Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba' s conservative ruling party braced for a blow to its comfortable majority in the lower house of parliament in Sunday's elections amid publ
Kikuta Yutaka, Ambassador of Japan, hosted a send-off party for Nepali students who will be studying in Japan under the Scholarship offered by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) of Japan, at his Residence, on Saturday.
KATHMANDU: A delegation including the MP of Japan's ruling party 'Liberal Democratic' and former State Minister Taira Masaki has held a high-level meeting in Nepal. The team met with high-ranking leaders including Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda'.
A three-member team that came
A team, including a Member of Parliament and former minister of state Taira Masaki of Japan’s ruling ‘Liberal Democratic’ party, recently paid a visit to high-ranking leaders including Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal.
TOKYO, September 29: Fumio Kishida won the presidential election of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on Wednesday.
Kishida, former Japanese foreign minister, secured 257 votes in a runoff to win over his contender Taro Kono who received 170 votes.
As the LDP-led coalition constitutes a majority in both chambers of the parliament in Japan, the new party president is almost certain to be elected prime minister in the extraordinary Diet session scheduled to be held on Oct. 4, succeeding the incumbent Yoshihide Suga.
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has said he will not run for party re-election as a leader this month, amid criticism over his response to the COVID-19 pandemic.