The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan has proposed that the nongovernment camp back Democratic Party for the People head Yuichiro Tamaki as a candidate to succeed Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/08/japan/politics/cdp-proposal-dpp-tamaki-opposition-pm-candidate/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #cdp #dpp #diet
As with Abe, many want to make Takaichi out to be not just a right-winger or a conservative but an "ultranationalist,” a radical, or a female Donald Trump. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/10/07/japan/myths-about-japans-next-leader/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #sanaetakaichi #ldp #cdp #dpp #nipponishinnokai #komeito
The Democratic Party for the People is looking like the most feasible party to cooperate with Japan's ruling coalition after Sanae Takaichi was elected Liberal Democratic Party president on Saturday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/06/japan/politics/takaichi-leaning-toward-coalition-with-dpp/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #dpp #sanaetakaichi #yuichirotamaki #komeito #nipponishinnokai #taroaso #diet
Sanae Takaichi, the newly elected president of the Liberal Democratic Party, has gotten off to a positive start, garnering a 66% public approval rating, according to a weekend survey. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/06/japan/politics/takaichi-poll/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #sanaetakaichi #ldp #cdp #dpp #nipponishinnokai #yuichirotamaki #yoshihikonoda #komeito
Whoever becomes the next president of the Liberal Democratic Party will have to find a way to work with the opposition on pressing policy issues as parliament heads into its autumn session. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/03/japan/politics/ldp-policy-coalition/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #dpp #nipponishinnokai
For Komeito, the Liberal Democratic Party presidential election on Saturday could prove to be a turning point. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/02/japan/politics/komeito-ldp-candidates/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #sanaetakaichi #shinjirokoizumi #yoshimasahayashi #toshimitsumotegi #takayukikobayashi #ldp #komeito #tetsuosaito #nipponishinnokai #dpp
Three major Japanese opposition parties on Tuesday found it difficult to cooperate in a parliamentary vote to select the country's new prime minister. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/30/japan/politics/opposition-parties-no-cooperation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #cdp #dpp #nipponishinnokai
As Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party shifts left, influenced by liberal powerbrokers, its conservative wing weakens, internal rifts widen and weak leadership contenders risk fracturing the party. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/09/30/japan/the-last-ldp-election/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #takayukikobayashi #ldp #sanaetakaichi #shinjirokoizumi #diet #yoshimasahayashi #cdp #dpp #sanseito #nipponishinnokai
Momentum for political reform in Japan, sparked by the slush fund scandal involving fundraising events of ruling Liberal Democratic Party factions, has waned. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/30/japan/politics/political-reform-wane/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #cdp #politicalfunds #dpp #nipponishinnokai
LDP leadership candidates are courting conservative opposition parties as factions realign and policy shifts unfold ahead of the Oct. 4 vote. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/09/26/japan/ldp-hopefuls-go-on-speed-dating/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #ldp #sanaetakaichi #shinjirokoizumi #yoshimasahayashi #toshimitsumotegi #takayukikobayashi #dpp #cdp #nipponishinnokai #komeito
Liberal Democratic Party presidential candidates are moving closer to the opposition on some economic issues as the ruling coalition's loss of the majority changes legislative dynamics. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/24/economy/ldp-cadidates-economic-policy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #shigeruishiba #shinjirokoizumi #sanaetakaichi #takayukikobayashi #yoshimasahayashi #toshimitsumotegi #consumptiontax #taxes #ldp #japaneseeconomy #inflation #dpp
Dr Alexander Tan's talk on political polarisation in Taiwan delivered at the 2025 ANU Taiwan update. The talk analyses what drives polarisation in Taiwan and some possible solutions
Japan's opposition parties are bracing themselves for the possibility of a snap election for Japan's Lower House once the Liberal Democratic Party elects its next leader in October. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/15/japan/politics/opposition-parties-wary-of-possible-early-election/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #lowerhouse #ldp #dpp #cdp #sanseito #nipponishinnokai
As the Democratic Party for the People marks the fifth year of its establishment, the opposition party is looking to take on a leadership role, possibly through admission to Japan's ruling coalition. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/15/japan/politics/dpp-eager-to-take-political-leadership-5-years-on/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #dpp #ldp #yuichirotamaki
Liberal Democratic Party presidential hopeful Toshimitsu Motegi aims to form a new coalition with Komeito and another party, possibly the Democratic Party for the People or Nippon Ishin no Kai. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/10/japan/politics/motegi-ldp-presidential-election-bid/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #toshimitsumotegi #shinjirokoizumi #takayukikobayashi #dpp #nipponishinnokai
To become prime minister, whoever wins the Liberal Democratic Party presidency on Oct. 4 must work to secure the necessary votes in parliament from the opposition. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/10/japan/politics/pm-and-opposition/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #cdp #komeito #dpp #nipponishinnokai #sanseito #toshimitsumotegi #shinjirokoizumi #sanaetakaichi
Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike is expected to continue governing under a three-party ruling alliance during the regular session of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly set to begin on Sept. 24. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/08/japan/politics/tokyo-governor-likely-to-keep-alliance-with-ldp/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #tokyometropolitanassembly #tominfirst #ldp #komeito #dpp
Leaders of Japan's opposition parties scrambled to criticize the ruling Liberal Democratic Party following Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's decision to resign. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/08/japan/politics/opposition-parties-criticize-ldp-over-political-stagnation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #cdp #dpp #nipponishinnokai #ldp #shigeruishiba
With Tomoko Yoshino's second term as president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, the umbrella organization for labor unions in the country, set to end next month, all eyes are on whether she will seek a third. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/02/japan/politics/japan-rengo-head-yoshino-focus/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #rengo #tomokoyoshino #ldp #cdp #dpp #2025upperhouseelection
News report on a discovery from Dinosaur Provincial Park! McGill graduate student Andre Mueller describes a new species of fossil dragonfly, Cordualadensa acorni.
This is one of the first insect finds from the Dinosaur Park Formation. Between this and the find of an extensive trackway from earlier this summer, it looks like there's a lot of interesting stuff coming out of this formation!
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/dinosaur-discovery-dragonfly-alberta-mcgill-1.7617179
