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Japan Amends Law For Streamlined Deportation Of Failed Asylum Seekers
Japan enacted an immigration law on Friday allowing the government to deport failed asylum seekers, despite pushback from opposition parties and rights groups.
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Japan Ruling Party Group Eyes Ban On TikTok, Other Social Networking Apps
A group of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) lawmakers plans to compile a proposal next month urging the government to ban social networking services such as TikTok if they are used for disinformation campaigns.
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Japanese PM Faces Early Election Test Before National Vote
Japanese voters decide on Sunday whether to endorse the conservative government or to weaken Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and possibly return the world's third-largest economy to a period of political uncertainty.
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New Opposition Party Launched In Japan Ahead Of Summer Election
Two Japanese opposition parties merged on Sunday to form a new grouping intended to put pressure on Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's conservative ruling party before the upper house election this summer.
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Japan's Far-Flung Island Defence Plan Seeks To Turn Tables On China
Japan is fortifying its far-flung island chain in the East China Sea under an evolving strategy that aims to turn the tables on China's navy and keep it from ever dominating the Western Pacific Ocean, Japanese military and government sources said.
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Support for Shinzo Abe Bounces Back After World War II Memorial Statement
Support for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has bounced in the first poll conducted after he expressed "utmost grief" for the suffering Japan caused during World War II in a speech marking the 70th anniversary of Japan's defeat.
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Hundreds Protest in Taipei After Student Suicide
Hundreds of protesters gathered in Taipei early today calling for the education minister to resign after a student committed suicide, amid a deepening row over the island's "China-centric" school curriculum.
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Post Pension Data Leak, Japanese Government Seeks to Reassure Public
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government sought, today, to assure the Japanese public their pensions were not at risk after a big data leak, an incident with echoes of a scandal that helped oust Abe during his first term in office.
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Political Pressure Building on Japanese Media: Expert
An outspoken Japanese pundit who claims he was pulled off the air under pressure from the government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Thursday ruling lawmakers are exerting unusual pressure on the media.
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Japan's Ruling Party Urges Government to Push for Nuclear Return
Japan's ruling party on Tuesday urged the government to push for a return to nuclear power in deliberations on the best energy mix, which is likely to be opposed by a public wary about atomic energy in the wake of the Fukushima disaster in 2011.
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Japan Slams Ex-Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's Crimea Visit
The Japanese government sharply criticised a former prime minister today for his visit to the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea, saying his action is at odds with Japan's stance on the Ukraine situation and calling him "grossly imprudent".
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The Invisible Issue in Japan's Election: Women
When voters go to the polls on Sunday to elect Japan's powerful lower house of parliament, only one out of every six candidates will be a woman.
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Japan says US base in Okinawa is only solution
The Japanese government said on Monday it would push forward with a long-stalled agreement to relocate a U.S. military base within Okinawa, despite the re-election of a mayor who opposes the plan.
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Japan secrecy act stirs fears about press freedom, right to know
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government is planning a state secrets act that critics say could curtail public access to information on a wide range of issues, including tensions with China and the Fukushima nuclear crisis.
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Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe heads for election victory amid policy concerns
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling bloc looks set for a handsome upper house election win today, cementing his grip on power and setting the stage for Japan's first stable government since the charismatic Junichiro Koizumi left office in 2006.
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Japan Amends Law For Streamlined Deportation Of Failed Asylum Seekers
Japan enacted an immigration law on Friday allowing the government to deport failed asylum seekers, despite pushback from opposition parties and rights groups.
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Japan Ruling Party Group Eyes Ban On TikTok, Other Social Networking Apps
A group of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) lawmakers plans to compile a proposal next month urging the government to ban social networking services such as TikTok if they are used for disinformation campaigns.
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Japanese PM Faces Early Election Test Before National Vote
Japanese voters decide on Sunday whether to endorse the conservative government or to weaken Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and possibly return the world's third-largest economy to a period of political uncertainty.
-
New Opposition Party Launched In Japan Ahead Of Summer Election
Two Japanese opposition parties merged on Sunday to form a new grouping intended to put pressure on Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's conservative ruling party before the upper house election this summer.
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Japan's Far-Flung Island Defence Plan Seeks To Turn Tables On China
Japan is fortifying its far-flung island chain in the East China Sea under an evolving strategy that aims to turn the tables on China's navy and keep it from ever dominating the Western Pacific Ocean, Japanese military and government sources said.
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Support for Shinzo Abe Bounces Back After World War II Memorial Statement
Support for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has bounced in the first poll conducted after he expressed "utmost grief" for the suffering Japan caused during World War II in a speech marking the 70th anniversary of Japan's defeat.
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Hundreds Protest in Taipei After Student Suicide
Hundreds of protesters gathered in Taipei early today calling for the education minister to resign after a student committed suicide, amid a deepening row over the island's "China-centric" school curriculum.
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Post Pension Data Leak, Japanese Government Seeks to Reassure Public
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government sought, today, to assure the Japanese public their pensions were not at risk after a big data leak, an incident with echoes of a scandal that helped oust Abe during his first term in office.
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Political Pressure Building on Japanese Media: Expert
An outspoken Japanese pundit who claims he was pulled off the air under pressure from the government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Thursday ruling lawmakers are exerting unusual pressure on the media.
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Japan's Ruling Party Urges Government to Push for Nuclear Return
Japan's ruling party on Tuesday urged the government to push for a return to nuclear power in deliberations on the best energy mix, which is likely to be opposed by a public wary about atomic energy in the wake of the Fukushima disaster in 2011.
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Japan Slams Ex-Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's Crimea Visit
The Japanese government sharply criticised a former prime minister today for his visit to the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea, saying his action is at odds with Japan's stance on the Ukraine situation and calling him "grossly imprudent".
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The Invisible Issue in Japan's Election: Women
When voters go to the polls on Sunday to elect Japan's powerful lower house of parliament, only one out of every six candidates will be a woman.
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Japan says US base in Okinawa is only solution
The Japanese government said on Monday it would push forward with a long-stalled agreement to relocate a U.S. military base within Okinawa, despite the re-election of a mayor who opposes the plan.
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Japan secrecy act stirs fears about press freedom, right to know
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government is planning a state secrets act that critics say could curtail public access to information on a wide range of issues, including tensions with China and the Fukushima nuclear crisis.
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Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe heads for election victory amid policy concerns
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling bloc looks set for a handsome upper house election win today, cementing his grip on power and setting the stage for Japan's first stable government since the charismatic Junichiro Koizumi left office in 2006.
