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Government panel wants Japan public to pay more for defense buildup
A government panel on Tuesday urged "the whole nation" to shoulder a heavier burden to build up the country's defense capabilities amid growing security challenges, effectively asking for tax hikes instead of new national bond issuances.…
Japan sets up panel to review foreign trainee program
The Japanese government set up Tuesday a panel of experts mainly composed of academics, municipal government chiefs and lawyers who will review the country's problematic foreign technical intern program and propose ways to improve it.
An…
PM Kishida taps Takeaki Matsumoto as new internal affairs minister
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Monday he has appointed former Foreign Minister Takeaki Matsumoto as the new internal affairs minister, replacing Minoru Terada who stepped down amid growing criticism over political funds-related scandals.…
Japan PM sacks scandal-hit internal affairs minister amid pressure
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida sacked Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Minoru Terada on Sunday, as pressure built on the premier to fire him over a funds-related scandal amid falling support ratings for his Cabinet.…
Japan PM Kishida opposed to changing Indo-Pacific status quo by force
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is considering replacing internal affairs minister Minoru Terada, who is mired in a funds-related scandal, and he is set to make a final decision as early as Sunday, administration sources said…
Multiple leaders condemn N. Korea, Russia at APEC summit
Leaders of Japan, the United States and several other Pacific Rim economies on Friday condemned North Korea at their summit meeting in Bangkok over Pyongyang's launch of a suspected intercontinental ballistic missile.
On the first day of a…
Italian detainee dies in apparent suicide at Tokyo immigration
An Italian man in his 50s, who was being detained at a Tokyo immigration facility, died in a suspected suicide Friday morning, the Immigration Services Agency of Japan said.
According to the agency, an employee at the Tokyo Regional…
Japan, U.S., 4 other nations condemn North Korea’s missile launch
The leaders of Japan, the United States, South Korea and three other countries strongly condemned Friday North Korea's ballistic missile launch earlier in the day as they held an emergency meeting during an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation…
Japan enacts law to rebalance lower house electoral districts
Japan's parliament on Friday enacted a bill to bring about the country's largest ever change to the distribution and boundaries of lower house single-seat constituencies to correct a vote-value disparity that the Supreme Court has judged to…
Japan, China leaders to work for stable ties, oppose nuke use in Ukraine
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed Thursday to work for stabilizing bilateral ties and expressed their opposition to any use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine, in a veiled counter to Russia's threat to…