Politics Popular Articles
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Japan to Restrict Exports of Civilian Goods Sought by Militaries; Risk Assessment Could Be Mandatory for Sensors, Motors
The government is preparing to tighten regulations on the export of civilian products at high ris...
April 25, 2024
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Japan Expert Panel OK’s Revised Action Plan for Next Pandemic; Infection Prevention Balanced With Social, Economic Concerns
A government expert panel broadly approved a revised draft of an action plan on infectious diseas...
April 25, 2024
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LDP to Propose That Diet Members Certify Funds Reports; Other Changes to Political Funds Control Law Also Eyed
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party intends to incorporate a clause in its draft proposals for am...
April 23, 2024
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Govt to Launch Searchable Database of Budget Projects; Japan Project Aims to Boost Transparency, Efficiency
The government will create an easily searchable database of all of the nation’s about 5,000 budge...
April 26, 2024
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Apple Fights Bill to Allow App Store Competition; JFTC Head Hopes It Will Pass in Current Diet Session
A bill newly approved by the Cabinet to regulate IT giants is chiefly aimed at forcing Apple Inc....
April 28, 2024
Politics & Government
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Kamikawa Visiting African and Asian Countries to Deepen Ties; Hoping to Discuss Economic Cooperation
Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa is visiting five emerging and developing countries in Africa and Asia...
April 29, 2024
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Apple Fights Bill to Allow App Store Competition; JFTC Head Hopes It Will Pass in Current Diet Session
A bill newly approved by the Cabinet to regulate IT giants is chiefly aimed at forcing Apple Inc....
April 28, 2024
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Japan Prime Minister Kishida to visit France, Brazil, Paraguay from May 1
The government announced Friday that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will visit France, Brazil and P...
April 27, 2024
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Japanese Lawmakers Begin Talks on Political Funds Control
Tokyo (Jiji Press)—Japanese lawmakers began discussions Friday on revising the political funds co...
April 27, 2024
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Japan Tightens Student Residency Rules to Combat Illegal Work, Missing Foreign Students
The Immigration Services Agency on Friday amended a Justice Ministry ordinance concerning the stu...
April 27, 2024
Defense & Security
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MSDF Helicopters Thought to Have Collided In Night Drills; Advanced Training Fraught With Danger for Personnel
Two Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopters that crashed on April 20 are increasingly believed to...
April 28, 2024
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Survey of Senkaku Islands Forced to Halt Due to Approach of Chinese Vessel; JCG Ships Step in to Block Approach
An environmental survey of the Senkaku Islands and the surrounding waters conducted by the munici...
April 27, 2024
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Review of Japan-U.S. Command, Control Frameworks Praised; Indo-Pacific Command Chief Stresses Value of Cooperation
John Aquilino, commander of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, praised the decision by Japan and the ...
April 24, 2024
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Names of Crew Members Aboard Crashed MSDF Choppers Released
Tokyo, April 23 (Jiji Press) — The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force on Tuesday released the n...
April 24, 2024
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U.S. Military Aircraft to Join Search for MSDF Members; 7 Still Missing Since Two MSDF Helicopters Crashed During Training Exercise
The U.S. military plans to send a patrol aircraft to join the search for seven missing Japanese M...
April 23, 2024
Elections
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Japan’s Opposition Party CDPJ Sweeps 3 By-Elections in Lower House (UPDATE)
The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan was assured of victory in all three by-elections hel...
April 28, 2024
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LDP Headed for 2 ‘Losses By Default’ in Diet By-Elections; Outcome Could Affect Management of Kishida Administration
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s Liberal Democratic Party was headed for a pair of “losses by defau...
April 28, 2024
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Japan’s LDP Battles to Avoid ‘Total Defeat’ in By-Elections; Opposition Party Guards against Overconfidence
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party canlidate is falling behind his opponent in the House of Repr...
April 22, 2024
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Japan Ruling Party Struggles in ‘Kingdom of Conservatives’; Liberal Democratic Party Battered By Fundraising Scandal
With official campaigning now underway for three House of Representatives by-elections, the Liber...
April 17, 2024
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By-Elections Campaigns Kick Off in Japan’s 3 Prefectures; LDP Sits Out 2 Races Amid Effects of Scandals
Campaigns for three House of Representatives by-elections officially started on Tuesday, the firs...
April 16, 2024
Political Series
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Hidden funds: Consequences of a corrupt practice / Kishida’s Political Reform Plan Meets Opposition Within LDP; Aso Cautions that Administration Needs Factions’ Support
A strangely tense atmosphere pervaded a meeting of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s political r...
January 24, 2024
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Hidden funds: Consequences of a corrupt practice / Loopholes in Political Funds Law Lead to Fundraising Scandal
Every spring, a 64-year-old futon store owner in Hashima, Gifu Prefecture, has visited the local off...
January 23, 2024
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Hidden Funds: Consequences of a Corrupt Practice / Lawmaker Sold Party Tickets to Please Faction, Get Minister Post
Public distrust in politics has grown amid the ongoing scandal involving the creation of hidden fund...
January 23, 2024
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Hidden funds: Consequences of a corrupt practice / Lawmakers from Abe faction ‘called for kickbacks to continue’
nvestigations into a scandal involving revenue from Liberal Democratic Party fundraising parties sta...
January 21, 2024
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Hidden Funds: Consequences of a Corrupt Practice / Abe Faction Lawmakers Relied on ‘Funds Without Receipts’
On May 17, 2022, about 2,800 people gathered at a luxury hotel in Tokyo for a political fundraising ...
January 21, 2024
G7 Summit
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G-7 Leaders Reaffirm Unwavering Support for Ukraine
Paris (Jiji Press)—Leaders of the Group of Seven major powers issued a joint statement reaffirming ...
February 25, 2024
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G7 Aid Planned for Nations that Supply Key Minerals; Aims Include Diversified Supply Chains for Decarbonization
The Group of Seven nations plan to create a new framework in October for a fund to expand and divers...
October 1, 2023
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G7 Foreign Ministers Meet in New York, Vow to Keep Sanctions on Russia, Remain Concerned About China’s Moves in Asia
NEW YORK — G7 foreign ministers met Monday in New York and “reaffirmed their strong unity in address...
September 19, 2023
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Atomic Bomb Survivors Mostly Can Appreciate G7 Leaders’ Visit to Hiroshima Museum
Just days before the 78th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, a survey of ...
July 31, 2023
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Japan Sole Nation to Dispatch Male Minister to G7 Gender-Equality Meeting
NIKKO, Tochigi — Japan was the only Group of Seven country to dispatch a male minister to the recen...
June 26, 2023
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