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  • Japan’s Diet OKs Immigration Law Revision

    TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Diet, Japan’s parliament, enacted a bill Friday to revise the immigration c...

    June 9, 2023

  • Govt Vows to End Crisis-Mode Spending as Pandemic Contained

    TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The government unveiled Wednesday a plan to end its crisis-mode spending struct...

    June 8, 2023

  • Govt Poised to Overhaul Development Assistance Charter

    The government’s new Development Cooperation Charter will include policies to address issues such as...

    June 8, 2023

  • Japan Eyes IP Protections in Era of Generative AI

    A government blueprint for the utilization of intellectual property will touch on copyright infringe...

    June 8, 2023

  • Kishida Expected to Meet with EU Commission, Council Heads

    BRUSSELS — Arrangements are being made for Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to visit Brussels next month...

    June 8, 2023

  • Japan Upper House Panel OKs Immigration Law Revision

    Tokyo, June 8 (Jiji Press)—The Judicial Affairs Committee of the House of Councillors, the upper cha...

    June 8, 2023

  • Japanese Politicians Brace for a Snap Election as Speculation About Lower House Dissolution Mounts

    Politicians are bracing themselves for the possibility of a snap election, with dissolution of the H...

    June 8, 2023

  • Japan to Protect Technology Patents in 25 Fields

    The government plans to block the public disclosure of technology patents in 25 fields as part of ec...

    June 7, 2023

  • LDP Proposes Votes on LGBT Bills Friday

    TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Tuesday proposed putting three competing...

    June 7, 2023

  • Growth Strategy Draft Eyes Investment in Semiconductors, Other Strategic Fields

    The government presented Tuesday a revised draft of its Action Plan for a New Form of Capitalism, a ...

    June 7, 2023

  • Hayashi to Attend Finance, Development Meeting in Paris 

    Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi is making arrangements to attend a high-level international meeti...

    June 7, 2023

  • Govt Aims to Increase Hydrogen Supply Sixfold

    TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The government on Tuesday revised its basic hydrogen strategy to newly include ...

    June 7, 2023

  • Japan to Offer 4th-Generation Japanese Descendants Long-term Resident Status

    Japan is poised to offer long-term resident status to fourth-generation Japanese descendants who mee...

    June 6, 2023

  • Macron Opposes NATO’s Plan to Open Office in Tokyo

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    June 6, 2023

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    June 6, 2023

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