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Nippon Ishin no Kai, which saw its seat count nearly quadruple in the Lower House election, decided to keep Ichiro Matsui on as leader after deciding not to hold a presidential election

With 465 seats up for grabs and opposition parties teaming up in some districts, the results of this year's Lower House election are far from certain.

Osaka – Fact-checking or political propaganda? That’s the question being asked in Osaka after Osaka Ishin no Kai (One Osaka), the local political group affiliated with the national party Nippon Ishin no Kai, announced it has set up a new Twitter account to monitor coronavirus-related information online. Concerned about a rise in what they said was false or misleading statements on social media about the local response to the coronavirus, Osaka Ishin launched Fact Checker, a new Twitter acco...

Dec 24, 2020 OSAKA – The Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito recently marked 21 years of alliance, having ruled Japan as a coalition for 18 of those years. Now — faced with policy differences and generational changes, along with two key elections — those time-tested relations could be put under strain as never before and could herald a shift in the nation’s political landscape. How has Yoshihide Suga’s leadership affected relations between the parties? During the tenure of f...

Dec 24, 2020 OSAKA – The Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito recently marked 21 years of alliance, having ruled Japan as a coalition for 18 of those years. Now — faced with policy differences and generational changes, along with two key elections — those time-tested relations could be put under strain as never before and could herald a shift in the nation’s political landscape. How has Yoshihide Suga’s leadership affected relations between the parties? During the tenure of f...