State funeral for Abe to begin at 2 p.m. on Sept. 27

State funeral for Abe to begin at 2 p.m. on Sept. 27

The state funeral for former Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo will begin at 2 p.m. on September 27 at the Nippon Budok...

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Kishida apologizes over LDP lawmakers' ties with Unification Church

Kishida apologizes over LDP lawmakers' ties with Unification Church

Prime Minister Kishida Fumio apologizes over his ruling Liberal Democratic Party's lawmakers having questionable ties wi...

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Japanese, African leaders adopt Tunis declaration

Japanese, African leaders adopt Tunis declaration

Leaders from Japan and African countries adopt the Tunis Declaration at the close of the Tokyo International Conference ...

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Baba chosen as new leader of Japan Innovation Party

Baba chosen as new leader of Japan Innovation Party

Lawmaker Baba Nobuyuki has been chosen as new leader of the opposition Japan Innovation Party in a leadership election a...

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Japan pledges $30 billion over 3 years in aid to Africa

Japan pledges $30 billion over 3 years in aid to Africa

Japan pledges 30 billion dollars over the next three years in aid to Africa at the Tokyo International Conference on Afr...

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Kishida disappointed as nuclear disarmament talks end without accord

Kishida disappointed as nuclear disarmament talks end without accord

Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio expresses disappointment as the review conference of parties to the Nuclear Non-Pr...

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Japan allocates 250 million yen for Abe's state funeral

Japan allocates 250 million yen for Abe's state funeral

Japan's Cabinet decides to allocate about 250 million yen from the government's budget reserves to pay for former Prime ...

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Japan to revise daily coronavirus reporting system

Japan to revise daily coronavirus reporting system

The Japanese government decides to revise the system of daily reporting of confirmed coronavirus cases as an emergency m...

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PM Kishida infected with COVID-19

PM Kishida infected with COVID-19

Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio tests positive for COVID-19 with mild symptoms.

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Govt asks Japanese firms to continue investing in Sakhalin-2

Govt asks Japanese firms to continue investing in Sakhalin-2

The Japanese government asks two trading firms to continue investing in the Sakhalin-2 oil and gas development project a...

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