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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 - POLITICS & GOVERNMENT
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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 - POLITICS & GOVERNMENT
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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 - POLITICS & GOVERNMENT
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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 - POLITICS & GOVERNMENT
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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 - POLITICS & GOVERNMENT
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Japan, U.S. to talk semiconductors with eye on China during Economic 2+2 next month
The Japanese and U.S. governments have begun coordinating to hold their first diplomatic-economic di...
June 27, 2022 - POLITICS & GOVERNMENT
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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 - POLITICS & GOVERNMENT
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Japan Medical Association picks new head, aims to mend ties with govt
The Japan Medical Association has elected a new president, Kichiro Matsumoto, following intense scru...
June 26, 2022 - POLITICS & GOVERNMENT
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Japan to promise developing nations tens of billions of yen in food aid at G7 summit
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida plans to declare, at the Group of Seven summit to be held in Germany f...
June 26, 2022 - POLITICS & GOVERNMENT
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Japan to promise developing nations tens of billions of yen in food aid at G7 summit
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida plans to declare, at the Group of Seven summit to be held in Germany f...
June 25, 2022 - POLITICS & GOVERNMENT
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LDP forecast to secure 36% of votes in proportional representation section
Thirty-six percent of respondents in a Yomiuri Shimbun survey said they will vote for the ruling Lib...
June 24, 2022 - POLITICS & GOVERNMENT
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Japanese PM Kishida hopes to attend NPT review conference in U.S.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said he “would like to attend” the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Rev...
June 22, 2022 - POLITICS & GOVERNMENT
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Dispatch to peacekeeping missions dwindles as risks grow
The Self-Defense Forces once dispatched more than 600 members to a U.N. peacekeeping operation. Toda...
June 19, 2022 - POLITICS & GOVERNMENT
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Japan to establish an infectious disease crisis management agency
The government plans to establish a Cabinet infectious disease crisis management agency to strengthe...
June 16, 2022 - POLITICS & GOVERNMENT
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Japan govt to appoint Eiji Chatani as vice finance minister
The government is set to install Eiji Chatani, director general of the Finance Ministry’s Budget Bu...
June 16, 2022 - POLITICS & GOVERNMENT
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Govt plans to bolster entrepreneurship education for young students
The government plans to bolster efforts encouraging elementary, junior high and high schools to incl...
June 15, 2022 - POLITICS & GOVERNMENT
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Sweet gesture brings defense ministers closer
A relationship can be deepened after an unexpected incident. For Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kis...
June 15, 2022 - POLITICS & GOVERNMENT
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Govt to set up Japanese version of CDC
The government is to include the establishment of a Japanese version of the U.S. Centers for Disease...
June 15, 2022 - POLITICS & GOVERNMENT
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Scandal-hit lawmaker Yoshikawa urged to resign
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — A Liberal Democratic Party heavyweight urged House of Representatives member Ta...
June 14, 2022 - POLITICS & GOVERNMENT
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Kishida to announce new health crisis management agency
The reported health crisis management agency the government intends to create to strengthen measures...
June 14, 2022 - POLITICS & GOVERNMENT
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U.S. ambassador sees Japan-U.S. alliance shifting to a larger domain
In an exclusive interview with The Yomiuri Shimbun on Friday, U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel ...
June 12, 2022 - POLITICS & GOVERNMENT
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Criminal complaint filed against ex-PM Abe over party scandal
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Civic groups filed a criminal complaint against former Prime Minister Shinzo Ab...
June 11, 2022 - POLITICS & GOVERNMENT
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LDP OKs resignation of member Yoshikawa after scandal report
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Friday accepted resignation from the par...
June 11, 2022 - POLITICS & GOVERNMENT
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Kishida seeks visit to A-bomb museum by G7 leaders
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has indicated his intention to consider arranging a visit of the leader...
June 10, 2022 - POLITICS & GOVERNMENT
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Japan’s lower house votes down no-confidence motion against Kishida Cabinet, Speaker Hosoda
The House of Representatives on Thursday voted down a pair of no-confidence motions submitted by the...
June 9, 2022 - POLITICS & GOVERNMENT
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Survey: More respondents in Japan, S. Korea expect bilateral ties to improve
The percentages of respondents in Japan and South Korea who expect the bilateral relationship to “i...
June 9, 2022 - POLITICS & GOVERNMENT
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Japan seen elected UNSC nonpermanent member
NEW YORK (Jiji Press) — Japan is seen as certain to be elected for an unprecedented 12th time as a n...
June 9, 2022 - POLITICS & GOVERNMENT
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CDPJ submits motions of no confidence against Kishida Cabinet, House Speaker Hosoda
The opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan submitted Wednesday to the House of Represen...
June 8, 2022 - POLITICS & GOVERNMENT
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Kishida struggled with LDP’s demands for revisions in basic policy
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida faced an uphill battle, as the government’s draft of the Basic Policies...
June 8, 2022 - POLITICS & GOVERNMENT
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Cabinet approves Kishida’s ‘new form of capitalism’ initiatives
The grand design and action plan for Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s “new form of capitalism” was app...
June 8, 2022 - POLITICS & GOVERNMENT
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