The ruling Liberal Democratic Party has worked out a draft of its 2025 policy platform calling for, among other things, promoting the use of social media as part of its efforts to win this summer ...

Kishida also named Yuko Obuchi, a daughter of former Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi, as chair of the LDP’s Election Strategy Committee, one of the senior party posts, on the same day.

Obuchi explained the role she wants to play for Okinawa Prefecture as a member of the ruling coalition. “There now is an increasingly deeper division between the government and Okinawa,” she said.