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Yuriko Koike, who won the Tokyo gubernatorial election on Sunday, had a press conference today as she kicked off her term. She pledged to reform the metropolitan government and emphasized her initiatives for transparency and information disclosure, a...

The House of Councillors updated the party breakdown, reflecting the result of the election held on 10 July. The entire list is available from the House of Councillors website linked  below. Additionally, please refer to a chart GR Japan created to c...

GR Japan compiled some notable political events from July to September.  Please see the attached below for the calendar.

Prime Minister Abe intends to reshuffle his cabinet in early August during the extraordinary Diet session that is scheduled to start on 1 August. According to the media, about the half out of the 19 cabinet members could be changed this time as PM Ab...

The media reports that Tatsuo Hirano, Former Minister of Reconstruction and an independent member of the House of Councillors, will join the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). This will make LDP to  have a simple majority in both the upper and lower hou...

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe claimed victory in the House of Councillors election held on 10 July. The result is very close to GR Japan's prediction two weeks ago --- the ruling coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and Komeito won the majorit...