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Lai meets Japan delegation, calls for closer security, semiconductor ties • May 2, 2025, 6:19 AM ET (Taipei Times)
Ministry welcomes group from LDP Youth Division • Apr. 30, 2025, 12:06 AM ET (Taipei Times)
LDP Council Chair expresses doubts about raising imports of US rice, says Japanese agriculture at risk • Apr. 22, 2025, 9:33 PM ET (The Star)

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Also Known As LDP • Jiyū-Minshutō • Liberal Democratic Party
Date 1955 - present
Areas Of Involvement foreign policy • right
Related People Shinzo Abe • Fumio Kishida • Suga Yoshihide • Shigeru Ishiba • Ozawa Ichirō • Ishihara Shintarō • Asō Tarō • Koizumi Junichiro • Hatoyama Yukio • Hashimoto Ryūtarō • Kishi Nobusuke • Nakasone Yasuhiro • Satō Eisaku • Tanaka Makiko • Tanaka Kakuei

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