Over 160 lawmakers to join new Japanese opposition party ahead of election
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LDP nominates Sugita Mio for Osaka’s 5th district. Legal authorities find her to have violated human rights due to discriminatory remarks and actions, and she is also involved in a slush fund scandal.
https://www.tokyo-np.co.jp/article/463841 On the 22nd, the Liberal Democratic Party announced that it would field 13 candidates for the second…
Opposition parties grow increasingly critical of LDP’s endorsement of lawmakers with slush funds, calling it “lacking in integrity”
https://mainichi.jp/articles/20260122/k00/00m/010/054000c The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has decided to officially endorse lawmakers involved in a factional slush fund…
Osaka Prefectural Police to take disciplinary action against more than 10 investigators for assault during house search
Osaka Prefectural Police to take disciplinary action against more than 10 investigators for assault during house search by…
150 electric buses planned for re-use after Expo 2025 are shelved due to safety concerns, with no clear timetable for their operation
https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/expo2025/20260121-GYT1T00290/ The 150 electric buses that Osaka Metro introduced to transport visitors to the Osaka-Kansai Expo are now…
Nara City Council member Hezumaryu and others sued by Japanese Communist Party member and Prefectural assembly member Yamamura for violating the prefecture’s nuisance prevention ordinance
https://jcp-nara.jugem.jp/?eid=4202 On the 20th, Yukiho Yamamura, a member of the Nara Prefectural Assembly from the Japanese Communist Party,…
“We are clearly heading in the wrong direction. We can no longer ignore this,” said Rakuten CEO Mikitani, expressing a strong sense of crisis about Prime Minister Takaichi’s economic policies.
https://bunshun.jp/denshiban/articles/b13188 "We are clearly heading in the wrong direction. We can no longer ignore this," said Rakuten CEO…
“Unthinkable situation”: Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear reactor shuts down the day after restart due to repeated problems
https://mainichi.jp/articles/20260122/k00/00m/020/332000c Tokyo Electric Power Company decided to shut down the Unit 6 reactor at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power…