Politics & Government
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Govt adopts FY21 extra budget with record spending
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The government adopted at an extraordinary Cabinet meeting on Friday a fiscal 2...
November 26, 2021
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Govt issues NTT Docomo administrative guidance
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japan’s communications ministry issued an administrative guidance on Friday to ...
November 26, 2021
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Japanese ambassador to Afghanistan meets Taliban official
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japanese Ambassador to Afghanistan Takashi Okada held talks with Abdul Ghani Ba...
November 25, 2021
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Govt, ruling bloc mulling tax break on wage hikes for all employees
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The government and ruling camp are considering requiring companies to raise the...
November 25, 2021
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Cultural agency to earmark ¥6.5 bil. in supplementary budget to preserve local festivals
With local festivals and other traditional events facing a crisis amid the novel coronavirus pandemi...
November 25, 2021
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Japanese govt compiles textbook for fostering young bureaucrats
The Cabinet Bureau of Personnel Affairs for the first time has compiled a textbook for national publ...
November 23, 2021
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All CDPJ leader hopefuls back cooperation with JCP
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — All four candidates in the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan’s Nov. 30 l...
November 23, 2021
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Scandal-tainted Kinoshita resigns as Tokyo assembly member
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Tokyo metropolitan assembly member Fumiko Kinoshita, indicted without arrest af...
November 23, 2021
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Japan eyes setting up child agency in FY 2023
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Japanese government is making arrangements to set up an agency tasked with ...
November 23, 2021
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Tokyo Gov. Koike fully back to work
Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike returned to work at the metropolitan government office Sunday, recovering fr...
November 21, 2021
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Kishida holds 14th round-table dialogue with citizens
MATSUYAMA (Jiji Press) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida held a round-table dialogue with citi...
November 21, 2021
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Dissatisfaction over Takaichi’s insistence on own views on fiscal policy, TPP
Sanae Takaichi, Policy Research Council chairperson of the Liberal Democratic Party, doesn’t hesitat...
November 21, 2021
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Kishida administration launches economic security council
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s administration on Friday launched a new...
November 20, 2021
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Election campaign pledges lead to ballooning stimulus package in Japan
A new stimulus package approved by the Cabinet Friday includes many of the campaign pledges that the...
November 20, 2021
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Japan to reduce leave allowances for virus-hit workers
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The labor ministry said Friday it will reduce the amounts of special employment...
November 20, 2021
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