Politics & Government
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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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Kishida vows utmost efforts to tackle omicron in policy speech
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida vowed in a policy speech in the Diet on Monday to make every effort to ...
December 6, 2021
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Motegi steadily laying groundwork for post-Kishida era
Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Toshimitsu Motegi is steadily establishing a foothold in ...
December 5, 2021
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Japan to strengthen monitoring of foreign investments
The government will strengthen its screening and monitoring system for foreign investment capital in...
December 5, 2021
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Japan shifts low-risk entrants to isolation at home
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Japanese government started on Saturday shifting entrants from abroad who a...
December 5, 2021
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Ishiba dissolves faction after only 6 years
Former Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Shigeru Ishiba dissolved his 12-member faction on ...
December 3, 2021
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Focus on swift action caused fiasco over flight-booking ban
The transport ministry’s sudden request — and even more abrupt retraction of the request — that airl...
December 3, 2021
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Health ministry to enhance ways to inform infertile couples of fostering, adopting
The welfare ministry will expand the ways to inform couples undergoing infertility treatment of fost...
December 2, 2021
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