Politics & Government
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Japan’s Hayashi visits facility for Ukrainian evacuees in Poland
WARSAW (Jiji Press) — Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi on Saturday visited a facility in the Polis...
April 3, 2022
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Japan lowers travel alert for 106 countries
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Foreign Ministry on Friday lowered its travel alert for 106 countries from ...
April 2, 2022
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Japan to raise daily entry cap to 10,000 on April 10
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japan will raise the daily cap on the number of people allowed to enter the cou...
April 2, 2022
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Japan to call Ukraine’s capital Kyiv instead of Kiev
The Japanese Foreign Ministry announced Thursday that the government will call Ukraine’s capital “ki...
April 1, 2022
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Japan diet OKs extension of special law for Okinawa
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Diet on Thursday enacted a bill to extend a special law for the development...
April 1, 2022
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Panel: Japan Adopts Measures for Stable Supply of Oil, Rare Metals
Jiji Press [posttime] JST, [postdate] TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The trade ministry on Thursday adopt...
March 31, 2022
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Japan will not abandon Sakhalin-2 LNG stake, Kishida says
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will not abandon its stake in the Sakhalin-2 liquefied natural gas (LNG) pro...
March 31, 2022
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Japan, Philippines eye 1st 2-plus-2 meeting
Japan and the Philippines are planning to hold a 2-plus-2 meeting for the first time in Tokyo in ear...
March 31, 2022
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Kishida urges new student loan system
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has suggested the creation of a new student loan system in which the go...
March 31, 2022
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No indictment over dining scandal involving ex-PM Suga’s son
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Public prosecutors on Tuesday decided not to indict 12 people, including former...
March 30, 2022
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Chief cabinet secretary to double as vaccination minister
TOKYO (Jiji Press)—Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has decided to have Noriko Horiuchi vacate ...
March 30, 2022
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Japan announces ban on exports of luxury goods to Russia
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Japanese government said Tuesday it will ban exports of luxury goods in 19 ...
March 30, 2022
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Japan draws up settlement support for people fleeing Ukraine
People who have fled Ukraine amid Russia’s invasion will be provided support in seeking employment i...
March 30, 2022
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Govt plane to bring Ukrainians fleeing conflict to Japan
The government is working on a plan that would transport Ukrainians who have sought refuge in Poland...
March 29, 2022
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Kishida, U.S. Ambassador Emanuel visit Hiroshima together
HIROSHIMA (Jiji Press) — Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel tog...
March 26, 2022
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