Japan's ruling parties have approved tax reform guidelines for the next fiscal year, which include raising the minimum annual income subject to taxation. The Liberal Democratic Party gave the approval…
Japan's Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru has started the new extraordinary session of the Diet by stressing that he intends to achieve a consensus with opposition parties. He needs to secure…
Japan's government has suggested a new target to reduce the county's greenhouse gas emissions by 60 percent in fiscal 2035 from fiscal 2013 levels. The government currently aims for a…
Voters in Japan's western prefecture of Hyogo have re-elected a former governor after he lost his post amid power harassment and other accusations. Saito Motohiko won Sunday's gubernatorial election by…
Japan's government has revised downward its projection of the country's economic growth this fiscal year, citing a slow recovery in automobile exports as the main reason. The Cabinet Office on…
Political parties in Japan are jockeying to form a majority in the Diet following an election that dealt a severe blow to the ruling coalition. A vote to name the…
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Campaigning in Japan's Lower House election has officially kicked off. Registration is now closed, with over 1,000 candidates in the running. The coalition coalition is looking to maintain its majority,…
Japan's new Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru on Tuesday highlighted his priorities in his first news conference after taking office. They include political reform, revising a major agreement with an ally…
A report by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, or OECD, shows the share of education in Japan's government expenditures was the third lowest among surveyed member nations. The…