Politics
Politics & Government
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Japan eyeing medical fee hike for elderly in Oct. 2022
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Japanese government plans to raise the proportion of out-of-pocket medical ...
December 10, 2021
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CDPJ leader looks to show party can offer more than just criticism
Kenta Izumi, leader of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, faced Prime Minister Fumio Kish...
December 9, 2021
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Japanese firms hiking wages to get larger tax breaks if reform proposal enacted
To encourage companies to raise wages, the government plans to expand incentives to provide larger t...
December 9, 2021
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Govt prepares guidelines for on-orbit satellite servicing
The government has drawn up guidelines for on-orbit satellite servicing such as repairing satellites...
December 9, 2021
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Kishida advocates health security at GZERO Summit amid COVID-19 pandemic
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida advocated health security in connection to the COVID-19 pandemic, durin...
December 8, 2021
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Japan weighing options as calls for political boycott of Beijing Games start to simmer
To boycott, or not to boycott — that is the thorny question facing the government. Instead of immedi...
December 8, 2021
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Govt counters Okinawa’s rejection of Henoko design changes
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Defense Ministry on Tuesday took action to counter Okinawa Prefecture’s rec...
December 8, 2021
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Online fundraising parties for Japan’s politicians raise both cash and questions
A growing number of political fundraising parties are being held online amid the COVID-19 disaster, ...
December 8, 2021
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Japan eyeing tax breaks to expand food exports
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The government and ruling bloc are considering tax breaks to increase exports o...
December 7, 2021
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Abe increasing influence at helm of LDP’s largest faction
Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s growing clout in the Liberal Democratic Party was evident at his ...
December 7, 2021
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Kishida confident in moving boldly against the coronavirus
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida showed in his policy speech Monday his commitment to containing the spr...
December 7, 2021
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Kishida: Japan will make own decision regarding Games
Following the White House announcement that the United States will not send government officials to ...
December 7, 2021
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Japan to cut housing loan tax exemption rate to 0.7 %
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Japanese government and ruling camp plan to lower the tax exemption rate fo...
December 7, 2021
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Supplementary budget draft submitted to the Diet
The government on Monday submitted to the Diet a draft of the fiscal 2021 supplementary budget that ...
December 6, 2021
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Survey: 89% support government response to omicron variant
Nearly 90% of respondents positively evaluated the government’s border control measures against the ...
December 6, 2021
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