Council urges stiffer penalties for sex crimes
An advisory council to the Justice Ministry recommends revising the penal code for the first time in nearly a century wi...
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Abe calls security environment 'extremely grave'
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe tells Japan Self-Defense Force leaders that the nation faces an "extremely grave" security sit...
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Koike plans new budget to solve daycare crisis
Tokyo's new governor says she'll deal with the city's daycare crisis--and halve her own salary to show she means it.
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Japan condemns North Korea's 5th nuke test
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe condemns what South Korea's Defense Ministry says is North Korea's 5th nuclear test.
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Koizumi says Abe lied about Fukushima Daiichi
Former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi calls current leader Shinzo Abe a liar for saying the contaminated water problem...
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Abe requests comfort women statue removal
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meets with South Korean President Park Geun-hye in Laos and requests the expedient re...
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Japan, China disagree over Chinese maritime activities
Leaders of Japan and China hold summit talks, disagreeing over Chinese maritime activities but agreeing to improve relat...
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