Japan's House of Councillors election will likely be held on July 13, given the envisaged Jan. 21 start of a parliamentary session, administration officials said Friday, in what would be the first ...

Tokyo, May 15 (Jiji Press)--Japan's House of Councillors Cabinet Committee on Thursday approved by a majority vote an active cyberdefense bill to allow the government to monitor communications in ...

In anticipation of the upcoming House of Councillors election, set to be held by July, political parties in Japan are beginning to unveil – or at least hint at – their campaign promises.

Japan's Diet is made up of two chambers: the Upper House, or House of Councillors, and the Lower House, or the House of Representatives. In principle, legislation must be approved by both houses ...

The Government of Japan provided ODA in the form of JICA loan amounting to Rs. 21, 280 Cr. (57.09% of project cost). The project is in the final stages of commissioning of Phase-I from Aarey to BKC.

(Mainichi/Natsuki Nishi) A Japanese lawmaker's aide lured a ... who was assaulted by a state-funded secretary to House of Councillors member Kiyoshi Ueda. Neither side appealed, finalizing the ...

Japanese legislators are considering letting the Imperial House Council decide on the status of husbands and children of ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is ... could suffer another crushing defeat in the elections for the House of Councillors in July. The warning signs come just nine months after the LDP ...

Ishiba said at a plenary session of the House of Councillors, the upper chamber of the Diet, Japan's parliament, that "discussions were frank and constructive." But at the same time, he admitted ...