Japan pledges to stop building unabated coal power plants but wins "Fossil of the Day" award at COP28
Prime Minister Kishida Fumio says Japan will stop building unabated coal power plants at the COP28 summit, but the count...
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International nuclear disarmament conference holds second meeting
The Second meeting of States Parties to the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons begins at the United Nations...
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Japanese govt passes supplementary budget bill
The Japanese Diet passes a supplementary budget bill for fiscal 2023 to underpin new economic measures.
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Japanese convenience store chains launch product collab with Japanese govt
Major Japanese convenience store chains 7-Eleven, FamilyMart, and Lawson launch a new series of products in collaboratio...
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Japan and Vietnam upgrade ties following summit meeting
Japan and Vietnam agree to upgrade ties following their first summit meeting in Tokyo.
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South Korea, Japan, and China hold Trilateral Foreign Ministers Meeting
The foreign ministers of Japan, China, and South Korea meet and discuss North Korea and accelerating work towards holdin...
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Japanese foreign minister urges China to remove import ban
Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs Kamikawa Yoko meets with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi ahead of the Trilateral ...
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Myanmar's National Unity Govt official calls for cooperation toward democracy
The foreign minister of Myanmar's National Unity Government holds a press conference in Tokyo, calling for international...
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North Korea abduction victim and family members call for resolution to abduction issue
Soga Hitomi, North Korea abduction victim, and Yokota Sakie, mother of a North Korea abduction victim attend a gathering...
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Health ministry subcommittee makes COVID-19 vax not free starting April 2024
A subcommittee of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare decides that COVID-19 vaccinations will no longer be free of...
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