Politics & Government
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Japan, France to Compile Roadmap for Bilateral Ties; Focus on Joint Defense Drills, Semiconductor Supply Chains
DUBAI — The Japanese and French governments are working toward an agreement over a new roadmap for t...
December 2, 2023
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Pentagon: U.S. Limits Some Osprey Flights In Japan, Continues Others
WASHINGTON/TOKYO (Reuters) — The U.S. military unit which had a V-22 Osprey aircraft crash off the c...
December 2, 2023
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Headwinds Buffeting Expo Could Hurt Ticket Sales
Tickets for the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo went on sale Thursday, marking 500 days until the event kicks...
December 2, 2023
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Abe Faction Suspected of Keeping ¥100 mil. Off the Books; Revenue From Party Ticket Sales ‘Underreported’
Revenue from the sale of tickets to fundraising parties is suspected of having been mishandled by th...
December 1, 2023
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Japan Pledges ¥1.5 bil. to Loss and Damage Fund at COP28 Climate Summit
DUBAI — Japan has pledged $10 million (about ¥1.5 billion) toward a loss and damage fund to help dev...
December 1, 2023
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Maehara’s New Party Seen as Move to Join Nippon Ishin
TOKYO, Dec. 1 (Jiji Press) — Seiji Maehara’s departure from the Democratic Party for the People to f...
December 1, 2023
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Japan Falls Out of Top 10 in Digital Government Rankings
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japan fell out of the top 10 in the fiscal 2023 global digital government ranki...
December 1, 2023
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Shinjiro Koizumi, Other Lawmakers to Work Toward Lifting Smartphone Ban in Diet
House of Representatives members from five separate parties, including former Environment Minister S...
November 30, 2023
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Japan Prime Minister Kishida to Call for Cooperation in Decarbonization at Dubai COP28
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will deliver a speech at the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) to ...
November 30, 2023
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Japan, U.S. Designate 2024 as Tourism Promotion Year
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japanese tourism minister Tetsuo Saito and U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanue...
November 30, 2023
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EU, South Korea Move to Domestic Cloud Providers, Seeking Tighter Security
In the European Union and South Korea, moves are being made by respective governments to end their d...
November 30, 2023
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Amazon’s Dominance Works Against Domestically Made Government Cloud Service in Japan
A domestically built government cloud service could come into existence for the first time in Japan....
November 29, 2023
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Japan Needs to Spend ¥84 Billion for 2025 Osaka Expo on Top of ¥235 Billion for Construction
The 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo will require about ¥84 billion in funds on top of the estimated ¥235 bill...
November 29, 2023
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House of Councillors eliminates stenographers as part of digitization, paperless initiatives
During the director's meeting of the House of Councillors Steering Committee, both the ruling and op...
November 28, 2023
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Japan Digital Agency Adds Domestic Firm to U.S. Tech Giants as Provider of Government Cloud Services
The Digital Agency has chosen a Japanese tech firm for the first time as a provider of government cl...
November 28, 2023
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