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Japanese Govt Supporting Mergers of Regional Banks
The business environment for regional banks is clearly deteriorating due to the declining birthrate ...
January 3, 2021
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Japan to Launch New Subsidies to Help Employees, Business Operators Change Jobs or Industries
The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry will launch a new subsidy system in 2021 to support employees...
January 2, 2021
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Ministry Works toward Enhancing Recognition of Agricultural Heritage in Japan
The Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry is grappling with low public recognition of two sys...
January 2, 2021
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Political Rivalries Revived amid Nikai Faction’s Ascendency
The term of office for current members of the House of Representatives is slated to expire in Octobe...
January 2, 2021
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Japan Diet Speeds up Tech Use in Move toward Digitization
The Diet is moving faster to find ways to use information and communications technology amid Prime M...
December 31, 2020
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Into a ‘Battlefield’: Embassy Rescued Japanese Nationals Amid Sound of Gunfire during Tiananmen Square Incident
Staff at the Japanese Embassy in Beijing evacuated Japanese nationals during the Tiananmen Square in...
December 28, 2020
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Japan Cabinet Faces Growing Discontent from Public
A sharp drop in the approval rating for the Cabinet led by Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, as seen in...
December 28, 2020
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Foreign Ministry Documents Show U.S. Dissatisfaction with Japan’s Persian Gulf Presence in 1990
In the wake of the 1990 Gulf crisis, then U.S. Vice President Dan Quayle complained in a meeting wit...
December 28, 2020
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Suga Faces Headwinds over Virus Responses, Money Scandals
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is facing political headwinds over his responses to the unrelenting no...
December 27, 2020
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Japan to Halt ODA for Building Coal-fired Power Plants
The government has decided in principle to stop providing official development assistance (ODA) for ...
December 25, 2020
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Ex-prime Minister Abe Not Indicted over Dinners Connected to Cherry Blossom-Viewing Parties
Prosecutors decided Thursday not to indict former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe due to insufficient evid...
December 24, 2020
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Japanese Govt Aims to Include Minicars in Cars to Be Electric Vehicles by Mid-2030s
To help realize a decarbonized society, the government will include minicars in their goal to be rea...
December 24, 2020
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‘Politics-and-money’ Scandals in Japan Deal Another Blow to Suga Cabinet
A series of “politics-and-money” scandals has dealt yet another blow to the administration led by Pr...
December 23, 2020
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FY21 Budget Plan Focuses on Digitization, Decarbonization
The government’s fiscal 2021 budget proposal reflects Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s emphasis on hi...
December 22, 2020
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Japan’s Postwar PM Yoshida Wanted to Give Emperor Close Adviser
After World War II, former Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida (1878-1967), in the years after he left of...
December 22, 2020
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