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Survey: Takaichi bringing back conservative voters to LDP

Asahi News 23 Dec 2025
The number of voters who say they would vote for the LDP if a national election were held now has risen by roughly 40 percent over the past six months, according to the survey ... to the LDP by November.
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Poll: 75% happy with LDP-DPP deal to increase take-home pay

Asahi News 22 Dec 2025
Respondents were asked about Nippon Ishin (Japan Innovation Party) forming a coalition government with the LDP in October after Komeito decided to leave the ruling bloc ... 79 percent of LDP supporters.
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Lai, LDP lawmaker vow to boost ties

Taipei Times 22 Dec 2025
In addition, the LDP has long engaged in exchanges with Taiwan through its youth division, fostering a lasting friendship, he said, adding that he looks forward to further deepening cooperation and exchanges.
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LDP, Nippon Ishin at odds over checks on weapons exports

Asahi News 16 Dec 2025
While Nippon Ishin advocates allowing, in principle, exports of all lethal weapons, the LDP maintains that stricter screening and proper management procedures are necessary ... By contrast, the LDP is ...
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LDP chapter led by Japan PM Takaichi exposed for having chaotic financial flows

China.dot.org 12 Dec 2025
dollars) to Takaichi's local LDP chapter in Nara Prefecture on Dec ... 4, Kamiwaki filed a complaint against Takaichi with prosecutors, saying her LDP chapter in Nara Prefecture received a donation of 10 million yen from a Tokyo company on Aug.
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All proportional representation blocs face cuts under LDP plan

Asahi News 05 Dec 2025
The draft was worked out to implement an agreement reached between the LDP and Nippon Ishin (Japan Innovation Party) when they formed their coalition ... According to the LDP’s draft, the Kita-Kanto, ...
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LDP draft would cut 3 Lower House seats in Tokyo, 2 in Osaka

Asahi News 03 Dec 2025
The draft is intended to implement a coalition agreement the LDP reached with Nippon Ishin (Japan Innovation Party) for reducing the number of Lower House seats ... That led to the new agreement, and LDP ...
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Local LDP chapter led by PM Takaichi received donation over legal limit

Kyodo 01 Dec 2025
The LDP chapter in Nara Prefecture told Kyodo News that it received in August 2024 a 10 million yen ($64,000) donation, above a 7.5 million yen limit stipulated in the political funds control law for a donor of that size.
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LDP, Ishin agree to pursue 10% cut in seats at the Lower House

Asahi News 01 Dec 2025
The ruling coalition partners on Dec ... Both the LDP and Nippon Ishin intend to pass a bill on the 10-percent reduction during the current extraordinary Diet session. The plan was mentioned in the parties’ agreement to form the coalition ... At a Nov ... .
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What Right Does Japan Have to Pronounce about Taiwan?

Dissident Voice 01 Dec 2025
Chinese chairman Xi Jinping met with Japanese prime minister Sanae Takaichi, at her request in Gyeongju, on 31 October, in the Republic of Korea ... Beijing is apoplectic ... 2 ... 3 ... A modernized and expansionist Japan went to war and defeated the Qing dynasty ... .
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3 independents join LDP bloc to reach Lower House majority

Asahi News 28 Nov 2025
Their decision to align with the LDP will raise the coalition’s strength in the Lower House from 230 to 233 seats, reaching the majority threshold in the 465-seat chamber ... According to senior LDP ...
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LDP begins talks on revising nation's security documents

Asahi News 20 Nov 2025
The LDP’s Research Commission on Security and National Defense Division held a joint session on the morning of Nov ... The LDP is expected to discuss setting a target of at least 2 percent of GDP in the revised National Security Strategy document.
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LDP begins talks on revising Japan's key security documents

Kyodo 20 Nov 2025
The LDP and its leader, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, will discuss the government's three long-held principles of not possessing, producing or permitting the introduction of nuclear arms, as well as the scope of defense-related spending.
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FOCUS: As LDP marks 70 years, Japan PM Takaichi's popularity may stall reforms

Kyodo 16 Nov 2025
21, with the LDP having changed its coalition partner for the first time in over two decades, and has deftly handled some key diplomatic engagements ... After Takaichi became the LDP's head by winning the Oct.
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