The Japan Times Article Rating

Some policies of LDP leadership candidates invite skepticism

Sep 27, 2021 View Original Article
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    4% Center

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  • Policy Leaning

    4% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -31% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : Kono's proposal called for revising the kokumin nenkin basic pension program, which is currently paid for equally by premiums and tax revenue, into one financed fully by consumption tax revenue in order to guarantee a certain amount of pensions to all citizens regardless of incomes.
44% : Regulatory reform minister Taro Kono, who oversees the coronavirus vaccine rollout, has backpedaled on his controversial proposal to create a minimum guaranteed pension program that would be financed entirely by tax revenue, which has met with skeptical reviews.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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