https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AOarRZhXYxQ/takashi-hirokawa RSS for Node Tue, 28 Apr 2026 22:57:57 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-28/takaichi-obtains-majority-in-lower-house-ahead-of-budget-votes https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-28/takaichi-obtains-majority-in-lower-house-ahead-of-budget-votes Fri, 28 Nov 2025 07:17:19 GMT Sanae Takaichi https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-14/japan-s-takaichi-says-firms-focusing-too-much-on-shareholders https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-14/japan-s-takaichi-says-firms-focusing-too-much-on-shareholders Fri, 14 Nov 2025 03:21:54 GMT Sanae Takaichi Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-10/four-scenarios-to-consider-as-coalition-talks-continue-in-japan https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-10/four-scenarios-to-consider-as-coalition-talks-continue-in-japan Fri, 10 Oct 2025 02:26:12 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-27/japan-pm-ishiba-signals-intent-to-stay-on-despite-calls-to-quit https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-27/japan-pm-ishiba-signals-intent-to-stay-on-despite-calls-to-quit Sun, 27 Jul 2025 07:43:37 GMT Shigeru Ishiba Photographer: Toru Hanai/Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-31/ishiba-says-japan-will-seek-stable-energy-supply-from-trump https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-31/ishiba-says-japan-will-seek-stable-energy-supply-from-trump Fri, 31 Jan 2025 03:26:54 GMT Shigeru Ishiba, Japan’s prime minister, speaks during a news conference in Tokyo, Japan, on Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2024. Japan is pushing through a new target to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 60% by 2035, even as the plan faces criticism as lacking in ambition. Photographer: Yuichi Yamazaki/AFP/Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-24/fuji-media-shares-rebound-on-plan-to-form-investigation-panel https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-24/fuji-media-shares-rebound-on-plan-to-form-investigation-panel Fri, 24 Jan 2025 02:04:50 GMT Signage for Fuji Media Holdings Inc. outside the company's headquarters in the Minato district of Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025. Masahiro Nakai, a former member of the boy band SMAP, is retiring from the Japanese entertainment industry following reports that he harassed a woman and that an employee of Fuji TV was involved in the incident. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-28/japan-wobbles-on-tax-hikes-to-pay-for-historic-defense-build-up https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-28/japan-wobbles-on-tax-hikes-to-pay-for-historic-defense-build-up Thu, 28 Nov 2024 21:00:00 GMT Mitsunari Okamoto Photographer: Akemi Terukina/Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-11/japan-s-ishiba-pledges-over-65-billion-aid-for-chip-ai-sectors https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-11/japan-s-ishiba-pledges-over-65-billion-aid-for-chip-ai-sectors Mon, 11 Nov 2024 14:43:04 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-07/japan-s-ishiba-aims-to-meet-trump-soon-after-first-phone-call https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-07/japan-s-ishiba-aims-to-meet-trump-soon-after-first-phone-call Thu, 07 Nov 2024 02:43:04 GMT Shigeru Ishiba, Japan's prime minister and president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), during a news conference at the party's headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, on Monday, Oct. 28, 2024. Ishiba promised Monday to take on the responsibility of restoring political stability following the loss of his ruling coalition’s majority in a lower house election for the first time since 2009. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-10-19/man-arrested-in-tokyo-for-throwing-flammables-at-ruling-party-hq https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-10-19/man-arrested-in-tokyo-for-throwing-flammables-at-ruling-party-hq Sat, 19 Oct 2024 06:39:54 GMT Police officers investigate a vehicle outside the prime minister's official residence in central Tokyo on October 19. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-06-24/former-japan-leader-criticizes-kishida-says-party-needs-change https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-06-24/former-japan-leader-criticizes-kishida-says-party-needs-change Mon, 24 Jun 2024 03:17:57 GMT Yoshihide Suga, Japan's chief cabinet secretary, poses for a photograph in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe should be able to serve out the remainder of his term as party leader that ends in about a year, his right-hand man Suga said in an interview on Thursday. Suga added he expects Abe to explain his health condition in a proper way. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-06-19/japan-pm-set-to-face-new-calls-for-election-in-leaders-debate https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-06-19/japan-pm-set-to-face-new-calls-for-election-in-leaders-debate Wed, 19 Jun 2024 00:38:18 GMT Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during the Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, annual general meeting at the Keidanren Kaikan, the organisation's head offices in central Tokyo on May 31, 2024. (Photo by Richard A. Brooks / AFP) (Photo by RICHARD A. 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Kishida will seek to stop his ruling party’s factions from fundraising and competing for leadership positions, after a money scandal sent its public support to the lowest on record in one poll last week. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-05/japan-coalition-party-exec-opposes-plan-to-allow-ridesharing https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-05/japan-coalition-party-exec-opposes-plan-to-allow-ridesharing Fri, 05 Apr 2024 01:15:00 GMT Yosuke Takagi Photographer: Yuki Hagiwara/Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-28/embattled-japan-pm-volunteers-to-appear-before-ethics-panel https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-28/embattled-japan-pm-volunteers-to-appear-before-ethics-panel Wed, 28 Feb 2024 08:30:20 GMT Fumio Kishida Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-05/japan-pm-says-fighter-plane-exports-wouldn-t-breach-peace-ethic https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-05/japan-pm-says-fighter-plane-exports-wouldn-t-breach-peace-ethic Mon, 05 Feb 2024 07:38:49 GMT Fumio Kishida https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-01-22/japan-premier-slips-in-polls-after-disbanding-tarnished-faction https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-01-22/japan-premier-slips-in-polls-after-disbanding-tarnished-faction Mon, 22 Jan 2024 00:57:07 GMT Fumio Kishida, Japan's prime minister, attends a news conference at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, Jan. 4, 2024. Kishida said he will ensure that income growth for Japan’s workers will outpace the pace of inflation with the combination of wage gains and income tax cuts. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-12-21/japan-to-unveil-784-billion-budget-adding-to-debt-burden https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-12-21/japan-to-unveil-784-billion-budget-adding-to-debt-burden Thu, 21 Dec 2023 03:57:12 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-12-20/japan-to-introduce-limited-rideshare-system-next-fiscal-year https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-12-20/japan-to-introduce-limited-rideshare-system-next-fiscal-year Wed, 20 Dec 2023 09:08:18 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-12-12/japan-slush-fund-probe-implicates-premier-s-faction-nhk-says https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-12-12/japan-slush-fund-probe-implicates-premier-s-faction-nhk-says Tue, 12 Dec 2023 03:10:49 GMT Fumio Kishida, Japan’s prime minister, speaks during a news conference at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. Kishida announced an economic stimulus package that aims to boost growth and help households hit by inflation, as his administration tries to shore up falling support. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg