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Japan will seek to bolster military ties with the Philippines during a visit to Manila by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida that comes after tensions escalated between Beijing and the Southeast Asian nation over a dispute in the South China Sea. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/11/03/japan/politics/kishida-visits-philippines/?utm_content=buffer88d05&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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Voting kicked off Sunday in key parliamentary by-elections — the first national contests since Prime Minister Fumio Kishida revamped his Cabinet last month in a bid to bolster his government. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/10/22/japan/politics/japan-by-elections-voting/?utm_content=buffer39a68&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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Amid high inflation, Japan has extended its gasoline subsidy program, but the difficulty of finding an eventual exit has some worried it could harm the country's decarbonization efforts. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2023/09/01/economy/gasoline-subsidies-exit-strategy-decarbonization/?utm_content=buffer87866&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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The support rate for Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has hit new lows in three major polls, putting further pressure on his leadership as he tries to push an extra budget through parliament to support his latest economic package. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/11/20/japan/politics/kishida-support-new-low/?utm_content=bufferd9642&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Tuesday sent a ritual offering to the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on the occasion of its fall festival. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/10/17/japan/politics/kishida-yasukuni-shrine/?utm_content=buffer65070&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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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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The government has now earmarked more than ¥100 billion to support Japan's fishing industry. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/09/05/japan/politics/more-fisheries-subsidies/?utm_content=buffer84474&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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The government has accepted the resignation of Taro Yamada, a member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, as parliamentary vice minister for education and post-disaster reconstruction over an extramarital affair. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/10/26/japan/politics/japan-minister-quits-over-affair/?utm_content=buffer573d4&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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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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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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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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Unthinkable just a few years ago, the U.S., Japanese and South Korean militaries on Sunday held their first-ever trilateral aerial exercise, highlighting astonishingly fast progress in expanding defense cooperation amid common security threats. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/10/25/japan/politics/us-japan-south-korea-military-cooperation/?utm_content=buffer07d5e&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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