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Japan's ruling party pledges ahead of a House of Councillors election to "fundamentally" reinforce the country's defense capability and increase spending on it in the next five years, as Russia's war on Ukraine has raised calls for a more robust posture.
Japan's main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan will cooperate with other opposition forces to jointly secure more than half of the contested House of Councillors seats in the election in summer, the party's leader says.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida safely navigated a general election in 2021 as new leader of Japan's ruling party, but when he faces voters again in the 2022 upper house election, he is likely to be judg
The United States remains committed to working with Japan on a range of regional and global issues, a State Department spokesperson says, after Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's ruling coalition secured an election victory.
Akira Amari, the secretary general of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party, intends to resign from the No. 2 post of the ruling party after he was projected to lose in his constituency in the Oct. 31 general election, , a source familiar with the matter says.