ELECTION
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Over 350 candidates expected to run in upper house election
At least 353 candidates will run in the House of Councillors election this summer, according to a Yo...
May 22, 2022
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Japan’s ruling parties boosted by LDP candidate by-election win
A Liberal Democratic Party candidate won a House of Councillors by-election Sunday in Ishikawa Prefe...
April 25, 2022
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DPFP, Ishin to back each other’s candidates in key upper house constituencies
The Democratic Party for the People has said it will endorse a candidate who is also planned to be ...
April 22, 2022
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Ishin trying to shape up for this summer’s upper house election
Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Innovation Party) has aggressively fielded candidates in local elections ...
April 18, 2022
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Japan’s LDP Aso faction holds fundraising party
Liberal Democratic Party Vice President Taro Aso’s faction led the way Thursday in holding a polit...
April 15, 2022
FEATURE POLITICS
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Invisible threats / Enhanced capabilities needed to protect Japan’s key infrastructure
This is the ninth and final installment of a series exploring Japan’s vulnerabilities in areas such ...
March 4, 2022
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Invisible threats / Economic security minister: ‘Develop advanced technologies through public-private cooperation’
This is the eighth installment of a series exploring Japan’s vulnerabilities in areas such as inform...
March 2, 2022
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Invisible threats / Defense technology exposed in ‘too transparent’ patent system
This is the seventh installment of a series exploring Japan’s vulnerabilities in areas such as infor...
March 1, 2022
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Invisible threats / Efforts made to disseminate risks of industrial espionage
Government ministries and agencies are sharing information about espionage tactics as part of effort...
February 28, 2022
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Invisible threats / Japan searches for ways to exclude China from key infrastructure
The importance of communications infrastructure was recently highlighted when an undersea volcano er...
February 27, 2022
GENERAL POLITICS
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APEC trade chiefs fail to adopt joint statement
BANGKOK (Jiji Press) — Trade ministers of the 21 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum member econ...
May 23, 2022
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Japan, U.S. leaders agree to strengthen alliance’s deterrence, response capabilities
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and U.S. President Joe Biden agreed Monday to strengthen the deterrence...
May 23, 2022
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Quad’s joint statement likely to focus on countering China
The Quad will hold a summit in Tokyo on Tuesday, and, according to a draft of a joint statement obta...
May 23, 2022
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Biden hails ‘good friend’ Kishida, says U.S. fully committed to Japan’s defense
The cornerstone of Biden's two-day visit, which includes meetings with the leaders of Japan, India a...
May 23, 2022
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Japan chooses Hiroshima as 2023 G7 summit host city
The government plans to host next year’s Group of Seven summit conference in Hiroshima, it has been ...
May 23, 2022
GOVERNMENT
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Infrastructure ministry may have overstated construction orders by up to ¥5 tril. a year
A government panel investigating data tampering by the infrastructure ministry has estimated that co...
May 13, 2022
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With Russia, China in mind, Kishida considers attending Asian security meeting in Singapore
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is making arrangements to attend the Asian security conference known as...
May 9, 2022
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Will Russia head for Japan? Former PM Aso says no guarantee it won’t
Former Prime Minister Taro Aso, who is the vice president of the Liberal Democratic Party, has expre...
May 8, 2022
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Japan set to lift ban on foreign tourists
The government is considering lifting in June restrictions banning foreign tourists from visiting Ja...
May 7, 2022
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Japan’s Defense Ministry uses multiple languages in battle for public opinion
To strengthen its response to “intelligence warfare,” the Defense Ministry has been working to trans...
May 6, 2022
POLITICAL PULSE
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2025 Expo of future dreams faces real-world financial challenges
Many people in their 60s and older appear to have fond memories of Expo 1970 Osaka. When that exposi...
May 21, 2022
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23-year-old LDP, Komeito partnership has come to crossroad
The relationship between the Liberal Democratic Party and its ruling coalition partner Komeito has b...
May 14, 2022
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Kishida’s ‘realism’ foreign policy vision put to test by Russian invasion
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s foreign policy vision of “realism diplomacy for a new era” is being p...
May 7, 2022
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Zelenskyy’s speech highlights Japan’s challenges in a changed world
On Dec. 2, 1958, in Tokyo, Philippine President Carlos P. Garcia delivered the first speech by a for...
April 25, 2022
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Statecraft is shackled by constant election campaigning
Yomiuri Shimbun file photoPrime Minister Fumio Kishida, second from right, poses as he places a rose...
April 9, 2022
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