Scrutinizing government budgets is one of the Japanese National Diet's most critical duties. How can limited financial ...

What might surprise some readers is that the cliché of Japan's national diet being the model of healthy eating is a little inaccurate and out of date. "Professor Kentaro Murakami (of the ...

Japan’s salt reduction efforts have lowered sodium intake over decades, but levels remain high, prompting economic modeling ...

For most of the last seventy years, Japan’s political parties ... In 2007, a bill was introduced in the Diet to create procedures for holding a national referendum, spearheaded by the LDP.

A 150-day regular session of Japan's parliament will begin on Jan 24, the top government spokesman said Tuesday, with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba set to seek opposition support in Diet deliberations ...