Politics & Government
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Japan to Raise Budget for Science Grants by ¥10 Billion Amid Concerns About Sinking Global Profile
The government has finalized plans to allocate ¥247.9 billion for grants-in-aid for scientific re...
December 25, 2025
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Lithium-Ion Battery Fire Risk Prompts Govt to Name 36 Firms Over Product Safety Concerns
The Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry has published on its website the names of 36 businesses ...
December 25, 2025
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Japan Faces Tough U.S. Demand for Support in 1994 N. Korea Nuke Crisis: Records
Tokyo, Dec. 24 (Jiji Press)—The Japanese government under then Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa w...
December 25, 2025
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Japan Prime Minister Gives 1st One-on-One Interview, Expresses Hope Japan Innovation Party Will Join Cabinet
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi met with The Yomiuri Shimbun on Tuesday for her first one-on-one in...
December 25, 2025
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Japanese Govt AI Basic Plan Urges Development of Trustworthy AI, Domestic Development of AI Models
The government’s basic plan on artificial intelligence, which the Cabinet approved Monday, shares...
December 24, 2025
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Minpaku Private Lodgings Popular with Foreigners to be Centrally Managed, According to Revealed Govt Proposals
The management of accommodation for foreigners will be centrally governed in order to strictly ad...
December 24, 2025
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Japan to Cut Passport Fees by Up to 7,000 Yen
Tokyo, Dec. 24 (Jiji Press)—The Japanese government plans to lower passport application fees by u...
December 24, 2025
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70% of School Institutions in Japan Fail to Check New Database on Whether Job Applicants Have Records of Sexual Violence against Students
About 70% of boards of education and school corporations have not checked a government-operated d...
December 24, 2025
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Japan Prime Minister Meets With Anime, Music Experts to Discuss Development of Content Industry
Anime director Mamoru Oshii, TV personality Demon Kakka and music producer Tetsuya Komuro were am...
December 24, 2025
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Japan Eyes Plan to Accept Up To 1.23 Mil. Foreign Workers by End of Fiscal 2028
The government presented a plan to accept up to 1,231,900 foreign workers by the end of fiscal 20...
December 23, 2025
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South Korean President May Visit China, Japan in January
SEOUL (Jiji Press) — South Korean President Lee Jae-myung may visit China and Japan next month, i...
December 23, 2025
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Japan Fair Trade Commission to Launch Investigation into Use of News Articles by AI-Powered Search Engines
The Japan Fair Trade Commission plans to conduct a fact-finding investigation into search engines...
December 23, 2025
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Japan’s Niigata Gov. Hideyo Hanazumi Informs Economy Minister of Local Approval to Restart Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant; TEPCO to Restart No. 6 Reactor on Jan. 20
Niigata Gov. Hideyo Hanazumi met with Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Ryosei Akazawa on Tues...
December 23, 2025
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Japan’s Budget Proposal for Fiscal 2026: General Account to Hit Record ¥122 Trillion
The government is making final arrangements for a total of about ¥122 trillion in the general acc...
December 23, 2025
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Salaries of Japan’s SDF Personnel to Increase in Fiscal 2027; Schedule Moved up by 1 Year
The government decided at a ministerial meeting on Monday to increase the basic salary of Self-De...
December 23, 2025
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