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FUMIO KISHIDA

Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 11, 2023
Japan considers inviting South Korea's Yoon to Hiroshima G7 summit
G7 host nations often invite countries outside their framework to related meetings. But even if Kishida decides to invite Yoon, the decision may not be announced immediately.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 11, 2023
Keidanren to seek tax use for raising Japan's birthrate
The country's top business lobby is calling for 'the best mix' of financial resources, including taxation, social insurance premiums and government bonds, together with spending reforms.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Mar 9, 2023
Ten years on, reconstruction tax continues to stir debate
Critics have increasingly pointed out misuse of the budget, resulting in growing demands across the political spectrum for stricter criteria for allocating funds.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 9, 2023
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol to visit Japan on March 16
The meeting is expected to help mend bilateral ties, which have been impacted for years by a dispute over wartime labor.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 8, 2023
Documents scandal involving Cabinet minister an untimely political headache for Kishida
The economic security minister has come under fire for files an opposition lawmaker says is proof she was involved in pushing for a legal reinterpretation of the broadcasting law.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Mar 7, 2023
Long at odds over historical disputes, can Seoul and Tokyo make amends with latest deal?
While the U.S. has offered effuse praise for the proposal, some observers have said it may not be durable as reservations remain over how the deal was negotiated.
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Mar 7, 2023
After Seoul's wartime labor proposal, the ball is in Kishida's court
The Kishida administration has so far offered a somewhat muted response to the plan, but early indications are that the outcome has been positive for the prime minister.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 6, 2023
South Korea announces plan to resolve wartime labor dispute with Japan
Funds for compensating wartime laborers would be raised by “voluntary” private sector donations to a South Korean foundation, with Japanese firms possibly among those that donate.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 6, 2023
Upcoming April by-elections likely litmus test for Kishida's leadership
The elections are likely to be a test of whether the prime minister can run the government stably, a year and a half after taking office in October 2021.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 3, 2023
Kishida urges extra inflation-relief steps as Japan's households struggle
The news comes as households grapple with intensifying cost-of-living pressures amid elevated inflation for items such as energy and food, hitting consumption and smaller businesses.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 2, 2023
The paradox that is Fumio Kishida’s leadership
Lucky for Prime Minister Kishida, the Japanese public does not see a viable alternative to the LDP for running the government.
JAPAN / FOCUS
Feb 28, 2023
With child care policy still in the works, Kishida aims to change parenting perceptions
The government is focused on casting child-rearing in a more positive light amid the lingering perception that the barriers to having children are just too great.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 26, 2023
LDP leadership cautious about early LGBTQ bill discussions
Some party heavyweights fear that talks on the legislation will fuel tensions between proponents and opponents within the LDP ahead of April elections.

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