Politics of Japan

A public opinion poll, carried out as a bill allowing same-sex marriage is expected to head to Parliament soon, has found that nearly 55% of Greeks are in favor of the legislation and 53% also believe gay couples should have the right to adopt.

Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida declared victory on Nov. 1 after leading his ruling coalition to a strong majority in national elections.

Fumio Kishida was elected Japan's prime minister in a parliamentary vote on Oct. 4 and will be tasked with quickly tackling the pandemic and other domestic and global challenges and leading a national election within weeks.

At the invitation of the Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva, the Foreign Minister of Japan Tarō Kōno will arrive on an official visit to Bulgaria on August 12 and 13, the Foreign Ministry said.

His coalition received 77 seats in the upper house of parliament, writes NOVA TV. 

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party won a majority in parliamentary elections in Japan.

The Liberal Democrats, as well as their coalition partners from the Komeito party, received 77 seats in the upper house of parliament.

During the meeting on Wednesday in Belgade, they "confirmed the common determination for further strengthening of political dialogue, exchange of visits at all levels and further linking of the economy two countries," the Serbian government announced.

This year marks the 120th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Japan and Greece.

Japan's Ambassador Kisaburo Ishii bids farewell to Romanians at the end of his term in a message posted on the diplomatic mission's Facebook page, in which he voices the hope that the economic exchanges between the two countries will increase and in which he brings to mind the visit of the Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, in Bucharest.

Japan’s top government spokesman left the door open on March 14 to a possible summit between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and North Korean leader Kim Jung Un to discuss the matter of Japanese citizens kidnapped by Pyongyang’s agents decades ago.

Pressure mounted March 13 on Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe over a ballooning cronyism and cover-up scandal, as a new poll showed his support at the lowest level since his re-election in October.