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Kishida, Biden affirm cooperation on 2-Plus-2 economic talks
ELMAU, Germany (Jiji Press) — The Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and U.S. President Joe Biden on Monda...
June 28, 2022
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May date eyed for next year’s G7 summit in Hiroshima
The government is looking at the second half of May for the date to hold next year’s Group of Seven ...
June 28, 2022
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Kishida announces $200 million in aid for food crisis at G7 summit
MUNICH — Japan will contribute $200 million for the global food crisis resulting from Russia’s invas...
June 28, 2022
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Japan, EU agree to closely cooperate on security
MUNICH — Japan and the European Union agreed Monday to closely cooperate on security to defend the i...
June 28, 2022
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Kishida raps China for ‘unfair, opaque’ aid to developing countries at G7
ELMAU, Germany — Prime Minister Fumio Kishida criticized China by name for its “unfair and opaque” ...
June 27, 2022
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Japan, U.S. to talk semiconductors with eye on China during Economic 2+2 in July
The Japanese and U.S. governments have begun coordinating to hold their first diplomatic-economic di...
June 27, 2022
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Kishida, Yoon unlikely to hold talks in Spain
SEOUL (Jiji Press) — Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol are unlik...
June 26, 2022
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Japan Medical Association picks new head, aims to mend ties with govt
The Japan Medical Association has elected a new president, Kichiro Matsumoto, following intense scru...
June 26, 2022
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Japan to promise developing nations tens of billions of yen in food aid at G7 summit
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida plans to declare, at the Group of Seven summit to be held in Germany f...
June 26, 2022
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Japan to promise developing nations tens of billions of yen in food aid at G7 summit
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida plans to declare, at the Group of Seven summit to be held in Germany f...
June 25, 2022
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LDP forecast to secure 36% of votes in proportional representation section
Thirty-six percent of respondents in a Yomiuri Shimbun survey said they will vote for the ruling Lib...
June 24, 2022
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Japanese PM Kishida hopes to attend NPT review conference in U.S.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said he “would like to attend” the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Rev...
June 22, 2022
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Dispatch to peacekeeping missions dwindles as risks grow
The Self-Defense Forces once dispatched more than 600 members to a U.N. peacekeeping operation. Toda...
June 19, 2022
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Japan to establish an infectious disease crisis management agency
The government plans to establish a Cabinet infectious disease crisis management agency to strengthe...
June 16, 2022
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Japan govt to appoint Eiji Chatani as vice finance minister
The government is set to install Eiji Chatani, director general of the Finance Ministry’s Budget Bu...
June 16, 2022
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