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National tax revenues hit record high ¥67 trillion last fiscal year
National general account tax revenues for fiscal 2021 totaled approximately ¥67.0 trillion, marking ...
July 2, 2022
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Japanese govt rejects Russia’s unilateral infringement of Japan’s interests in Sakhalin-2 project
Refusing to accept any unilateral infringement by Russia of Japan’s interests in an oil and natural...
July 2, 2022
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U.N. secretary general to attend Hiroshima peace memorial ceremony for 1st time in 12 years
U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres will attend this year’s peace commemoration ceremony to be h...
July 1, 2022
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Talks on minimum wage hike likely to have rough going
An increase in the minimum wage to offset rising consumer prices seems like a foregone conclusion. B...
June 29, 2022
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Kishida, Yoon meet for 1st time in Spain
MADRID — Prime Minister Fumio Kishida met South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol for the first time in...
June 29, 2022
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Kishida, Johnson agree on security cooperation in Indo-Pacific, U.K. imports of Fukushima food
MUNICH — Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson agreed on promoting secu...
June 29, 2022
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Leaders fail to chart ‘road to end of invasion’
In their joint communique, leaders of the Group of Seven nations stated that their countries will co...
June 29, 2022
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Japan, U.S. continue to keep China in check for possible Taiwan contingency
This is the second installment of a series looking at various aspects of Okinawa today, 50 years sin...
June 29, 2022
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Kishida, Biden affirm cooperation on 2-Plus-2 economic talks
ELMAU, Germany (Jiji Press) — The Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and U.S. President Joe Biden on Monda...
June 28, 2022
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May date eyed for next year’s G7 summit in Hiroshima
The government is looking at the second half of May for the date to hold next year’s Group of Seven ...
June 28, 2022
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Kishida announces $200 million in aid for food crisis at G7 summit
MUNICH — Japan will contribute $200 million for the global food crisis resulting from Russia’s invas...
June 28, 2022
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Japan, EU agree to closely cooperate on security
MUNICH — Japan and the European Union agreed Monday to closely cooperate on security to defend the i...
June 28, 2022
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Kishida raps China for ‘unfair, opaque’ aid to developing countries at G7
ELMAU, Germany — Prime Minister Fumio Kishida criticized China by name for its “unfair and opaque” ...
June 27, 2022
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Japan, U.S. to talk semiconductors with eye on China during Economic 2+2 in July
The Japanese and U.S. governments have begun coordinating to hold their first diplomatic-economic di...
June 27, 2022
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Kishida, Yoon unlikely to hold talks in Spain
SEOUL (Jiji Press) — Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol are unlik...
June 26, 2022
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