Politics
Politics & Government
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Violent suppression of expression will not be tolerated
Using violence to suppress expression is absolutely unacceptable under any circumstances. What grud...
July 9, 2022
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Ruling, opposition party heavyweights mourn Abe
Ruling and opposition party heavyweights mourned Friday the death of former Prime Minister Shinzo Ab...
July 9, 2022
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Kishida: Abe was a great politician
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida praised his predecessor Shinzo Abe for his outstanding leadership, afte...
July 8, 2022
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Kishida: Abe attack a challenge to democracy
Following a gun attack against former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Nara on Friday, Prime Minister Fu...
July 8, 2022
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Japan monitors U.K. political situation after Johnson’s resignation announcement
The Japanese government is closely monitoring the situation in the British government following the ...
July 8, 2022
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Decision on tourism campaign delayed amid rise in coronavirus cases
The government will decide the start date of a nationwide campaign to boost tourism after the House ...
July 7, 2022
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Japan government releases its first affiliate ad guidelines
The Consumer Affairs Agency has recently released its first guidelines on affiliate advertising on p...
July 4, 2022
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National tax revenues hit record high ¥67 trillion last fiscal year
National general account tax revenues for fiscal 2021 totaled approximately ¥67.0 trillion, marking ...
July 2, 2022
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Japanese govt rejects Russia’s unilateral infringement of Japan’s interests in Sakhalin-2 project
Refusing to accept any unilateral infringement by Russia of Japan’s interests in an oil and natural...
July 2, 2022
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U.N. secretary general to attend Hiroshima peace memorial ceremony for 1st time in 12 years
U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres will attend this year’s peace commemoration ceremony to be h...
July 1, 2022
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Talks on minimum wage hike likely to have rough going
An increase in the minimum wage to offset rising consumer prices seems like a foregone conclusion. B...
June 29, 2022
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Kishida, Yoon meet for 1st time in Spain
MADRID — Prime Minister Fumio Kishida met South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol for the first time in...
June 29, 2022
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Kishida, Johnson agree on security cooperation in Indo-Pacific, U.K. imports of Fukushima food
MUNICH — Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson agreed on promoting secu...
June 29, 2022
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Leaders fail to chart ‘road to end of invasion’
In their joint communique, leaders of the Group of Seven nations stated that their countries will co...
June 29, 2022
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Japan, U.S. continue to keep China in check for possible Taiwan contingency
This is the second installment of a series looking at various aspects of Okinawa today, 50 years sin...
June 29, 2022
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