Politics & Government
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Kishida vows utmost efforts to tackle omicron in policy speech
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida vowed in a policy speech in the Diet on Monday to make every effort to ...
December 6, 2021
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Motegi steadily laying groundwork for post-Kishida era
Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Toshimitsu Motegi is steadily establishing a foothold in ...
December 5, 2021
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Japan to strengthen monitoring of foreign investments
The government will strengthen its screening and monitoring system for foreign investment capital in...
December 5, 2021
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Japan shifts low-risk entrants to isolation at home
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Japanese government started on Saturday shifting entrants from abroad who a...
December 5, 2021
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Ishiba dissolves faction after only 6 years
Former Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Shigeru Ishiba dissolved his 12-member faction on ...
December 3, 2021
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Focus on swift action caused fiasco over flight-booking ban
The transport ministry’s sudden request — and even more abrupt retraction of the request — that airl...
December 3, 2021
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Health ministry to enhance ways to inform infertile couples of fostering, adopting
The welfare ministry will expand the ways to inform couples undergoing infertility treatment of fost...
December 2, 2021
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CDPJ leader names rivals to key party posts
Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan leader Kenta Izumi announced Wednesday his intention to app...
December 1, 2021
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Govt to add psychological abuse as form of domestic violence
To stem a growing tide of domestic violence, the government plans to add psychological and sexual ab...
November 29, 2021
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Tokyo eyes ordinance revision to oblige companies to adopt electrified vehicles
The Tokyo metropolitan government is planning to require companies with 200 or more vehicles for bus...
November 29, 2021
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Govt to support curriculum adding data science to studies of humanities graduate students
The education ministry will from fiscal 2022 provide support for the creation of a curriculum that a...
November 29, 2021
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Ishin leader Matsui reappointed at party convention
Ichiro Matsui, the leader of Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Innovation Party), was reappointed to the to...
November 28, 2021
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Motegi visits Okinawa as LDP secretary general
NAGO, Okinawa (Jiji Press) — Toshimitsu Motegi, Secretary General of the Liberal Democratic Party, v...
November 28, 2021
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Tokyo governor Koike denies rumor of serious illness
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike, who was recently hospitalized due to extreme fatig...
November 27, 2021
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Kishida calls for pay hike of over 3%
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida expressed hope Friday that companies will...
November 27, 2021
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