Politics & Government
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Kishida set to have ex-health minister Goto replace disgraced Yamagiwa
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has reportedly decided Tuesday to appoint Shigeyuki Goto, the health, l...
October 25, 2022
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Kishida receives Yamagiwa resignation
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said late Monday that he has received a resignation from Daishhiro Yama...
October 24, 2022
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Yamagiwa to quit due to his ties to Unification Church
Economic revitalization minister Daishiro Yamagiwa decided Monday to resign to take responsibility o...
October 24, 2022
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Economic revitalization minister Daishiro Yamagiwa to resign
Economic revitalization minister Daishiro Yamagiwa whose connections to the Unification Church, offi...
October 24, 2022
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Govt to hear from Unification Church victims: Kishida
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Japanese government will hear directly from victims of the Unification Chur...
October 24, 2022
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Japan wary over Xi’s increasingly hard-line policy stance
Japan is growing wary over the increasingly hard-line policies of Chinese President Xi Jinping, who ...
October 24, 2022
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S. Korean Group to Erect Comfort Women Statue in U.S.
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — A South Korean group in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, plans to build a park featu...
October 23, 2022
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Japan to Create Disaster Debris Database to Improve Estimates
Tokyo, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)—Japan’s Environment Ministry plans to create a disaster debris database ...
October 23, 2022
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Govt OK’s bill to redraw lower house electoral map
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The government Friday adopted a bill to reduce vote-value disparities by redraw...
October 23, 2022
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Japan, Australia sign new joint security declaration
PERTH, Australia — Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and his Australian counterpart, Anthony Albanese, si...
October 22, 2022
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Minister deflects while admitting to photo with Unification Church leader
Economic revitalization minister Daishiro Yamagiwa admitted Friday at a press conference after a Cab...
October 22, 2022
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Japan mulling ¥20 tril. to help deal with rising prices
The government and ruling parties are mulling a plan to spend ¥20 trillion on a comprehensive packag...
October 22, 2022
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Reiwa topknot? Kishida parries Inose’s mask jape in Diet colloquy
Lawmaker Naoki Inose of Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Innovation Party) took off his mask when asking a...
October 21, 2022
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Kishida defends interpretation of basis for dissolution orders for religious corporations
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida sought understanding in a Diet committee session on Thursday regarding ...
October 21, 2022
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Kishida seen to be stumbling on Unification Church issue
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has shifted his position on an aspect of the Unification Church issue i...
October 20, 2022
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