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GOVERNMENT 3

Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 16, 2022
Japan aims to balance population flows to and from Tokyo by fiscal 2027
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of people moving into the Tokyo metropolitan area area still exceeds that of people moving out.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 7, 2022
Tokushima town vice speaker arrested over drug probe leak
Kenji Hiraishi was arrested on suspicions of aggravated bribe-taking and violation of confidentiality obligation under the Local Public Service Law.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 5, 2022
Over 330 prefectural assembly members had ties with Unification Church
Of the 334 prefectural assembly members who admitted to past contact with the Unification Church, 279 belonged to the LDP, 11 to Komeito, and seven each to main opposition parties.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Dec 1, 2022
Efforts underway to revive local horse racing in Japan
Sales have been recovering, due in part to online sales of betting tickets, although until now local racecourses have not been financially strong enough to splurge on repairs to facilities.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 29, 2022
Nagano prefectural assembly member arrested as suspect in wife's murder
Daisuke Maruyama, who belongs to the prefectural chapter of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, has denied allegations he suffocated his wife to death in September last year.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 15, 2022
'Be the leaders you wanted as kids,' teenage prize winner says
Rena Kawasaki, 17, received the 2022 KidsRights International Children's Prize for her campaigns in Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 14, 2022
With new group, prefectural governors take aim at Tokyo's dominance
Nearly half of Japan's 47 prefectural governors formed the group amid frustration with the government's slow progress in reducing the concentration of people and firms in the capital.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 31, 2022
Masao Uchibori wins third term as Fukushima governor
Uchibori succeeded in gaining widespread support by highlighting his responses to natural disasters that hit the prefecture in recent years.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Oct 26, 2022
More of Japan's local assemblies move to stop harassment of members
Harassment by fellow assembly members and voters is on the increase, and is cited by some as a cause for the shortage of female assembly members.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 17, 2022
Project aims to help mothers run in Japan's local elections next year
The project — called “Kosodate Senkyo Hack!” — aims to give a greater voice in local politics to the dwindling ranks of families with small children.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 12, 2022
Local Japan governments eye taxes to prevent deforestation by renewable energy firms
While the use of renewable energy sources is growing, local communities are worried about the environmental destruction the creation of such facilities may cause.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 10, 2022
Miyagi Prefecture to grant workers leave to take care of grandkids
The initiative, expected to start in January, would be the first such undertaking among all prefectures in the country, according to the Miyagi government.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 5, 2022
J-Alert malfunctions found after North Korean missile test
Due to the malfunctions, warnings were not issued properly through community emergency radio and other systems in six municipalities.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Explainer
Oct 2, 2022
Tax breaks, local specialties: What to know about Japan’s furusato nōzei program
Foreign residents had difficulty taking advantage of the program due to a lack of information in languages other than Japanese — until now.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 28, 2022
New platform encourages Japan's foreign residents to use tax donation programs
The furusato nu043eu0304zei program allows people to give tax payments to prefectures and municipalities in exchange for gifts, but uptake among non-Japanese has been low.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 23, 2022
45 of 47 prefectures to fly flags half-staff for Abe's state funeral
The prefectures said that by doing so they will extend condolences over the death of the former prime minister, who was assassinated in the city of Nara on July 8.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 20, 2022
Lessons for the LDP from Okinawa's gubernatorial election
The LDP had better get its house in order if it wants to even begin to reverse the trend of opposition-supported candidates winning office in Okinawa.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 20, 2022
Minister looking at regional revitalization through digital technologies
Necessary funds for related measures, such as tax grants, have been requested under the government's budget for fiscal 2023, said regional revitalization minister Naoki Okada.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 14, 2022
Governors of Okinawa, Shizuoka and Nagano to skip Abe's state funeral
The public has been divided over the state funeral, for which the government estimates it will spend about u00a51.66 billion.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 11, 2022
Anti-U.S. base incumbent Gov. Denny Tamaki wins Okinawa vote
The latest verdict on the Futenma relocation plan comes after the prefecture rejected the transfer in gubernatorial elections in 2014 and 2018 as well as a referendum in 2019.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Did Japan intervene to prop up the yen? Analysts think it did.
A man walks past an electronic board displaying the exchange rate for the yen against the U.S. dollar (right) in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.

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