The Liberal Democratic Party gained the upper hand this week in a battle to protect corporate and group donations, driving a wedge between opposition parties. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/04/japan/politics/ldp-gains-upper-hand/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #cdp #dpp #shinjirokoizumi #shigeruishiba

As Liberal Democratic Party members implicated in a slush funds scandal return from their one-year suspensions, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's already-unpopular administration faces more political headaches. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/03/japan/politics/ldp-suspensions-end/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #shigeruishiba #suspension #politicalfunds

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba may have let out a sigh of relief after the budget finally cleared parliament earlier this week, but he has no time to rest as more challenges await. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/01/japan/politics/post-budget-parliament-deliberations/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #shigeruishiba #ldp #cdp #komeito #dpp #nipponishinnokai #diet

The Special Committee on Political Reform of the House of Representatives decided at a board meeting Monday not to hold a vote the same day on bills regarding political donations from companies and other organizations. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/31/japan/politics/japan-political-donation-bill/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #komeito #cdp #politicalfunds #diet

Concerns over the stability of the minority government of the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito is fueling talk of a possible new arrangement, and maybe even a new prime minister. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/31/japan/politics/leadership-scenarios/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #shigeruishiba #ldp #cdp #dpp #nipponishinnokai #komeito #diet

Officials from the ruling bloc and the Democratic Party for the People have urged the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan to continue talks on the issue of political donations from companies and other organizations. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/30/japan/politics/corporate-donations-talks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #politicalfunds #ldp #cdp #dpp

With just days to go before the end of the current fiscal year, Japan's parliament has yet to pass the budget for fiscal 2025. Is this a big problem? https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/28/japan/politics/budget-march-passage/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #budgets #shigeruishiba #ldp #cdp #2025upperhouseelection #upperhouse

Even as the clock ticks down on Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's efforts to pass the fiscal 2025 budget this month, his time is instead being spent apologizing for recent remarks about an anti-inflation package. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/27/japan/politics/ishiba-budget-negotiations/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #shigeruishiba #budgets #ldp #cdp

Opposition parties have demanded the ruling Liberal Democratic Party reinvestigate its members' ties with the Unification Church, following a court order to strip the group of its religious corporation status. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/27/japan/politics/reinvestigation-urge-ties-moonies/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #shinzoabeassassination #unificationchurch #mext #ldp #japanesecourts

With the ruling and opposition parties at odds over donations from businesses and industry groups, the chance of reaching a decision by the end of the month — their deadline for an agreement — appears slim. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/25/japan/politics/corporate-donations-deadlock/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #komeito #dpp #cdp #nipponishin #politicalfunds

The Liberal Democratic Party is facing headwinds in the upcoming Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election due to political funds scandals affecting it at both the national level and in the assembly. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/25/japan/politics/ldp-tokyo-assembly-election/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #tokyo #localgovernment #ldp #yurikokoike #tominfirst #dpp #cdp #shinjiishimaru

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s approval ratings continued to drop over the weekend as he faces backlash over doling out ¥1.5 million worth of gift vouchers to his fellow Liberal Democratic Party parliamentary members. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/24/japan/politics/ishiba-support-rate-tanks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #shigeruishiba #surveys #ldp #cdp #dpp #politicalfunds

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Friday signaled his readiness to speak before a Diet political ethics panel over his controversial distribution of gift vouchers to new LDP lawmakers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/22/japan/politics/ishiba-diet-panel/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #shigeruishiba #ldp #diet #politicalfunds

Jour off ! Tentative d'un tour du lac du Bourget, Chambéry. Où je me rends compte que ça va encore plus grimper et que ça va être impossible. Il faut grimper une montagne ! Merci au cycliste inconnu qui m'a arrêté dans mon élan inconscient :-p
Chouettes paysages, pas mal de montées et descentes, très différent d'Annecy. Surveillance des petits cailloux... Ce fut du 20-22km/h sur le plat. Et entre 8 et 15km/h dans les montées... (Un bon entraînement pour le mans ! Mais cette année c'est l'ultra de Spardaam...)

Ishiba’s weak and indecisive leadership has led to policy blunders, party revolts and legislative chaos, making his grip on power increasingly untenable. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/03/20/japan/a-weak-indecisive-ishiba/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #shigeruishiba #ldp #diet

Several of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's predecessors too had given gifts or vouchers to lawmakers in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party while they were in office. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/20/japan/politics/pm-kishida-gift-vouchers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #fumiokishida #shigeruishiba #yoshihidesuga