Trump administration's new tariffs replacing reciprocal duties set at 12.5 percent for Japan
On July 23, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative announced that new tariffs of either 10 percent or 12.5 percent ...
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Japan to launch national intelligence bureau on July 31 to boost security
The government decided at a Cabinet meeting to launch the national intelligence bureau on July 31.The new bureau will be...
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Revised Imperial House Law enacted to secure imperial family members
The House of Councillors approved revisions to the Imperial House Law at a plenary session on July 17.The bill to amend ...
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Japanese tea, lotus root and eel given protected status against imitations
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has newly registered Japanese tea under the Geographical Indication ...
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Japan proposes steep fee hikes for residence permit renewal, permanent residency
Japan's Immigration Services Agency proposed to sharply increase fees for foreign residents renewing their period of sta...
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Takaichi and Modi agree to hold defense talks and boost economic security
Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi met in New Delhi on July 2.S/ Takaichi S...
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Lower and upper house heads approve outline of bill to revise to Imperial House Law
On June 25, the heads and vice heads of both the House of Representatives and the House of Councillors approved the gove...
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Japan revises law to raise upper limits for residence status-related fees
Japan's parliament has approved legislative revisions to significantly raise the upper limits for residence status-relat...
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Chinese travel agency abruptly suspends resumed sales of group tours to Japan
A state-owned Chinese travel agency had recently resumed offering group tours to Japan starting with departures from Jul...
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Takaichi briefed on proposal to effectively cut sales tax to zero, half of public support idea
S/ Onodera Itsunori, LDP tax commission chairperson / If we have the cooperation of other parties, we would lower the co...
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