Politics & Government
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Japan to Seek Dissolution Order Against Unification Church; Move Would End Group’s Religious Tax Exemption (Update 2)
The government has decided to ask the Tokyo District Court to order the dissolution of the scandal-...
October 12, 2023
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LDP Exec Koichi Hagiuda, Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen Agree to Deepen Economic, People-to-People Exchanges
TAIPEI — Liberal Democratic Party executive Koichi Hagiuda and Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Wedn...
October 12, 2023
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Govt Panel to Convene Tomorrow to Decide Whether to Dissolve the Unification Church
The government announced on Wednesday that it will convene the Religious Judicial Persons Council, a...
October 11, 2023
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Suzuki Leaves Nippon Ishin over Moscow Trip
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Lawmaker Muneo Suzuki left Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Innovation Party) on Tues...
October 11, 2023
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92.2% in Japan View China Unfavorably, Says Japan-China Public Opinion Survey
An annual survey found 92.2% of Japanese respondents had an “unfavorable” or a “relatively unfavorab...
October 11, 2023
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LDP Executive Hagiuda Offers Flowers at Abe Statue in Taiwan
KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan — Liberal Democratic Party executive Koichi Hagiuda offered flowers on Tuesday at ...
October 11, 2023
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Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Meets Executives from U.S. IT Giants To Discuss Regulation of Generative AI
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Hideki Murai held a meeting on Tuesday at the Prime Minister’s Offici...
October 10, 2023
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Japan Seeking G7 Agreement on AI Development Guidelines, Kishida Announces at Internet Governance Forum
Japan is aiming to facilitate an agreement among the Group of Seven industrialized nations on intern...
October 10, 2023
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Japan Minister’s 4-Stop Asian Tour Aims to Boost Cooperation, with China in Mind
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN — Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa’s tour of four Southeast Asian countries is aim...
October 10, 2023
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Japan Accepts 26 Myanmar Refugees Under 3rd-Country Resettlement System; Total Comes to 276 Since Program Began in Fiscal 2010
Japan newly accepted 26 refugees from 11 families, who had fled from Myanmar to Malaysia, under a th...
October 10, 2023
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Japan’s Aims to Enhance Educational Environment for Children of Foreign Talent
The education ministry will fully develop and enhance the educational environment from the 2024 acad...
October 10, 2023
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Japanese, Australian Leaders Vow to Team Up on Decarbonization
Melbourne (Jiji Press)—Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and his Australian counterpart, Anthony...
October 9, 2023
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Japan’s PM Fumio Kishida Condemns Hamas Attack on Israel
Tokyo (Jiji Press)—Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Sunday condemned the massive attack on I...
October 9, 2023
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Kishida to Reveal G7 Plan on Guidelines for Generative AI Developers
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida plans to announce at a U.N.-sponsored conference on Monday that the Gro...
October 8, 2023
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Kishida Visits Cedar Woods, Stresses Hay Fever Countermeasures; Planting of Low-Pollen Trees to be Prioritized
HITACHIOMIYA, Ibaraki — Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visited a cedar logging site in Hitachiomiya, I...
October 8, 2023
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