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  • Japan’s opposition gets results but divisions arise

    The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and the rest of the opposition camp can feel a certain ...

    April 26, 2021

  • Emergency-level measures to be expanded to cover 36 municipalities in Japan

    The three prefectures of Kanagawa, Chiba and Saitama have decided to expand the areas covered by eme...

    April 25, 2021

  • Suga’s new emissions target not just about climate change

    Under pressure to keep up with other nations in addressing climate change, Prime Minister Yoshihide ...

    April 23, 2021

  • Suga needs to be aware Biden’s policy places U.S. economy 1st to counter China

    WASHINGTON — U.S. President Joe Biden has described China as “the only competitor” and his administr...

    April 19, 2021

  • Japan, U.S. should work together on climate change, decarbonization efforts

    Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and U.S. President Joe Biden have held their first summit and issued a...

    April 18, 2021

  • Suga-Biden summit proves diplomacy is back

    Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and U.S. President Joe Biden have held their first summit and issued a...

    April 18, 2021

  • New chapter in Japan-U.S. diplomacy will test teamwork

    The latest summit between the Japanese and U.S. leaders was less pyrotechnics and more pragmatics, s...

    April 18, 2021

  • Suga-Biden joint statement required careful adjusting of expressions on Taiwan

    WASHINGTON — While Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and U.S. President Joe Biden have affirmed their co...

    April 18, 2021

  • Economic ties with China restrain Suga’s approach

    Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and U.S. President Joe Biden, bearing in mind the threat posed by Chin...

    April 18, 2021

  • With Washington visit, Suga straps into foreign policy pilot’s seat

    WASHINGTON — Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga met with U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday, kicking off ...

    April 17, 2021

  • Suga, U.S. vice president agree on free, open Indo-Pacific

    WASHINGTON — Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris agreed that Japan a...

    April 17, 2021

  • Japan prime minister goes against opposition to release Fukushima plant water

    The decommissioning of the disaster-hit Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, which will take more th...

    April 14, 2021

  • Bill to establish children’s affairs agency to be submitted next year

    The government and the ruling parties have started working on a bill to establish a children’s affai...

    April 14, 2021

  • Digital reform bills short-circuited by divided Diet

    Passage of a package of digital reform bills, a cornerstone of Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s digit...

    April 12, 2021

  • Japan government eyes stockpiling sustainable aviation fuel

    The government plans to stockpile sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), which can significantly reduce ca...

    April 11, 2021

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