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The leaders of South Korea, China and Japan are to hold their first trilateral summit in more than four years in Seoul on Sunday and Monday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/23/japan/politics/japan-south-korea-china-summit-date-set/

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Plakat AI na wybory w Japonii?

Stworzony przez sztuczną inteligencję slogan został wybrany po przeanalizowaniu ponad 500 kandydujących fraz. Czy to jednak oznacza przyśpieszone wybory w Japonii?

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U.S. President Joe Biden is seeking to revive interest in a plan to build the first high-speed rail in the U.S. using Japanese bullet trains, sources say. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/04/09/japan/biden-kishida-texas-shinkansen/

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Relatives of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea decades ago hope that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will bring up the long-unresolved issue during his state visit to the United States next week. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/04/05/japan/politics/abductees-families-kishida-us-visit/

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North Korea went from raising the prospect of a leaders summit with Japan to dismissing it outright within the span of just two days — part of a familiar playbook employed by Pyongyang. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/03/27/japan/politics/north-korea-flip-flop/

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Japan's main opposition party hardened its position against the government of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, submitting a no-confidence motion against the education minister while insisting an ethics committee meeting be convened. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/02/20/japan/politics/ninivaggimoriyamano-confidence-motion/

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Japan renewed its commitment to help Ukraine's reconstruction efforts during a summit held in Tokyo on Monday, ahead of the two-year anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/02/19/japan/politics/japan-ukraine-reconstruction-summit/

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The U.S. House of Representatives panel on foreign affairs has requested that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida be asked to address Congress during his official visit in April. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/02/15/japan/politics/us-house-calls-for-kishida-speech/

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Ruling and opposition parties have clashed over the release of an internal Liberal Democratic Party investigation into the recent political funds scandal. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/02/05/japan/politics/ldp-funds-scandal-report-release/?utm_content=buffer86482&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s sudden announcement late last week of his plan to dissolve his political faction in order to restore public trust in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party — and his own administration — appears to be a gamble that has failed. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/01/22/japan/politics/ldp-factions-kishida-popularity/?utm_content=buffer142c8&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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Reform is in the air with the dissolution of three LDP factions, including the Kishida's. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2024/01/22/japan/ldp-factions-dissolved-reform/?utm_content=bufferd910f&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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Japan and the U.S. are reportedly arranging a summit in Washington for April 10. Kishida is expected to call for strengthening cooperation in various fields, and to give an address to U.S. Congress. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/01/18/japan/politics/japan-us-summit-planned-april/?utm_content=bufferfd1e6&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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A Kyodo News survey released Sunday shows that 86.6% of respondents back tougher political funds control laws in Japan amid a fundraising scandal embroiling the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/01/14/japan/kyodo-poll-political-funds/?utm_content=buffer1e0e2&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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Prosecutors are unlikely to build a criminal case against key members of the largest faction of the LDP in connection with a political fundraising scandal rocking the party. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/01/14/japan/crime-legal/prosecutors-abe-faction-bigwigs/?utm_content=bufferd413e&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was in Ishikawa Prefecture on Sunday for his first visit to the area following the massive Noto Peninsula earthquake on New Year's Day. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/01/14/japan/kishida-visits-ishikawa/?utm_content=bufferbd60c&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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Japan has designated the powerful earthquake that rocked Ishikawa Prefecture and other parts of central Japan on New Year's Day as a "disaster of extreme severity," boosting subsidies for reconstruction work in affected communities. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/01/11/japan/japan-ishikawa-quake-subsidies/?utm_content=bufferef753&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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Yoshitaka Ikeda became the first lawmaker arrested in the latest political fundraising scandal involving the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's largest faction, further blurring Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's political fate. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/01/08/japan/politics/ldp-lawmaker-arrest-focus/?utm_content=buffer9d213&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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Rescue efforts in Ishikawa Prefecture are continuing with heightened urgency in the wake of the powerful earthquake on New Year’s Day that left at least 65 dead and over 300 injured, with the crucial window for rescue efforts rapidly closing. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/01/03/japan/urgency-for-japan-quake-rescue-mounts/?utm_content=bufferf841e&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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This year, Japan changed its sex crime laws but failed to legalize same-sex marriage. What gender reforms, or lack thereof, will we remember from 2023? https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2023/12/29/japan/japan-gender-laws-2023/?utm_content=buffer7015d&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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Prosecutors have started questioning ruling Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers on a voluntary basis in connection with a political fund scandal involving the LDP's largest faction. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/12/16/japan/politics/ldp-prosecutors-questioning/?utm_content=bufferb6508&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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Japan and Malaysia signed a security assistance deal on Saturday, including a grant of ¥400 million ($2.8 million), to boost Malaysia's maritime security, as Asian nations seek to counter an increasingly assertive China. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/12/16/japan/malaysia-japan-official-security-assistance/?utm_content=buffer6747d&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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An international environmental group gave Japan its "fossil" award again for the country's reliance on coal-fired power despite pledges to decarbonize. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/12/04/japan/science-health/japan-fossil-award-climate/?utm_content=buffer8ce7c&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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The LDP faction led by Toshihiro Nikai is suspected of the same fundraising party scandal currently being leveled at the faction once led by former Prime Minister Shinza Abe. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/12/03/japan/politics/ldp-political-funds-scandal/?utm_content=buffer61499&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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Japan has pledged not to start building any more unabated coal-fired power plants at home, adding to international efforts aimed at curbing the largest source of global emissions. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/12/02/japan/japan-no-new-coal/?utm_content=buffer2500f&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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During the COP28 climate talks in Dubai, Japan is likely to agree to triple renewable energy use and pledge to reduce its reliance on coal. But the country's plan to use carbon capture technology to reduce emissions may be met with less enthusiasm. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/11/29/japan/society/cop-28-preview/?utm_content=buffer0069a&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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