PM Ishiba to step down? LDP top-level meeting

PM Ishiba to step down? LDP top-level meeting

Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru: None of the facts as reported are true.Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru strongly de...

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Chief secretary inspects reuse of Fukushimas decontaminated soil

Chief secretary inspects reuse of Fukushimas decontaminated soil

Chief Cabinet Secretary Hayashi Yoshimasa inspected on July 22 the site where decontaminated soil from Fukushima Daiichi...

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Japanese shipping company opens carrier for viewing ahead of US tariff decision

Japanese shipping company opens carrier for viewing ahead of US tariff decision

Mitsui OSK Lines, one of Japan’s major shipping companies, opened a liquefied natural gas-fueled car carrier to select p...

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Fake ballots for upper house election found in Tokyo suburbs

Fake ballots for upper house election found in Tokyo suburbs

Fake ballots for the July 20 House of Councillors election were found at the vote counting venue in Higashikurume in the...

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Japan launches new agency to oversee foreign resident policies

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

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

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

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

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 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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