ...
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LDP manifesto stresses stronger national security framework

Asahi News 22 Jan 2026
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 Policy Research Council told a news conference to announce the party’s manifesto on Jan.
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Nippon Ishin vows to press LDP on coalition policy agenda

Asahi News 22 Jan 2026
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.”.
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Japan's ruling LDP renews push for aggressive fiscal stance for election

Kyodo 21 Jan 2026
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.
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Sanseito to fight LDP members who oppose Takaichi policies

Asahi News 21 Jan 2026
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.
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LDP joining chorus of pledges for zero food tax in next election

Asahi News 19 Jan 2026
Prime Minister Sanae 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.”.
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Japan’s ruling LDP eyeing no consumption tax on food as election looms

Straits Times 18 Jan 2026
Ms Takaichi is expected to dissolve the lower house soon ....
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Japan's ruling LDP eyeing no consumption tax on food as election looms

Kyodo 18 Jan 2026
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 ...
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LDP starts process to field candidates for snap election

Asahi News 14 Jan 2026
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, who is president of the LDP, is considering dissolving the Lower House when the ordinary Diet session opens on Jan ... 13, LDP Secretary-General Shunichi Suzuki and Keiji ...
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EDITORIAL: An early Lower House election would benefit Takaichi’s LDP, not the public

Asahi News 12 Jan 2026
In late 2025, reports emerged in South Korea about internal documents showing a close relationship between the LDP and the former Unification Church, now formally known as the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification.
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Japan’s Remilitarization is a Danger to the World

Dissident Voice 10 Jan 2026
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 ...
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Sanseito taps former LDP lawmakers as policy advisers

Asahi News 26 Dec 2025
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.
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Survey: Takaichi bringing back conservative voters to LDP

Asahi News 23 Dec 2025
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.
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Poll: 75% happy with LDP-DPP deal to increase take-home pay

Asahi News 22 Dec 2025
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.
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