Politics Popular Articles
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LDP Considers Making Lawmakers Pay Total Unlisted Funds Into National Treasury; Scope of Measure May Expand
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party plans to incorporate a clause in its draft proposal for amend...
April 21, 2024
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LDP’s Only Candidate Struggles in Shimane Constituency By-Election; CDPJ Leads in All Constituencies
The only Liberal Democratic Party candidate in by-elections for the House of Representatives to b...
April 23, 2024
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No Sign of Aircraft in Vast Ocean as Search Efforts Continues for 7 Missing After Possible MSDF Helicopter Collision
The morning after two Maritime Self-Defense Force patrol helicopters lost communication near the ...
April 21, 2024
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Japan to Restrict Exports of Civilian Goods Sought by Militaries; Risk Assessment Could Be Mandatory for Sensors, Motors
The government is preparing to tighten regulations on the export of civilian products at high ris...
April 25, 2024
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Japan Expert Panel OK’s Revised Action Plan for Next Pandemic; Infection Prevention Balanced With Social, Economic Concerns
A government expert panel broadly approved a revised draft of an action plan on infectious diseas...
April 25, 2024
Politics & Government
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Japanese Lawmakers Begin Talks on Political Funds Control
Tokyo (Jiji Press)—Japanese lawmakers began discussions Friday on revising the political funds co...
April 27, 2024
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Japan Tightens Student Residency Rules to Combat Illegal Work, Missing Foreign Students
The Immigration Services Agency on Friday amended a Justice Ministry ordinance concerning the stu...
April 27, 2024
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Kamikawa to Visit Africa, Southeast Asia
Tokyo (Jiji Press)—Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa said Friday that she will visit six co...
April 27, 2024
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Japan LDP Considers Calling Meta Executives to Testify in Diet Over False Ads on Facebook
The Liberal Democratic Party’s working group handling the issue of false advertising on social me...
April 27, 2024
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Japan Govt to Introduce Law Opening Up Apple, Google App Stores to Competition
The government approved at a Cabinet meeting Friday a new bill requiring companies such as Apple ...
April 26, 2024
Defense & Security
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Review of Japan-U.S. Command, Control Frameworks Praised; Indo-Pacific Command Chief Stresses Value of Cooperation
John Aquilino, commander of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, praised the decision by Japan and the ...
April 24, 2024
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Names of Crew Members Aboard Crashed MSDF Choppers Released
Tokyo, April 23 (Jiji Press) — The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force on Tuesday released the n...
April 24, 2024
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U.S. Military Aircraft to Join Search for MSDF Members; 7 Still Missing Since Two MSDF Helicopters Crashed During Training Exercise
The U.S. military plans to send a patrol aircraft to join the search for seven missing Japanese M...
April 23, 2024
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N. Korea Fires Ballistic Missile, Falls Outside Japan’s EEZ
North Korea launched at least one ballistic missile toward the Sea of Japan on Monday and is esti...
April 22, 2024
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Japanese Self-Defense Forces’ Nighttime Helicopter Accident Hearkens Back to Others in 2017, 2021
Two Maritime Self-Defense Force patrol helicopters that crashed into the sea east of Tokyo’s Izu ...
April 22, 2024
Elections
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Japan’s LDP Battles to Avoid ‘Total Defeat’ in By-Elections; Opposition Party Guards against Overconfidence
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party canlidate is falling behind his opponent in the House of Repr...
April 22, 2024
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Japan Ruling Party Struggles in ‘Kingdom of Conservatives’; Liberal Democratic Party Battered By Fundraising Scandal
With official campaigning now underway for three House of Representatives by-elections, the Liber...
April 17, 2024
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By-Elections Campaigns Kick Off in Japan’s 3 Prefectures; LDP Sits Out 2 Races Amid Effects of Scandals
Campaigns for three House of Representatives by-elections officially started on Tuesday, the firs...
April 16, 2024
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Koji Matsui Wins 1st Term as Kyoto Mayor
Kyoto (Jiji Press)—Former Japanese Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Koji Matsui won Sunday’s mayoral e...
February 5, 2024
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Kyoto’s Yawata City Elects Youngest-Ever Female Mayor in Japan
Kyoto, Nov. 13 (Jiji Press)—Independent Shoko Kawata, 33, was elected Sunday to be mayor of the city...
November 13, 2023
Political Series
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Hidden funds: Consequences of a corrupt practice / Kishida’s Political Reform Plan Meets Opposition Within LDP; Aso Cautions that Administration Needs Factions’ Support
A strangely tense atmosphere pervaded a meeting of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s political r...
January 24, 2024
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Hidden funds: Consequences of a corrupt practice / Loopholes in Political Funds Law Lead to Fundraising Scandal
Every spring, a 64-year-old futon store owner in Hashima, Gifu Prefecture, has visited the local off...
January 23, 2024
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Hidden Funds: Consequences of a Corrupt Practice / Lawmaker Sold Party Tickets to Please Faction, Get Minister Post
Public distrust in politics has grown amid the ongoing scandal involving the creation of hidden fund...
January 23, 2024
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Hidden funds: Consequences of a corrupt practice / Lawmakers from Abe faction ‘called for kickbacks to continue’
nvestigations into a scandal involving revenue from Liberal Democratic Party fundraising parties sta...
January 21, 2024
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Hidden Funds: Consequences of a Corrupt Practice / Abe Faction Lawmakers Relied on ‘Funds Without Receipts’
On May 17, 2022, about 2,800 people gathered at a luxury hotel in Tokyo for a political fundraising ...
January 21, 2024
G7 Summit
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G-7 Leaders Reaffirm Unwavering Support for Ukraine
Paris (Jiji Press)—Leaders of the Group of Seven major powers issued a joint statement reaffirming ...
February 25, 2024
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G7 Aid Planned for Nations that Supply Key Minerals; Aims Include Diversified Supply Chains for Decarbonization
The Group of Seven nations plan to create a new framework in October for a fund to expand and divers...
October 1, 2023
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G7 Foreign Ministers Meet in New York, Vow to Keep Sanctions on Russia, Remain Concerned About China’s Moves in Asia
NEW YORK — G7 foreign ministers met Monday in New York and “reaffirmed their strong unity in address...
September 19, 2023
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Atomic Bomb Survivors Mostly Can Appreciate G7 Leaders’ Visit to Hiroshima Museum
Just days before the 78th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, a survey of ...
July 31, 2023
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Japan Sole Nation to Dispatch Male Minister to G7 Gender-Equality Meeting
NIKKO, Tochigi — Japan was the only Group of Seven country to dispatch a male minister to the recen...
June 26, 2023
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