Politics
Government to spend ¥650 billion in reserves on winter energy bills
The subsidy covers electricity and gas used from December through February, with about ¥520 billion going to household utility bills.
Aso Rebukes Ishiba and Three Others Over Tax Bill Walkout
The LDP vice president said party members must close ranks once a decision is made, calling the four lawmakers' exit from the lower house vote a matter of party governance.
Consumption tax cut bill clears lower house with funding still unresolved
The bill now faces an upper house where the ruling coalition is in the minority, and a household calculation shows the average family about ¥28,475 worse off.
Four LDP veterans walk out as Takaichi's consumption tax cut bill clears lower house
Ishiba and Obuchi refuse to vote for a bill whose funding and scope remain vague, leaving the minority government's path through the upper house uncertain
China presses 'Ryukyu' framing in a push against Japan's security policy
Beijing's outlets are reviving the argument that Okinawa's status is unsettled, tying the islands' wartime and base burdens to criticism of Tokyo.
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