Politics & Government
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In Prime Minister Election, JIP Leader Rules out Cooperation with CDPJ, Lowering Risk of Loss for LDP
Japan Innovation Party leader Hirofumi Yoshimura effectively denied on Friday that his party woul...
September 27, 2025
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Mayor Denies Sexual Relations with Subordinate After Meeting at Hotels More Than 10 Times
Maebashi Mayor Akira Ogawa denied having sexual relations with a male employee after a weekly mag...
September 27, 2025
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JIP Open to Coalition Talks After LDP Race, Says Co-Leader Fujita
Fumitake Fujita, the Japan Innovation Party’s co-head, said Thursday that if a new Liberal Democr...
September 26, 2025
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PM Ishiba to Deliver Message to Mark 80 Years Since End of WWII
NEW YORK — Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba told reporters in New York on Wednesday that he intends ...
September 25, 2025
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Japan PM Ishiba Welcomes Progress on Tariff Negotiations in Final Interaction with Trump
NEW YORK — Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, while visiting New York, had a brief chat with U.S. Pre...
September 25, 2025
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Japan, Iran Foreign Ministers Discuss Iran’s Nuclear Issue in New York Meeting
NEW YORK — Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya exchanged views with Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi...
September 25, 2025
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Japan to Pause Work on Public Projects in Summer, as Risk of Heatstroke Rises Ever Higher
The Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ministry plans to introduce down periods in midsu...
September 25, 2025
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Ishiba, Guterres Agree to Promote Security Council Reform; Also Pledge to Cooperate Over Disarmament, North Korea
NEW YORK — Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres held talks i...
September 24, 2025
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Policies on Foreigners Divide LDP Presidential Candidates at Public Debate
At a public debate for the Liberal Democratic Party presidential election, the five candidates cl...
September 24, 2025
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Japan PM Condemns Israeli Ground Operation in Gaza, Says Recognition of Palestinian State a ‘Matter of When’
NEW YORK — Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba strongly condemned Israel’s ground operation in the Pale...
September 24, 2025
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Candidates in LDP Presidential Race Diverge on Broadening Coalition, with Some Eager and Others Cautious
The five candidates for the Liberal Democratic Party presidency have shown varying levels of inte...
September 23, 2025
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LDP Candidates Speak of Need to Rebuild; Koizumi Takes Steady Approach as Takaichi Expresses Conservative Views
Rebuilding the Liberal Democratic Party and economic policy were points of commonality in speeche...
September 23, 2025
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Most LDP Presidential Candidates State Negative Views on Consumption Tax Cut as Measure against Rising Prices
Most of the five candidates running in the Liberal Democratic Party’s presidential election expre...
September 23, 2025
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State Recognition of Palestine Is Matter of “When”: Iwaya
New York, Sept. 22 (Jiji Press)—Japan recognizing Palestine as a state is “not a matter of ‘if,’ ...
September 23, 2025
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LDP Presidential Candidates Tread Carefully around Issue of Dissolving House of Representatives, Lean toward Not Doing So
The five candidates running in the Liberal Democratic Party’s presidential election expressed cau...
September 23, 2025
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