April 1, 2025
The fiscal 2025 budget bill totaling 115.2 trillion yen was enacted on March 31 after a revision was again made in the House of Councilors.
Later on the day, Japanese Communist Party Executive Committee Chair Tamura Tomoko at a press conference in the Diet building said that the “Nippon Ishin no Kai” party and the Democratic Party for the People had a part in the minority ruling force’s “life-extension strategy” behind closed doors, exposing their role as supplementary forces to the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.
Tamura pointed out that what is at the heart of the ongoing Diet session is opposition parties’ stance toward the LDP-Komei administration’s political survival strategy.
Tamura said that the Ishin party, in exchange for the realization of its demand for making high school tuition-free, gave a nod to the 8.7 trillion-yen budget for a military buildup. In addition, Tamura stressed, the Ishin party and the ruling camp agreed to cut annual healthcare spending by four trillion yen.
Regarding the DPP, Tamura referred to an agreement between the DPP and the LDP-Komei coalition to not prohibit corporate and organizational donations to political parties. The JCP EC Chair criticized the DPP for assisting the LDP in its eagerness to continue allowing donations from corporations.
Tamura stressed that the need is for opposition parties other than the Ishin and the DPP to join forces and work together to squarely confront the Ishiba administration which supports the continuation of corporate donations while failing to take appropriate action to tackle the current cost-of-living crisis which is most heavily felt by the working class, the elderly, and families living below the poverty line.
Tamura expressed her determination to work hard in the House of Councilors election campaign slated for this summer in order to fundamentally change the politics promoted and implemented by the LDP and Komei parties along with their supplementary forces.
Later on the day, Japanese Communist Party Executive Committee Chair Tamura Tomoko at a press conference in the Diet building said that the “Nippon Ishin no Kai” party and the Democratic Party for the People had a part in the minority ruling force’s “life-extension strategy” behind closed doors, exposing their role as supplementary forces to the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.
Tamura pointed out that what is at the heart of the ongoing Diet session is opposition parties’ stance toward the LDP-Komei administration’s political survival strategy.
Tamura said that the Ishin party, in exchange for the realization of its demand for making high school tuition-free, gave a nod to the 8.7 trillion-yen budget for a military buildup. In addition, Tamura stressed, the Ishin party and the ruling camp agreed to cut annual healthcare spending by four trillion yen.
Regarding the DPP, Tamura referred to an agreement between the DPP and the LDP-Komei coalition to not prohibit corporate and organizational donations to political parties. The JCP EC Chair criticized the DPP for assisting the LDP in its eagerness to continue allowing donations from corporations.
Tamura stressed that the need is for opposition parties other than the Ishin and the DPP to join forces and work together to squarely confront the Ishiba administration which supports the continuation of corporate donations while failing to take appropriate action to tackle the current cost-of-living crisis which is most heavily felt by the working class, the elderly, and families living below the poverty line.
Tamura expressed her determination to work hard in the House of Councilors election campaign slated for this summer in order to fundamentally change the politics promoted and implemented by the LDP and Komei parties along with their supplementary forces.
