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  • With donation victim relief bill passed into law, Kishida vows to make system easy to use

    Following the passage into law of a bill designed to remedy and prevent damage stemming from the sol...

    December 12, 2022

  • Kishida Eyes In-Depth Nuke Abolition Talks at Hiroshima G-7 Summit

    Hiroshima, (Jiji Press)—Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Sunday expressed hope to hold thorou...

    December 12, 2022

  • Diet OKs Civil Code revision

    OKYO (Jiji Press) — The Diet enacted legislation Saturday to revise the Civil Code, including change...

    December 11, 2022

  • Kishida calls tax hike ‘essential’ to strengthen Japan’s defense

    Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has expressed his intention to raise taxes in stages toward fiscal 2027...

    December 11, 2022

  • Dissent emerges within LDP over tax hike to finance higher defense spending

    Now that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has instructed the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its coa...

    December 11, 2022

  • Bill to help Unification Church victims passed into law

    A bill intended to prevent damage from unscrupulous solicitations for large donations by groups such...

    December 10, 2022

  • Bill prohibiting malicious solicitation of donations passes lower house

    A bill prohibiting malicious solicitations of large donations by groups such as the Unification Chur...

    December 8, 2022

  • Children of Japanese religious group members seek stronger provisions in proposed law

    A group of people whose parents belong to the Unification Church have submitted a written request to...

    December 8, 2022

  • Japan government, ruling parties make concessions to opposition over key legislation

    A bill meant to remedy and prevent damage as a result of large donations to religious organizations ...

    December 7, 2022

  • Japan mulls hike in childbirth benefit

    The government is discussing a proposal to raise the lump-sum childbirth benefit from ¥420,000 per c...

    December 7, 2022

  • Swift passage seen on bill related to Unification Church solicitations

    The Liberal Democratic Party has presented to opposition parties a draft amendment to a bill prohibi...

    December 6, 2022

  • Japan Cabinet sees slight increase in approval rating

    The approval rating for the Kishida Cabinet has risen to 39%, according to a national survey conduct...

    December 5, 2022

  • Japan Upper House Shows Concern about Human Rights in China

    Tokyo, Dec. 5 (Jiji Press)—Japan’s House of Councillors on Monday adopted a resolution showing conce...

    December 5, 2022

  • Japan’s foreign minister to tour Mexico, South American countries

    Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi is set to visit four countries in Central and South America in ea...

    December 4, 2022

  • Cabinet reshuffle idea smolders on after passage of 2nd supplementary budget

    The extraordinary Diet session cleared its highest hurdle Friday with the green-lighting of the seco...

    December 3, 2022

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