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Kishida must wish he’d stayed in Washington: At home, Kishida’s polling numbers near record lows, he faces never-ending political scandals and a public that is ...
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'Fruitful' Japan-N. Korea ties will benefit both nations: Kishida - The Mainichi: TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Thursday that ...
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Relatives of Japanese abducted by N. Korea hope Kishida raises issue in U.S.: Takuya Yokota, who represents a group of family members of abductees ...
japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/04/05/japan/politics/abductees-families-kishida-us-visit/
Jail for man who commented on Shinzo Abe’s shooting, asked for someone to ‘do the same’ to PM Lee
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Historic Summit Reinforces U.S.-Japan Alliance: U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida are poised to significantly enhance U.S ...
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Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will personally interview four former executives of the Abe faction over their role in an ongoing poltical funding scandal ... Show more
Japan Prime Minister to Interview Ex-Faction Executives Believed to Bear Heavy Responsibility for Funding Scandal - The Japan News
Japan Prime Minister to Interview Ex-Faction Executives Believed to Bear Heavy Responsibility for Funding Scandal - The Japan News
Japan PM Kishida’s disapproval rate hit record as political scandals drag on: The disapproval rate of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida hit a record in a ...
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Congressional Leaders Invite Prime Minister of Japan to Address Congress in April
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Kishida pledges to tackle discrimination in rebuke of LDP lawmaker: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has promised to address discrimination against ethnic ...
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Kishida determined to break away from money politics: Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (pic) stressed he was determined to make a clear break from money politics as ...
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Japan prosecutors make first arrest in political fundraising scandal : Japanese prosecutors have made their first arrest in connection with a major political ...
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Quick Glance: Unveiling the First Case in Japanese Political Fundraising Scandal
- Japan’s Lower House member Yoshitaka Ikeda was apprehended on Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024 by the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office due to suspicion of unreported fundraising proceeds from his faction within the governing Liberal Democratic Party.
- It marks the initial arrest by Japanese prosecutors in connection with a significant political fundraising scandal that has shaken Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s administration.
- Ikeda’s faction, previously led by the late former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated in 2022, has remained the most prominent and influential within Kishida’s ruling party.
- Reports indicate that the former vice-minister was accused of failing to declare over 40 million yen (about $276,500) received from the faction as kickback from the sale of political event tickets, violating the political funds control law.
Editorial: Japan PM shows no sign of drastic reform to end 'politics and money' corruption - The Mainichi
mainichi.jp/english/articles/20240106/p2a/00m/0op/011000c
The corruption scandal tearing apart Japan's ruling party: The latest Under The Radar,/under-the-radars,,under-the-radars, breaking news, comment ...
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Abe faction's seven senior members won't be prosecuted, reports say: Proving a criminal conspiracy between them and the group's treasurer to not report excess ...
japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/01/16/japan/politics/abe-faction-leaders/
Japan PM Kishida displeased with LDP heavyweight's sexist remarks - The Mainichi: TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Friday expressed his ...
mainichi.jp/english/articles/20240202/p2g/00m/0na/052000c
Party bosses fall in Japan's worst political corruption scandal in decades: Japan's governing Liberal Democratic Party replaced two of its top executives as part ...
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Kishida is fighting a party corruption scandal. Here's a look at what it's about
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Japan could relax immigration policy as Abe faction wanes in LDP: TOKYO -- A political fundraising scandal in Japan has hit the ruling Liberal Democratic Party ...
asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Japan-immigration/Japan-could-relax-immigration-policy-as-Abe-faction-wanes-in-LDP
How Shiori Itō Took on Her Powerful Rapist and Changed Japan Forever: ‘Black Box Diaries,’ debuting at Sundance, chronicles one young journalist’s mission to ...
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Japan could relax immigration policy as Abe faction wanes in LDP: TOKYO -- A political fundraising scandal in Japan has hit the ruling Liberal Democratic Party ...
asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Japan-immigration/Japan-could-relax-immigration-policy-as-Abe-faction-wanes-in-LDP
Japan: Self-service at the ruling party's fundraising parties: A donations scandal shakes the powerful LDP to its foundations. Pressure is growing on Prime ...
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A look back at Japan’s gender laws and fairness in 2023: Gender equality needs to improve to boost Japan’s prospects. What hits and missed opportunities will we ...
japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2023/12/29/japan/japan-gender-laws-2023/
Kishida is down for the count: Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is down for the count. After being poleaxed by a series of body blows, his chances of making a decent ...
japantoday.com/category/features/opinions/kishida-is-down-for-the-count
Japan PM Kishida Plans New Party Group to Rebuild Trust After Political Scandal: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said he’ll set up a new group within his ...
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Japan PM Kishida to Fire Ministers Over LDP Political Scandal Over Funds: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is struggling to rein in the widest financial ...
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Has the funding scandal doomed the Abe faction?: With criminal investigations under way, there is impetus for the younger generation of the Abe faction members ...
japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2023/12/26/japan/abe-faction-doomed/
No, seriously, this is one Japan scandal that’s important: With no clear rival, and potential challengers likely reluctant to take their shot with support so low ...
japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2023/12/21/japan/important-japan-scandal/
Extra Diet session ends with PM set to remove scandal-hit ministers - The Mainichi
mainichi.jp/english/articles/20231213/p2g/00m/0na/003000c
Japan needs a 'jujitsu PM' to grapple with this scandal: Kishida fights for survival as the political funding scandal deepens. His predecessor ...
japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2023/12/11/japan/kishida-funding-scandal-junichiro-koizumi/
Japan: Four ministers resign after party donation scandal: Japan's prime minister is in trouble: Several members of his party did not declare donations correctly ...
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Corruption in Japan: The Prime Minister fights against the ghosts of the right: Fumio Kishida stands for a more social, less nationalistic government policy ...
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Japan hopes for early easing of tensions in Gaza, Kishida tells Israel president: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told Israeli President Isaac Herzog ...
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Prime Minister Fumio Kishida: Japan's man with the cornucopia is shaking: Fumio Kishida is a stroke of luck for the Japanese economy. Now a donations scandal is ...
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Paid articlePaid Kishida pledges to do utmost to tackle negative impact of price hikes: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida pledged Tuesday to take all necessary measures to ... Show more
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Japanese deputy finance minister steps down over tax scandal: A Japanese deputy finance minister stepped down on Monday over revelations that he had been ...
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Quick Glance: Japanese Vice Finance Minister Resigns Over Unpaid Taxes
- Kenji Kanda, a ruling party lawmaker, resigned over unpaid property taxes.
- His company had lost land and property four times between 2013 and 2022 due to tax arrears.
- Opposition parties strongly criticize Kanda, who works as a tax accountant in the Finance Ministry.
- Despite tendering his resignation, Kanda initially denied resigning as senior vice finance minister.
Party donations scandal in Japan: Suddenly the party is over: Japan's Liberal Democrats are said to have collected money at opulent festivals and funneled it ...
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Japanese ministers brace for purge as PM tackles corruption scandal: Fumio Kishida is poised to sack members of the LDP faction named after the former leader ...
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Japan's PM to sack 4 ministers over graft claims: All those set to be fired are from the largest faction within the LDP.
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Editorial: Japan PM Kishida's inaction on LDP's Mio Sugita speaks volumes - The Mainichi
mainichi.jp/english/articles/20231109/p2a/00m/0op/023000c
Church Cited as Motive in Abe Killing Proposes Compensation Fund: The head of a fringe religious group cited as a motivation in the assassination of former ...
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Japan tries for balanced diplomatic response to Israel-Hamas war: TOKYO -- Japan's government has sought to maintain its delicate balance in Middle East ...
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Paid articlePaid Japan seeks to revoke the Unification Church's legal status after Abe killing: Japan's government has asked a court to remove the legal standing and tax breaks ...
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Quick Glance: Japanese government to dissolve Unification Church
- Investigation after the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reveals connections between elected members of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and the church.
- Prime Minister Fumio Kishida makes this decision following an investigation launched after the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2012-2020) in July 2022.
- Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Masahito Moriyama justifies the request for dissolution by accusing the church of coercing its followers to 'make donations and purchase goods under conditions that prevented them from making normal decisions, thereby inflicting substantial damage and disturbing peace and tranquillity in life.'
- The South Korea-based church, founded in 1954 by Sun Myung Moon (1920-2012) with an estimated 600,000 members in Japan, laments on its website 'a significant decision made based on biased information.'
EDITORIAL: It’s time for the LDP to dump Sugita for her bigoted remarksEDITORIAL: It’s time for the LDP to dump Sugita for her bigoted remarks | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
After Japan votes to dissolve the Unification Church, ex-members say they fear church's next move
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Japan vows to promote security camera use to curb child sexual abuse - The Mainichi
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Japan Seeks to Dissolve Unification Church After Abe Killing: The assassination of Shinzo Abe, the country’s longest-serving prime minister ...
nytimes.com/2023/10/12/world/asia/unification-church-japan-abe.html
Senior defense official denies sexual assault claim by aideSenior defense official denies sexual assault claim by aide | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
Parliamentary Vice Minister Taro Yamada steps down over affair: The first Cabinet resignation since a mid-September reshuffle deals a blow to Kishida at a time ...
japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/10/26/japan/politics/japan-minister-quits-over-affair/
Creator of fake PM video says 'little joke' took an hour to make: The man in his 20s said he used generative artificial intelligence technology to create Prime ...
japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/11/10/japan/kishida-ai-fake-video/
First pretrial procedure for Abe suspect held amid tight security: The defendant, Tetsuya Yamagami, 43, did not attend the closed-door pretrial procedure.
japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/10/13/japan/crime-legal/abe-shooter-yamagami-first-pretrial/
Japan’s Government Will Seek to Revoke Legal Status of Unification Church: Decades of cozy ties between the church and Japan’s ruling party, revealed in the ...
thediplomat.com/2023/10/japans-government-will-seek-to-revoke-legal-status-of-unification-church/
Inflation, Rising Prices Have Voters Turning on Japan PM Fumio Kishida: Pandemic, war and an assassination have defined Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s ...
bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-03/after-years-of-drama-prices-have-voters-turning-on-japan-s-pm
Japan’s New Cabinet Has a Record Number of Women. So What?: A “record” of five women out of 19 ministers, most from political dynasties, is hardly something to ...
thediplomat.com/2023/10/japans-new-cabinet-has-a-record-number-of-women-so-what/
Ex-Japan PM Abe's shadow seen in gov't claim it has no records on 1923 Korean massacre - The Mainichi
mainichi.jp/english/articles/20230928/p2a/00m/0na/017000c
Japan and North Korea met informally this year over abduction row: Japan engaged in several informal contacts with North Korea this spring, sources close to the ...
japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/09/30/japan/politics/north-korea-japan-talks-abductions/
Late fall emerges as possible timing for snap election in Japan: A decision on a snap poll could be determined by debate over an economic stimulus package and a ...
japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/10/02/japan/politics/snap-election-november-december/
Japan gov't may seek to dissolve Unification Church: source - The Mainichi: TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese government is considering pursuing a court order to ...
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Quick Glance: Japan considers court order to dissolve Unification Church
- Japan's education ministry is considering a court order to dissolve the religious group known as the Unification Church due to its failure to properly answer some government questions.
- The ministry has already asked the group seven times to submit reports on its organizational management, assets, donations, and lawsuits.
- The group submitted all reports and related materials by the deadlines.
- However, government sources state that the Unification Church did not respond properly in some cases.
Man charged for throwing explosive at Japan PM: TOKYO: A man accused of throwing a pipe bomb at Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in April has been charged ...
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Suspect in explosives attack on Japan leader Kishida indicted - The Mainichi: WAKAYAMA, Japan (Kyodo) -- Prosecutors on Wednesday indicted a man over an ...
mainichi.jp/english/articles/20230906/p2g/00m/0na/021000c
Japan held secret talks with North Korea in March and again in MayJapan held secret talks with North Korea in March and again in May | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
Gravitas: Unification Church to be dissolved in Japan?: Japanese media has reported that the government may ask courts to order the dissolution of the ...
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77 crime related posts deleted from social media in wake of ex-Japan PM Abe's shooting - The Mainichi
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Kishida faces leadership test over Johnnys sexual abuse scandal: Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who prides himself on his “ability to listen ...
japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2023/08/23/japan/johnny-sexual-abuse/
Bloody aftermath of the Kanto quake: Japan marked 100 years early this month since the Great Kanto Earthquake that killed 105,000 people.
thestar.com.my/news/focus/2023/09/19/bloody-aftermath-of-the-kanto-quake
Prime Minister #NarendraModi and Japanese PM Fumio Kishida hold a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the #G20Summit in Delhi.
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Quick Glance: Russia's Isolation Confirmed, Says Macron at Delhi G20 Summit
- Differing views on the war threatened to jeopardize the summit.
- G20 summit not the venue for diplomatic progress on the Ukraine conflict.
- G20 declaration not a diplomatic victory for Russia.
- Ukraine war the most contentious issue in the negotiations.
Japanese leaders mark one year since the assassination of former prime minister Shinzo Abe
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Quick Glance: One Year Since Shinzo Abe's Assassination
- Japan commemorates the death of its longest serving prime minister, Shinzo Abe
- The assassination of Abe shocked a nation unaccustomed to gun violence
- Japan doubles defense spending under new Prime Minister Kishida
- Revelations of ties between the ruling party and the Unification Church led to high-level resignations
Remembering a man who transformed his country: Shinzo Abe's policies have had far-reaching consequences for Japan’s economy, society and international ...
japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/07/07/commentary/japan-commentary/shinzo-abe-legacy-2/
AFTERMATH OF A MURDER 1 year since Abe shooting / Suspect Lionized on Fringes of Society
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LDP faction once led by Abe preparing to pick next leader: Many members are pushing for the launch of a new leadership in line with the first anniversary of ...
japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/07/01/national/politics-diplomacy/abe-faction-next-leader/
Abe shooter spends time reading; awaits unscheduled trial: A year after the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Saturday ...
japantoday.com/category/crime/abe-shooter-spends-time-reading-awaits-unscheduled-trial
Anguish of Children of Unification Church Faithful Brought to Light, but Continues
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Japan urges N. Korea to realize summit to resolve abduction issue - The Mainichi: TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno, a close aide to ...
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Police to test lone attacker spotting scheme after Abe shooting: Japanese police in August will begin testing a pilot scheme for compiling data on possibly ...
japantoday.com/category/crime/japan-police-to-test-lone-actor-spotting-scheme-after-abe-shooting
Japan PM vows meeting on sex abuse amid Johnny's talent agency claims - The Mainichi
mainichi.jp/english/articles/20230612/p2g/00m/0na/029000c
Gravitas: Why did Fumio Kishida sack his son?: Japan PM has sacked his son for 'inappropriate behaviour'. Fumio Kishida has removed Shotaro Kishida from the post ...
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Man with gun-shaped object seized at memorial event for ex-PM Abe at assassination site - The Mainichi
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Japanese Former PM Shinzo Abe Shooting Suspect Refuses Contact with Mother: The suspect indicted over the murder of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe wants no ...
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