MYSTERIOUS: 3 - What They Never Told You

Time running out to pass 2nd extra budget

Following the latest resignation from Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's Cabinet, it has become almost impossible for the government to pass a second supplementary budget for fiscal 2022 before the end of this month as originally planned.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Nov 22, 2022

Kishida sacks Terada, 3rd minister in month

For the third time in a month, a member of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's Cabinet has resigned.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Nov 21, 2022

PM's late response to minister's gaffe shakes confidence

Even within his own party, faith in Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's leadership has been shaken following Friday's replacement of a Cabinet minister over a gaffe on the death penalty, because Kishida initially failed to take such action even the day after the remarks.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Nov 12, 2022

Kishida defends shift on Unification Church issue as administration aims to expedite measures

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida sought understanding in a Diet committee session on Thursday regarding a change in his legal interpretation of the requirements for issuing a dissolution order under the Religious Corporations Law in connection with the Unification Church.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Oct 20, 2022

Kishida seen to be stumbling on Unification Church issue

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has shifted his position on an aspect of the Unification Church issue in a bid to deflect criticism that the government has not done enough to clear up the matter. However, following a rapid succession of shifts, Kishida's approach could be doing him more harm than…

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Oct 20, 2022

Japan's post-Abe trust crisis under PM Kishida

No one could have foreseen that Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's popularity would nosedive so soon after the Liberal Democratic Party triumphed in July's election to the Upper House of the Japanese Diet. Until recently, Mr Kishida's government received consistently high approval ratings. But the LDP's links to a controversial…

Bangkok Post · Oct 19, 2022

Relief for Unification Church victims sought through law revisions

Relief for victims of Unification Church activities will be presented in bills to revise relevant laws that the government will submit during the current extraordinary Diet session.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Oct 18, 2022

Scheduling snafu sends Diet into 9-day stall

The Diet is in the unusual situation of being open but effectively closed at the same time, as the Budget Committees of the upper and lower houses will not meet until Monday and only a limited number of other committees will gather in the meantime.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Oct 12, 2022

LDP to ask ex-PM Noda to deliver Diet eulogy for Abe

The Liberal Democratic Party is poised to ask former Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan to deliver a Diet eulogy for former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, according to sources.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Oct 6, 2022

Academic monitoring in schools to be recorded

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The Hindu · Oct 3, 2022