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  • Historic Stock Prices, Growing Wages: Kishida Stresses Economic Achievements

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    March 29, 2024

  • Japan to Add 4 Industries to Foreign Workers Program

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    March 29, 2024

  • Japan to Resume UNRWA Funding

    Tokyo, March 29 (Jiji Press) — The Japanese government is in the final stage of preparations to r...

    March 29, 2024

  • Japan PM Kishida Vows Resolution Toward North Korean Abductions as Aim in Realizing Tokyo-Pyongyang Talks

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    March 29, 2024

  • LDP Mulls Heavy Penalties for 3 Over Political Funds Scandal, Including Former Chief Cabinet Secretary

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    March 28, 2024

  • Japan Sees 3.7-fold Surge in Refugee Status Seekers in 2023

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    March 26, 2024

  • Will Liberal Democratic Party Heavyweight Avoid Punishment by Announcing Intention Not to Run in Upcoming Election?

    By deciding not to run in the next House of Representatives election, former Liberal Democratic ...

    March 26, 2024

  • Japan Prepares to Resume Funding for U.N. Relief Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East

    The Japanese government is preparing to resume its funding to the U.N. Relief and Works Agency fo...

    March 26, 2024

  • Kishida to Quiz Senior Abe Faction Member on Tues.

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    March 26, 2024

  • Kishida: Nothing Has Been Decided for Meeting with N. Korean Leader Kim

    Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said that nothing has been decided for a summit meeting between hims...

    March 25, 2024

  • Cabinet Approval Rating Almost Unchanged at 25%; BOJ Monetary Policy, Shunto Wage Negotiations Topics in Latest Survey

    The approval rating of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s Cabinet stood at 25% in a recent Yomiuri Sh...

    March 25, 2024

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    March 25, 2024

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    March 25, 2024

  • Nippon Ishin to Aim for LDP-Komeito to Lose Lower House Majority

    Kyoto (Jiji Press)—Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Innovation Party) adopted a new campaign policy at ...

    March 25, 2024

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