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Japan ruling LDP urges tighter curbs on land purchases in sensitive areas
Kyodo 02 Oct 2026
TOKYO - A ruling party panel on Thursday presented Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi with proposals including a permit system for foreign and Japanese nationals seeking to acquire land near important facilities and on uninhabited border islands ... ....
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LDP seeks closer oversight of security sensitive land purchases
Asahi News 25 Sep 2026
As a rational for tighter controls, Yoshitaka Shindo, chairman of the LDP’s Headquarters for Foreign Nationals Policy, cited the emergence of “new forms of warfare” around the world, such as drone attacks.
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FOCUS: Takaichi's Cabinet reshuffle fires starting gun for ruling LDP leader race
Kyodo 19 Sep 2026
Takaichi has retained many influential figures in key posts in an apparent effort to solidify her power base with an eye to the next LDP leadership election, in which she is expected to seek another term.
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Japan’s Takaichi opts for stability in first reshuffle since taking over LDP
South China Morning Post 16 Sep 2026
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi retained many of her Liberal Democratic Party’s (LDP) ...
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Takaichi retains core LDP exec team ahead of Cabinet reshuffle
Asahi News 16 Sep 2026
The main exception to the continuity was the replacement of Junichi Ishii as secretary-general for the LDP in the Senate (Upper House) by Kazuhiko Aoki, chair of the Committee on Rules and Administration in the Senate.
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Bill to shrink Diet set aside as LDP pushes imperial house reform
Asahi News 08 Jul 2026
At a meeting on July 8, Hiroshi Kajiyama, chairman of the LDP’s Diet Affairs Committee, conveyed the ruling bloc’s policy on the two bills to Kazuhiko Shigetoku, his counterpart from the Centrist ...
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Japan's ruling LDP to forgo Diet seat-cut bill this session
Kyodo 08 Jul 2026
Parliament has been gridlocked as the CRA, the main opposition in the lower house, and some other parties have refused to discuss the two bills to decrease lower house members and establish a backup capital until the LDP and JIP retract them.
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