Politics
Osaka metropolis plan projects ¥50bn annual surplus across four special wards
The design council's fiscal simulation covers the first 10 years after Osaka city is abolished, and ward names are settled.
Economy Ministry briefs Kushima mayor on nuclear waste literature survey
The first stage of selecting a final disposal site for high-level radioactive waste would begin with a documentary review in Miyazaki Prefecture.
LDP lawmakers urge defense agency to drive arms production and exports
A cross-party LDP group wants a new independent administrative body stood up early, with autumn 2027 in mind, to oversee defense equipment output and transfers.
Sanseito leader says he "respects" the Communists after they back his 5% sales tax bill
Sohei Kamiya thanked the party and said he would work across ideological lines, while warning that opposition parties are playing into the ruling coalition's hands.
Hasebe: Article 9 rests on the 1928 pact that outlawed war as a duel
The constitutional scholar says most textbooks misread the war-renouncing clause, and that the constraint it imposes leaves Japan stronger, not weaker.
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