News Source: Kyodo News
| 6 months ago
The ruling coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party and the New Komeito party decided Monday to have the current Diet session extended for 55 days through July 28, LDP Secretary General Hiroyuki Hosoda said. The decision was formally...
News Source: Japan Today
| 6 months ago
Prime Minister Taro Aso envisions a 55-day extension of the current Diet session through July 28, ruling bloc sources said Monday. Aso is seeking an extension of the current 150-day session due to end Wednesday so to get extra-budget-related bills...
News Source: Japan Today
| 6 months ago
Japan and Russia should explore ways to resolve their longstanding territorial issue in the context of broad bilateral cooperation, former Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori indicated in a recent interview with Kyodo News. ‘‘The issue will not be...
News Source: Business World
| 6 months ago
The man who hopes to be Japan’s next finance minister envisions an Asia united by a single currency, saying the dollar may no longer reign supreme in the future. The opposition’s ’shadow finance minister’ Masaharu Nakagawa also says he hopes...
News Source: Kyodo News
| 6 months ago
Opposition Democratic Party of Japan leader Yukio Hatoyama indicated Sunday his party may submit a censure motion or nonconfidence motion against Prime Minister Taro Aso, if the premier opts to forgo a general election until August. ''We...