Taiwan welcomes Japan’s security ‘policy shift’
Taipei – The Sazanami passed through the Taiwan Strait last month to become the first Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer to do so, drawing praise in Taiwan for what it saw…
2 New Japan Ministers Visit 2025 Expo Venue
Yomiuri Shimbun file photoThe venue for the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo is seen on the Yumeshima reclaimed island in Osaka in August. Jiji Press 17:44 JST, October 6, 2024…
Ishiba says LDP will not endorse some ‘slush fund’ lawmakers in general election
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Sunday his ruling Liberal Democratic Party will not officially endorse in the upcoming general election legislators involved in the party's political funds scandal if they…
BOJ’s rate hike plans face political curve ball
New premier Ishiba's remarks cast doubt on BOJ's rate hike plansPolitical uncertainty, yen may prompt BOJ to hold fire for nowBOJ ended negative rates in March in historic shiftTOKYO, Oct…
BOJ faces fresh challenge as politics, yen complicate rate hikes
Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Kazuo Ueda attends a news conference after their policy meeting at BOJ headquarters in Tokyo, Japan on April 28, 2023. — REUTERSTOKYO: Bank of Japan…
Japan’s Ruling Party Concerned Over Public Reaction to Endorsing Scandal-Tainted Members; Opposition Parties Likely to Grill LDP Over Stance
Jiji PressLiberal Democratic Party Secretary General Hiroshi Moriyama speaks to producers at party headquarters in Tokyo on Friday. The Yomiuri Shimbun 17:56 JST, October 5, 2024 The Liberal Democratic Party…
Japan LDP mulls endorsing members punished over scandal in Diet race – The Mainichi
Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba attends a Cabinet meeting at his office in Tokyo on Oct. 3, 2024. (Mainichi) TOKYO (Kyodo) --…