Japan launches new agency to oversee foreign resident policies
Ishiba Shigeru, Prime Minister of Japan: Strict measures against those who break the rules, and the review of systems ...
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Trump's 25% tariffs on Japan "deplorable" - Japanese PM
Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru / It is truly deplorable that the US government has now announced an increase in ...
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Emerging party leader says 'older women cannot give birth' in stump speech
S/ Kamiya Sohei, Sanseito party leader / The only people who can give birth are young women. There are people who say th...
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Japan's Upper House election kicks off
The official campaign for Japan’s 27th House of Councillors election began on July 3, with party leaders delivering fir...
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Farmer perplexed with government decision to increase rice production
The Japanese government made a decision on July 1.S/ Ishiba Shigeru, Prime Minister / We will promote an increase in ric...
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Japan to work on reducing estimated deaths from Nankai Trough megaquake by 80%
Japan's Central Disaster Management Council decided on July 1 to work on reducing the estimated deaths from the next Nan...
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China intends to lift ban on Japanese seafood imports
The Chinese government announced on June 29 that it will resume Japanese seafood imports, citing that sea water analysis...
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PM Ishiba vows visible reduction of US base burden in Okinawa
Ishiba Shigeru, Prime Minister of Japan: I am strongly committed to realizing a visible reduction of Okinawa’s burden c...
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Okinawa marks 80 years since end of WWII's Battle of Okinawa
June 23 marked 80 years since the end of the Battle of Okinawa in the final stages of World War II. Okinawa observes I...
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LDP loses big in Tokyo assembly election, Tomin First wins most seats
The Liberal Democratic Party suffered a major loss in the June 22 Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election.Before the elect...
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