The Yomiuri ShimbunAkiko Ikuina, a parliamentary vice minister for foreign affairs, offers a flower during a memorial ceremony for Sado gold mine workers in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, on Sunday. The…
Billionaire Elon Musk has been using his social media platform, to go to bat for President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet picks and promote his own preferred candidates, advocating for choices he…
The Justice Ministry hopes to secure ¥21.3 billion ($139 million) in the planned fiscal 2024 supplementary budget to lighten municipalities' work following a law revision to make stating the phonetic…
Lawmakers from both the ruling and opposition parties hold their first meeting on political reform aimed at revising the political funds control…
Newsfrom Japan Politics Nov 26, 2024 22:56 (JST) Tokyo, Nov. 26 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Defense Ministry presented a plan Tuesday to abolish the current system of Self-Defense Forces personnel candidates and…
Newsfrom Japan Politics Nov 26, 2024 22:56 (JST) Tokyo, Nov. 26 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Defense Ministry presented a plan Tuesday to abolish the current system of Self-Defense Forces personnel candidates and…
An erroneous report by Japan's Kyodo News claiming that House of Councillors lawmaker Akiko Ikuina visited the war-linked Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo was "extremely regrettable," the top government neutral said…
Newsfrom Japan Politics Nov 26, 2024 22:07 (JST) Tokyo, Nov. 26 (Jiji Press)--Japanese ruling and opposition parties broadly agreed on a plan Tuesday to abolish so-called policy activity funds provided…
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has made a direct appeal to President Joe Biden, urging him to sanction Nippon Steel's proposed $15 billion acquisition of US Steel.Biden, however, has…
Prologue to war The European war presented the Japanese with tempting opportunities. After the Nazi attack on Russia in 1941, the Japanese were torn between German urgings to join the…