Politics & Government
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Govt Plans more Pandemic-Related Spending
The government plans to register 3,000 potential nurses who are qualified but not working for rea...
December 9, 2020
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Japan Land Taxes to be Capped in Fiscal 2021
The government and ruling parties are planning to keep taxes untouched for all types of land in f...
December 8, 2020
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Japan Plans to Postpone 2020 Goal of 30% Female Leadership to Later This Decade
The goal of raising to 30% by this year the percentage of women in leadership positions in politi...
December 8, 2020
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Gender Gap Remains Wide on Japanese Company Boards
Despite a government-set target aiming to boost the proportion of women on company boards, the ge...
December 8, 2020
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Japan Eyes Tax Break for Childcare Subsidies
The government and ruling parties intend to waive income and consumption taxes on municipal gover...
December 7, 2020
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Suga Cabinet’s Approval Rating Falls to 61% amid Virus Surge, Go To Woes
The approval rating for Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's Cabinet has fallen by eight percentage po...
December 7, 2020
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Japan to Revise Taxation to Prevent Smuggling of Gold Bullion
The government and ruling parties plan to revise the system for businesses' deductions of consump...
December 7, 2020
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Suga Positions Carbon Goal, Digitization as Pillars for Economic Revitalization
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga pledged to work on measures to combat global warming and promote di...
December 5, 2020
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Cherry-blossom Viewing Party Investigations Set to Change Japan Ruling LDP Dynamics
Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's influence in the political world will inevitably diminish as p...
December 4, 2020
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Former Japan Ambassador: No Quick Fix for Repairing Rifts in U.S. Society
Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden is set to be sworn in as president in January. What approach...
December 2, 2020
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Govt to Grant up to ¥1 mil. Worth Points for Energy-efficient Housing
The government will likely grant points, equivalent to as much as 1 million yen, that can be exch...
December 2, 2020
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Careful Preparation Required for Dispatch to Local Areas
The government has decided to establish a system under which major banks will dispatch current an...
December 2, 2020
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Can Japan, South Korea Reproduce Artful Diplomacy for Another Wartime Issue?
SEOUL -- A "beautiful settlement," what could be called an extremely rare case amid constant fric...
December 2, 2020
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Govt to Hold Workshops on E-devices for Administrative Procedures
The government will hold workshops on the use of smartphones and tablets for administrative proce...
November 30, 2020
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Virus Countermeasures Add ¥90 billion to Tokyo Games’ bill
Costs associated with coronavirus countermeasures at the postponed Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics...
November 30, 2020
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