Newsfrom Japan Politics Oct 31, 2024 15:38 (JST) Tokyo, Oct. 31 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government is strengthening its vigilance amid increasing provocations by Pyongyang, in response to North Korea's ballistic…
TOKYO -- The Japanese yen strengthened after Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda suggested at the end of a two-day policy meeting on Thursday that a rate hike in December…
At an October 28th press conference, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba However, Ishiba, who leads the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), should accept responsibility by gracefully resigning. The Prime Minister had just…
A stunning electoral defeat for Japan's long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party has ushered in a new era of instability just at a time when the world needed it least. In an…
In one day, Japanese voters transformed the politics of the land. What still appeared as a low probability scenario a few weeks ago—the ruling coalition losing its majority in the…
WASHINGTON -- The US Defense Department's ambition to use allied factories and shipyards to supplement an overstretched American industrial base in countering China has hit a stumbling block as Japan…
They discuss what the results, which saw the long-governing Liberal Democratic Party and allied party Komeito lose their parliamentary majority, mean for Japan, its alliance with the US, and its…
Newsfrom Japan Politics Oct 30, 2024 17:09 (JST) Tokyo, Oct. 30 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi urged a UN panel on Wednesday to withdraw its call for a…
Tax and stamp revenues were planned to be the largest revenue sources for the initial general account budget in the fiscal year 2024, covering almost 62 percent of the planned…
