Ishiba to G7 leaders: status quo cannot be changed by force
Ishiba Shigeru, Prime Minister of Japan: I said (during the meeting) that we need to be careful not to draw the wrong le...
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Man who threw bomb at PM Kishida gets 10-year prison term
The Wakayama District Court sentenced a man who threw a homemade explosive toward then Prime Minister Kishida Fumio in 2...
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Japan calls for maximizing nuclear power use in new energy policy
The government approved on February 18 a new Strategic Energy Plan in which it calls for maximizing the utilization of n...
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Japan to consider raising private high school tuition aid
Japan Innovation Party co-leader Maehara Seiji / The current cap on public aid for households with children attending pr...
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Proposed US automotive import tariffs worry Japanese automakers
US President Donald Trump announced on February 14 that he is considering imposing tariffs on vehicles imported into the...
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Minister of land visits unresolved Saitama sinkhole
The Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism visited the unresolved sinkhole in Yashio, Saitama Prefectur...
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Father of North Korean abduction victim Arimoto Keiko dies at 96
Arimoto Akihiro, father of a Japanese victim of abduction by North Korea, has died at age 96.His daughter Keiko was take...
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Abductee kin disappointed with Ishiba's stance on liaison offices with North Korea
S/ Yokota Takuya, Abductee family representative / I have an overwhelming sense of anxiety and concern and strongly feel...
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Flying cars in Tokyo to happen in the next 5 years
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government is looking to utilize flying transport vehicles to help alleviate traffic congestion a...
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Ishiba and Trump affirm alliance in first summit
S/ Prime Minister Ishiba/ I can’t say that I didn’t have the impression that (Trump) was an intense person to be feared....
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