Politics & Government
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Japan Govt Expresses Concern Over Gaza Airstrike Casualties; Asks All Parties to Abide by Humanitarian Law
In regard to Saturday’s airstrike on a school in the Palestinian territory of the Gaza Strip, the...
August 13, 2024
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Ishiba, Other Japanese Lawmakers Meet Taiwan Vice President
Taipei (Jiji Press)—A suprapartisan group of Japanese lawmakers, including Shigeru Ishiba, former...
August 13, 2024
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Prime Minister Fumio Kishida Holds Phone Talks with Tajik, Turkmen Leaders
Tokyo (Jiji Press)—Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Monday held phone talks with Tajik Pr...
August 13, 2024
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Japan PM Fumio Kishida Announces to Take All Possible Anti-Disaster Measures against Typhoon Maria
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Monday that he has instructed Yoshifumi Matsumura, minister of ...
August 12, 2024
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Japan Protests S. Korea’s Maritime Survey near Takeshima
Tokyo (Jiji Press)—Japan’s Foreign Ministry on Sunday protested South Korea’s maritime survey nea...
August 12, 2024
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Kishida to Narrow Focus in Constitutional Revision Push; Contingency Clause, Recognition of SDF to Be Priorities
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida expressed his intention to prioritize adding a contingency clause to...
August 8, 2024
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Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Hayashi: Impact of Earthquake in Miyazaki Pref. to Be Confirmed
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said Thursday afternoon, after an earthquake struck off...
August 8, 2024
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Japan to Launch Committee to Support Filmmakers; Young Creators to Be Sent Overseas
The government will launch a committee to support filmmakers through a joint effort by the govern...
August 8, 2024
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Record Number of Japan’s Career-Track Bureaucrats Quit in Less Than 10 Years; Long Work Hours, Insufficient Pay Likely Among Reasons
A record 177 career-track national civil service employees left their jobs in fiscal 2022 in less...
August 5, 2024
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Japan, 5 Central Asian Nations to Cooperate on Cutting Carbon; Tokyo Seeks to Make Presence Felt in Former Soviet States
Leaders of Japan and five Central Asian countries are expected to agree to collaborate in three p...
August 4, 2024
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S. Korea Envoy Urges Japan to Reaffirm History Recognition
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japan should reaffirm its recognition of history in a proposed joint declara...
August 4, 2024
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Young Lawmaker Being Pushed as Potential LDP Leader
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Some members of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party hope that Takayuki K...
August 4, 2024
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Japan Increasing Security Measures for PM in Wake of Trump Shooting; Outdoor Bulletproof Panels Around Kishida Installed
The government is strengthening security measures for Prime Minister Fumio Kishida when he visits...
August 2, 2024
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Kishida to Speak with Panel on Legal Regulation of AI; Expert Group to Hold First Meeting on Friday
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida intends to urge the government to consider legal restrictions on gen...
July 31, 2024
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Japan’s State Minister of Defense Distributes Antarctic Ice in Constituency, Draws Criticism over Election Law
State Minister of Defense Makoto Oniki distributed pieces of an Antarctic ice chunk harvested by ...
July 31, 2024
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