Democratic Party

14 Jun

Japan’s upper house panel delays vote on defence spending bill

Tokyo, June 14 (IANS) A Japanese House of Councillors committee has cancelled a vote on a bill for securing funds for measures to strengthen defence capabilities, delaying the schedule to Thursday at the earliest. The main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDPJ) rejected a plan proposed by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its junior Komeito coalition ally to vote on the bill at the Committee on Financial Affairs of the upper house of the Diet, the country's parliament, within the day. The CDPJ also threatened to submit a motion to dismiss Yasuyuki Sakai, chairman of the committee, if…

19 Dec

S.Korean Prez approval rating rises to 41.1%: Poll

Seoul, Dec 19 (IANS) South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol's approval rating rose to 41.1 per cent, breaking through the 40 per cent threshold for the first time since June, a poll showed on Monday. The positive assessment of Yoon's performance added 2.7 percentage points from the previous week, while the negative assessment slipped 2 percentage points to 56.8 pe rcent, according to the Realmeter survey. It marked the first time in 24 weeks that Yoon's approval rating has exceeded 40 per cent, reports Yonhap News Agency. Since hitting 44.4 per cent in the fifth week of June, the figure had stayed…