Posts Tagged ‘national’
DPJ wins landslide victory, Crushes LDP, Taro Aso
The Democratic Party of Japan wins the Lower House election by a landslide, ending more than half a century of almost uninterrupted rule by the Liberal Democratic Party. Can't say I'm not happy because I am. Let's face it Taro Aso destroyed the LDP and perhaps Japan in the process. I haven't heard such negative sentiment from Japanese [...]
Natl. Health Insurance now Mandatory – Tied to Visa Renewal
This information has been public for over a month now but I thought I would condense it all here and make it easy for people to follow. Basically in mid-June Japan's legislature passed a new law making it mandatory for all "foreigners" living in Japan to have the National Health Insurance. Come April 2010, if you aren't part of the [...]
