Politics
Politics & Government
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Lower House OK’s Bill for LGBT Law
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a bill to create a new law aimed...
June 13, 2023
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Govt Revises Basic Plan on Space Policy
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The government on Tuesday formally decided on the revised Basic Plan on Space P...
June 13, 2023
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Japan Prime Minister Eyes Middle East Tour in July
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is planning to visit Gulf countries in the Middle East in mid- or late ...
June 13, 2023
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Kishida Under Fire for My Number ID Card Problems
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida came under fire from opposition parties for problems linked to My Numbe...
June 13, 2023
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Japan Plans to Designate 25 Fields to Keep Patents Secret
TOKYO (Jiji Press)—The Japanese government plans to designate 25 technology fields to keep patents o...
June 13, 2023
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Immigration Authorities Implement Improvement Measures Following Death of Sri Lankan Detainee
Under the revised Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Law, the immigration authorities are r...
June 11, 2023
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Japan’s Revised Immigration Law Aims to Prevent Abuse of Refugee Application System
With Friday’s enactment of the revised Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Law, the governme...
June 11, 2023
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Japan Expands Scope of Category II Residence Status Amidst Labor Shortage
The government decided to expand the scope of the Category II residence status for foreign workers d...
June 10, 2023
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Intellectual Property Plan Signals Reversal on AI Policy
The government’s latest intellectual property promotion blueprint states that measures will be devis...
June 10, 2023
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170 Pension Records Linked to Wrong Person on Mynaportal
The pension records of about 170 My Number cardholders might have been mistakenly linked to the wron...
June 10, 2023
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Japan’s Digital Minister Mulls Punitive Action Against Self Over ID card Issue
Digital minister Taro Kono is mulling punitive action against himself over a series of recent mista...
June 10, 2023
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Kishida Vows Emergency Aid to Ukraine for Flooding by Dam Collapse
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a phone call on Friday ...
June 9, 2023
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Japan’s Diet OKs Immigration Law Revision
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Diet, Japan’s parliament, enacted a bill Friday to revise the immigration c...
June 9, 2023
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Govt Vows to End Crisis-Mode Spending as Pandemic Contained
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The government unveiled Wednesday a plan to end its crisis-mode spending struct...
June 8, 2023
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Govt Poised to Overhaul Development Assistance Charter
The government’s new Development Cooperation Charter will include policies to address issues such as...
June 8, 2023
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