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Political News(2022/01/15)
"Maximum response to secure the opportunity to take an examination"
2022-01-15 18:35:00
The Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Suematsu held an urgent press conference in response to the incident in which three people, including the examinees, were injured in front of the gate of the University of Tokyo, which is the venue for the common test for university admission. Regarding the response to the two victims, he said, "I would like to confirm the situation and intentions of the individual and take the utmost measures to secure the opportunity to take the examination, including whether or not it is possible to take the additional examination."
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Local decentralization of data centers Survey costs of local governments National subsidy
2022-01-15 18:00:00
A data center that is becoming more important as digitalization progresses. In Japan, it is concentrated in the Kanto and Kansai regions, and when a large earthquake occurs, it will have a large impact. Therefore, the government has decided to subsidize the cost of investigating candidate sites in order to promote regional decentralization.
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Off the coast of Senkaku Four ships of the China Coast Guard have been confirmed to have invaded the territory for the first time.
2022-01-15 13:16:00
On the 15th, off the coast of the Senkaku Islands in Okinawa Prefecture, four ships of the China Coast Guard invaded Japan's territorial waters for about two hours, and the Japan Coast Guard continues to monitor it so that it does not re-enter the territorial waters.
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Off the coast of Senkaku Four ships of the China Coast Guard invade the territory.
2022-01-15 11:18:00
After it was confirmed that four ships of the China Coast Guard had invaded the territorial waters of Japan off the coast of the Senkaku Islands in Okinawa Prefecture, the government has set up the "Information Liaison Office" at the crisis management center of the Prime Minister's Office. Is switched to the "Government Residence Countermeasures Office" after 10 am to collect information and monitor alerts.
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Treatment of infected people's waiting period, etc. Continue to review and consider Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare
2022-01-15 06:29:00
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has reduced the waiting period at home and accommodation required for close contacts of Omicron strains from the current 14 days to 10 days. We will continue to urgently collect and analyze information on the characteristics of Omicron strains and consider revising the treatment of infected and close contacts as necessary.
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Can the Social Democratic Party's requirements under the Public Offices Election Act be maintained?
2022-01-15 05:13:00
In the Social Democratic Party leader election, the re-election of Fukushima leader was decided without a vote. With the rebirth of the party an issue, the summer Upper House election will be a crucial moment to maintain the party requirements under the Public Offices Election Act.
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House of Councilors election Self-public election cooperation talks Voices of concern about the impact on difficult government administration
2022-01-15 05:12:00
Regarding the upper house election in the summer, discussions on election cooperation between the LDP and Komei parties in the constituency to recommend each other's candidates have been difficult, and both parties are not only winning or losing the election but also managing the administration. There are growing concerns that it could have an impact.
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