Japan to support creation of 300,000 jobs for long-term unemployed
The government plans to support the creation of 300,000 jobs over the next three years for people who have failed to secure permanent employment since the collapse of Japan's economic bubble in the early 1990s, a draft policy guideline showed Tuesday. The support will include ...
In U.N. speech, Japan's spokesman Yoshihide Suga reframes abduction issue as 'global challenge'
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga calls North Korea’s abduction of Japanese nationals in the 1970s and 1980s a “global challenge” and seeks an early resolution to the issue.
Among Asian countries, Japan is least satisfied with its democracy, survey finds
More people across the globe are unhappy with the state of democracy in their countries than are content, according to a new poll that showed 56 percent of people in Japan voicing dissatisfaction. The survey, released Tuesday by the Pew Research Center, found that 56 ...
NPO seeking open government finds that some Japan ministers' schedules were swiftly binned
Records of Cabinet ministers' schedules, including details of their meetings, were discarded a very short period of time after or even on the day they were created, it has been learned. The revelation came after Access-Info Clearinghouse Japan, a nonprofit organization based in Tokyo, made ...
Many Cabinet ministers set to head overseas as Japan's new Reiwa Era begins
A total of 12 Cabinet ministers are set to travel abroad before or during the extra-long 10-day Golden Week holiday that starts Saturday. While Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who is now on a six-nation tour, and all members of his Cabinet will be in Japan ...
A government panel plans to include in a set of recommendations a proposal calling for nursery teachers and others to be allowed to continue using their original surnames at work after marriage. The Regulatory Reform Promotion Council is discussing expanding the range of professions involving ...
Reiwa topped Japan's new era name candidates after final push by Abe
At a meeting of all Cabinet ministers earlier this month, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said he wanted Reiwa to be the name of the next Imperial era.
Blundering minister's downfall reignites criticism of Japan's seniority-based Cabinet decisions
Yoshitaka Sakurada has repeatedly made headlines by making gaffes that have significantly damaged the reputation of Abe’s administration.
Japan's top government spokesman, Yoshihide Suga, among post-Abe candidates, LDP heavyweight says
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga is among those who may take over the leadership of the Liberal Democratic Party from Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who also serves as LDP president, the party's secretary-general has said. Suga "has done very well as chief Cabinet secretary in ...
New Reiwa era name draws positive public responses across Japan
“It was unexpected, but I’m especially happy that they used ‘wa’ in the name,” says an Osaka shopkeeper.
