Politics & Government
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Japan to Launch New Subsidies to Help Employees, Business Operators Change Jobs or Industries
The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry will launch a new subsidy system in 2021 to support employees...
January 2, 2021
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Ministry Works toward Enhancing Recognition of Agricultural Heritage in Japan
The Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry is grappling with low public recognition of two sys...
January 2, 2021
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Political Rivalries Revived amid Nikai Faction’s Ascendency
The term of office for current members of the House of Representatives is slated to expire in Octobe...
January 2, 2021
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Japan Diet Speeds up Tech Use in Move toward Digitization
The Diet is moving faster to find ways to use information and communications technology amid Prime M...
December 31, 2020
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Into a ‘Battlefield’: Embassy Rescued Japanese Nationals Amid Sound of Gunfire during Tiananmen Square Incident
Staff at the Japanese Embassy in Beijing evacuated Japanese nationals during the Tiananmen Square in...
December 28, 2020
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Japan Cabinet Faces Growing Discontent from Public
A sharp drop in the approval rating for the Cabinet led by Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, as seen in...
December 28, 2020
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Foreign Ministry Documents Show U.S. Dissatisfaction with Japan’s Persian Gulf Presence in 1990
In the wake of the 1990 Gulf crisis, then U.S. Vice President Dan Quayle complained in a meeting wit...
December 28, 2020
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Suga Faces Headwinds over Virus Responses, Money Scandals
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is facing political headwinds over his responses to the unrelenting no...
December 27, 2020
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Japan to Halt ODA for Building Coal-fired Power Plants
The government has decided in principle to stop providing official development assistance (ODA) for ...
December 25, 2020
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Ex-prime Minister Abe Not Indicted over Dinners Connected to Cherry Blossom-Viewing Parties
Prosecutors decided Thursday not to indict former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe due to insufficient evid...
December 24, 2020
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Japanese Govt Aims to Include Minicars in Cars to Be Electric Vehicles by Mid-2030s
To help realize a decarbonized society, the government will include minicars in their goal to be rea...
December 24, 2020
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‘Politics-and-money’ Scandals in Japan Deal Another Blow to Suga Cabinet
A series of “politics-and-money” scandals has dealt yet another blow to the administration led by Pr...
December 23, 2020
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FY21 Budget Plan Focuses on Digitization, Decarbonization
The government’s fiscal 2021 budget proposal reflects Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s emphasis on hi...
December 22, 2020
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Japan’s Postwar PM Yoshida Wanted to Give Emperor Close Adviser
After World War II, former Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida (1878-1967), in the years after he left of...
December 22, 2020
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Source: Japan’s Former PM Abe Denied Involvement in Illegal Act Regarding Supporters’ Dinners
Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe denied he was involved in any wrongdoing regarding dinners on the e...
December 22, 2020
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