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Political News(2022/04/22)


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Prime Minister Kishida talks with former chairman Moriyama to exchange opinions on the House of Councilors election

2022-04-22 23:03:00
It is believed that Prime Minister Kishida met with former Liberal Democratic Party chairman Moriyama on the night of the 22nd and exchanged opinions on future administration, including the response to the summer Upper House election.

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Foreign Minister Hayashi will meet with the Korean delegation on the 25th.

2022-04-22 20:47:00
Foreign Minister Hayashi has been dispatched by President-elect Yun of South Korea and is making final adjustments to meet with a delegation coming to Japan on the 24th on the 25th of this month at the beginning of the week. Opinions are expected to be exchanged over the response.

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Request for renegotiation of the wording of the agreement document for cooperation with the House of Councilors election with the chairman of the national secretary

2022-04-22 20:37:00
Secretary-general Kazuya Shimba of the Democratic Party for the People said in an agreement document that decided to cooperate with the Nippon Ishin no Kai in the upper house election in the summer, saying that both parties would "realize a change of government" from within the party. He made it clear that he was requesting the Nippon Ishin no Kai to renegotiate, saying that there was some disagreement.

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Prime Minister Kishida inspects a special exhibition for the 50th anniversary of the return to mainland Okinawa National Archives of Japan

2022-04-22 20:02:00
Before it will be 50 years since Okinawa returned to the mainland next month, Prime Minister Kishida inspected the contents of the special exhibition to be held from the 23rd at the National Archives of Japan, and was the first Prime Minister to visit Okinawa after the war. I visited Eisaku Sato, the diary of the former Prime Minister, and so on.

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Diplomatic Bluebook Cohesive Northern Territories "Illegal Occupation in Russia" Clarified for the first time in 19 years

2022-04-22 19:26:00
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has put together a diplomatic bluebook of this year, condemning Russia's repeated military invasion of Ukraine and showing that sanctions come at a high price. In addition, the Northern Territories have been clarified for the first time in 19 years by clearly stating that they are "illegally occupied by Russia."

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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz visits Japan from 28th to summit meeting with Prime Minister Kishida

2022-04-22 19:02:00
This year's G7 = Prime Minister of Germany, the chair of the seven major countries, will visit Japan from the 28th next week for two days to hold a summit meeting with Prime Minister Kishida.

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Security Agreement between China and Solomon Islands "Watching with Concerns" Foreign Minister Hayashi

2022-04-22 18:27:00
Foreign Minister Hayashi pointed out that it could affect the security of the entire Pacific region over China's announcement that it had signed a security agreement with the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific, and watched with concern. I showed my thoughts.

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Approval of LDP measures such as “Benefits for low-income child-rearing households”

2022-04-22 17:34:00
At a meeting of the LDP over emergency measures in light of rising prices, the government included expanding subsidies to oil wholesale companies and providing low-income child-rearing households with a benefit of 50,000 yen per child. The proposal was shown and approved.

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Diplomatic Bluebook Cohesive Northern Territories "Illegal Occupation in Russia" Clarified for the first time in 19 years

2022-04-22 17:08:00
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has put together a diplomatic bluebook of this year, condemning Russia's repeated military invasion of Ukraine and showing that sanctions come at a high price. In addition, the Northern Territories have been clarified for the first time in 19 years by clearly stating that they are "illegally occupied by Russia."

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Half of the national civil servants "feel rewarding for their work" surveyed by the Cabinet Personnel Bureau

2022-04-22 16:59:00
In a survey of national civil servants last year on work style reforms conducted by the Cabinet Personnel Bureau, 50% of the employees answered that they felt that their work was worthwhile, which was half of the total.

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Approval of LDP measures such as “Benefits for low-income child-rearing households”

2022-04-22 16:58:00
At a meeting of the LDP over emergency measures in light of rising prices, the government included expanding subsidies to oil wholesale companies and providing low-income child-rearing households with a benefit of 50,000 yen per child. The proposal was shown and approved.

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Finance Minister Janet Yellen meets with US Treasury Secretary "Yen depreciation communicates in Japan and the United States"

2022-04-22 16:53:00
Finance Minister Janet Yellen, who is visiting Washington, will meet with US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to closely communicate with the US and Japanese monetary authorities about the recent depreciation of the yen in the foreign exchange market. I confirmed that.

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Representative of Izumi Ritsumin "Consent of the parties is the foundation of the foundation" In the transportation plan of relief supplies

2022-04-22 16:14:00
Regarding the government's plan to transport relief supplies to neighboring countries of Ukraine by SDF aircraft, the Constitutional Democratic Party representative Izumi said, "If you use SDF aircraft, the parties concerned Consent is the foundation of the foundation, "he criticized the government's response.

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Mayor Tanaka of Ichikawa, Chiba to sell "The desk and chair of the former mayor is expensive" for the first time

2022-04-22 16:06:00
Mayor Tanaka, who was elected for the first time in the Mayor's election in Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture last month, went to the office for the first time. I was buying something that was very expensive, "he said, saying that he would sell it at an internet auction.

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The revised Local Public Employee Childcare Leave Law was passed. Relaxing the limit on the number of childcare leave

2022-04-22 15:48:00
The revised Local Public Employee Childcare Leave Law, which relaxes the restrictions on the number of times of taking childcare leave, was unanimously passed and passed at the House of Councilors plenary session on the 22nd.

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Diplomatic Bluebook Cohesive Northern Territories "Illegal Occupation in Russia" Clarified for the first time in 19 years

2022-04-22 15:05:00
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has put together a diplomatic bluebook of this year, condemning Russia's repeated military invasion of Ukraine and showing that it comes at a high price through sanctions. Also, regarding the Northern Territories, it is clearly stated that it is "illegally occupied by Russia" for the first time in 19 years, and its strict stance is clarified.

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Mandatory energy-saving standards for new buildings including houses Government after 2025

2022-04-22 14:39:00
At a cabinet meeting on the 22nd, the government decided to amend the law to promote energy conservation in housing. From 2025 onwards, it is included that all new buildings, including houses, will be required to meet energy-saving standards such as heat insulation performance.

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Prime Minister Kishida Examining how to prepare a supplementary budget for emergency measures

2022-04-22 14:15:00
At the House of Councilors plenary session, Prime Minister Kishida expressed his intention to consider how to formulate a supplementary budget based on the proposals of both the Liberal Democratic Party and the Komeito Party.

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Prime Minister Kishida attends the "Asia-Pacific Water Summit" and goes to talks with the leaders of each country

2022-04-22 13:39:00
Prime Minister Kishida will attend the international conference "Asia-Pacific Water Summit" to be held in Kumamoto City on the 23rd, and will meet individually with the leaders of Cambodia and others who will participate in the conference.

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Bidding procedure started with partial release of government oil national stockpile Supply in late June

2022-04-22 13:27:00
As crude oil prices remain high, the government has begun bidding procedures in collaboration with the IEA (International Energy Agency) to release some of the national oil reserves. It will be supplied in late June, and the government wants to help curb crude oil prices.

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Summarize new strategies for government AI and quantum technology

2022-04-22 13:11:00
The government has put together a new strategy for AI = artificial intelligence and quantum technology. In addition to preparing the first domestically produced quantum computer within this fiscal year, AI will be used to predict damage to infrastructure such as electricity and water in the event of a large-scale disaster, which will lead to countermeasures. ..

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Komeito Yamaguchi “There is no concern about budget deliberation before the Upper House election”

2022-04-22 12:58:00
Regarding the formulation of a supplementary budget for this year in relation to emergency measures in light of rising prices, Komeito representative Yamaguchi said that it is important to show an attitude of responding to public concerns, before the Upper House election. He expressed the idea that there was no concern about conducting budget deliberations.

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Approval of LDP measures such as “Benefits for low-income child-rearing households”

2022-04-22 12:29:00
At a meeting of the LDP, the government will expand subsidies to oil wholesale companies and provide low-income child-rearing households with a benefit of 50,000 yen per child over emergency measures in light of rising prices. I showed the plan that I included and it was approved.

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Yasukuni Shrine Spring Festival 103 bipartisan parliamentary groups worship

2022-04-22 11:47:00
Along with the annual spring festival of Yasukuni Shrine, more than 100 members of the bipartisan parliamentary federation all visited Yasukuni Shrine on the morning of the 22nd.

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Finance Minister Janet Yellen meets with US Treasury Secretary "Yen depreciation communicates in Japan and the United States"

2022-04-22 10:24:00
Finance Minister Janet Yellen, who is visiting Washington, will meet with US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to closely communicate with the US and Japanese monetary authorities about the recent depreciation of the yen in the foreign exchange market. I confirmed that.

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Diplomatic Bluebook Cohesive Northern Territories "Illegal Occupation in Russia" Clarified for the first time in 19 years

2022-04-22 08:48:00
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has put together a diplomatic bluebook of this year, condemning Russia's repeated military invasion of Ukraine and showing that it comes at a high price through sanctions. Also, regarding the Northern Territories, it is clearly stated that it is "illegally occupied by Russia" for the first time in 19 years, and its strict stance is clarified.

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Finance Minister Janet Yellen meets with US Treasury Secretary "Yen depreciation communicates in Japan and the United States"

2022-04-22 08:43:00
Finance Minister Suzuki, who is visiting the United States, told reporters after a series of international conferences that he had a local meeting with US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. On top of that, Minister Suzuki said, "We also discussed with Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen about financial market trends, especially the recent movement of the dollar-yen exchange rate. I have shown numerically that the recent depreciation of the yen is still sharp. While maintaining the exchange agreement on the G7 and G20, we confirmed that we will work closely with the US and Japanese monetary authorities on the issue of exchange. "

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Adjusted by raising the subsidy upper limit to 35 yen due to government crude oil price measures

2022-04-22 06:34:00
Regarding measures against soaring crude oil prices, the government has decided to expand subsidies to oil wholesale companies and is making adjustments to raise the upper limit of subsidies from the current 25 yen per liter to 35 yen.

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Summarizing the outline of the new bill to prevent the damage caused by the self-public AV appearance

2022-04-22 06:16:00
In order to prevent the damage of being forced to appear in adult videos, the work teams of both the Liberal Democratic Party and the Komeito Party have announced that they can unconditionally cancel the contract for a certain period after shooting, regardless of age or gender. I have summarized the outline of the bill.

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Japan-US Defense Minister Coordinating at a meeting early next month Strengthening the alliance with deterrence and coping capabilities

2022-04-22 05:14:00
Defense Minister Kishi is coordinating to visit the United States early next month to meet with Defense Secretary Austin, and will comment on Russia's response to the military invasion of Ukraine, as well as the situation in China and North Korea. We would like to exchange and strengthen the Japan-US alliance.

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Possessing "counterattack ability" Liberal Democratic Proposal Toward full-scale adjustment after the Upper House election

2022-04-22 05:12:00
The Liberal Democratic Party's proposals have been put together for the revision of the government's national security strategy, etc. It included aiming to secure the budget necessary for drastic strengthening. Coordination within the government and the ruling party based on the recommendations is expected to begin in earnest after the summer Upper House election.

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