Politics & Government
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Poll: Kishida Cabinet approval rating drops to 51%
The approval rating for the Cabinet of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida plunged to an all-time low of 51...
August 12, 2022
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Digital minister live-tweets 1st day in office
Taro Kono, the digital minister in the newly reshuffled Kishida Cabinet, spent his first day in his ...
August 12, 2022
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Court rejects petition to block Abe state funeral
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Tokyo District Court has dismissed a petition to block a planned state fune...
August 12, 2022
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Kishida abandons plan to appoint Suga to key Cabinet position
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is believed to have carefully considered appointing former Prime Minist...
August 12, 2022
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Unification Church has no impact on politics
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Wednesday he did not believe the religious group widely known as ...
August 11, 2022
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Cabinet revamped to halt decline in Kishida’s approval rating
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s approval rating has been on a downward slide since the exposure of li...
August 11, 2022
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Pandemic, security top new Cabinet’s to-do list
The reshuffled Cabinet of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida faces a raft of domestic and international ch...
August 11, 2022
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Lawmakers cancel group visit to Yasukuni Shrine due to pandemic
A bipartisan group of Diet members chaired by House of Councillors President Hidehisa Otsuji has can...
August 10, 2022
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Kishida replaces 14 Cabinet members, adds key veterans to 1st-timers
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Wednesday overhauled his Cabinet, replacing 14 ministers in a reshuf...
August 10, 2022
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Timing of Cabinet reshuffle triggers uproar in LDP
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s decision to reshuffle the Cabinet just before the Bon holiday period ...
August 10, 2022
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Kishida vows to keep Nagasaki ‘as last place to endure horror’ of nuclear weapons
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who represents a constituency in Hiroshima, on Tuesday became the firs...
August 9, 2022
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Cabinet approval rating falls to 57%
The approval rating of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s Cabinet stood at 57%, a recent Yomiuri Shimbun...
August 9, 2022
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Industry minister Hagiuda set to head LDP policy research council in reshuffle
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida plans to appoint Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Koichi Hagiuda he...
August 9, 2022
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Kishida Likely to Name Hagiuda as LDP Policy Chief
Tokyo (Jiji Press)—Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is considering naming economy minister Koic...
August 9, 2022
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Kishida has Hagiuda in line for key post in Cabinet, LDP personnel reshuffles
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will likely keep Koichi Hagiuda in a prominent position by retaining hi...
August 8, 2022
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