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Absent Lawmaker GaaSyy Given Summons to Attend Diet
Long absent upper house lawmaker Yoshikazu Higashitani, who officially goes by the name GaaSyy, was ...
January 31, 2023
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Tokyo Police Start Cybersecurity Drill
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Metropolitan Police Department started a joint drill with private businesse...
January 31, 2023
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Japan’s LDP Factions Fight to Enlist First-Time Lawmakers
As the ordinary Diet session moves into its second week, Liberal Democratic Party factions are battl...
January 30, 2023
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Japan, Philippines Eye Summit in Tokyo in Early February
Japan and the Philippines are making arrangements for a summit to be held in Tokyo early February, a...
January 30, 2023
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Aide to Matsuno to Resign for Traffic Offense
TOKYO — A publicly paid secretary to Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno will resign for drivin...
January 29, 2023
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Lawmaker Funago 1st to Use Text-to-Speech at Japan Diet
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Lawmaker Yasuhiko Funago, who has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, on Fri...
January 28, 2023
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Kishida’s Son Used Official Car for Sightseeing: Magazine Report
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s eldest son and secretary, Shotaro, used an offic...
January 28, 2023
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Taiwan Honors Abe with Posthumous Medal
Frank Hsieh Chang-ting, head of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Japan, awa...
January 28, 2023
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Panel OK’s Easing COVID-19 Legal Designation to Category V
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January 27, 2023
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Japan Bans Tear Gas Exports to Russia
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The government has decided additional sanctions on Russia over its invasion of ...
January 27, 2023
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Japan Holds 1st Vice-Ministerial-Level Talks with EU, S. Korea, Australia, N.Z.
Japan affirmed the importance of strengthening cooperation to maintain and enhance free and open int...
January 27, 2023
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Kishida Says to Call on Municipalities to Accept N-Plant Waste Surveys
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Thursday that the government will proactively...
January 27, 2023
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Former Japan PM Yoshihide Suga Calls for Deepening Ties with India
Former Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga called for strengthening Japan-India ties at a ceremony to cele...
January 26, 2023
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Opposition Party Leader Grills Kishida Over Defense, Energy Policies
A question-and-answer session in the House of Representatives began with a leadership duel between P...
January 26, 2023
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Japan’s Ex-PM Mori Says Russia’s Defeat “Unthinkable”
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Russia’s defeat in the war in Ukraine is “unthinkable,” former Prime Minister Y...
January 26, 2023
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