Editorial

15:54 JST, January 29, 2025

Is it right to devote all the deliberation time to discussions on tax cuts and free education? The government and political parties should squarely debate what direction the nation should take and other important issues.

Interpellations by representatives of each party are being held at plenary sessions of both houses of the Diet in response to Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s recent policy speech.

Seiji Maehara, co-representative of the Japan Innovation Party, called for the realization of free high school education without income restrictions, including for private schools, to reduce the burden on households raising children. Yoshihiko Noda, president of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, similarly called for free high school education.

The prime minister said only, “We’d like to continue discussions while considering how........

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