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Political News(2024/05/04)


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Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, considering how financial income should be reflected in calculating insurance premiums for local governments

2024-05-04 09:23:00
When local governments calculate insurance premiums for medical and nursing care, there are cases in which financial income is not reflected, so the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has begun considering how to reflect this.

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Shared will at Japan-Paraguay talks: “Changing the status quo through force is not allowed”

2024-05-04 08:46:00
Prime Minister Kishida, who is visiting Paraguay in South America, held a summit meeting with President Peña, and shared the intention that unilateral changes to the status quo through force will not be tolerated, with China in mind, which is becoming increasingly hegemonic. They also agreed to cooperate on issues such as disarmament and reform of the United Nations Security Council.

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Collaboration to conclude joint training “facilitation agreement” between the Self-Defense Forces and the Philippine Army

2024-05-04 08:04:00
During his visit to Hawaii, Minister of Defense Kihara met with Defense Minister Teodoro of the Philippines and agreed to work together toward the early conclusion of a "facilitation agreement" to make it easier for the Self-Defense Forces and Philippine military units to conduct joint training. We agreed to go.

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Prime Minister Kishida meets with President of Paraguay to exchange views on East Asian situation

2024-05-04 07:32:00
Prime Minister Kishida held a summit meeting with President Peña of Paraguay on the morning of the 4th, Japan time. Considering that Taiwan is the only country in South America that has diplomatic relations with Taiwan, it appears that they exchanged opinions regarding the situation in East Asia, including China.

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Prime Minister Kishida meets with President of Paraguay to exchange views on East Asian situation

2024-05-04 07:06:00
Prime Minister Kishida held a summit meeting with President Peña of Paraguay from 6 a.m. Japan time on the 4th. Given that Taiwan is the only country in South America to have diplomatic relations with Taiwan, it appears that they are exchanging opinions regarding the situation in East Asia, including China.

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President of Paraguay “expands exports of agricultural products to Japan” at summit meeting

2024-05-04 05:47:00
President Peña of Paraguay, South America, gave an exclusive interview to NHK before his summit meeting with Prime Minister Kishida, and said, ``Paraguay can provide the food security that the world needs,'' and the leaders talked about expanding exports of agricultural products to Japan. He expressed his desire to bring this up at the meeting.

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Prime Minister Kishida agrees with Brazil to create framework for global warming countermeasures

2024-05-04 05:24:00
Prime Minister Kishida, who is visiting South America for the first time since taking office, held a summit meeting with President Lula of Brazil, a major country in the Global South. As measures to combat global warming, the two countries agreed to strengthen support for protecting the Amazon forest and to create an intergovernmental framework to promote decarbonization.

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OECD meeting chair, Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Matsumoto emphasizes AI's leadership in creating international rules

2024-05-04 05:11:00
Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Matsumoto, who is visiting Europe, chaired an OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) meeting on the evening of the 3rd (Japan time) to discuss the rapidly developing AI. After the meeting, he emphasized that Japan would take the lead in creating international rules for AI.

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Kazuo Aichi passed away. Former member of the House of Representatives, served as Director-General of the Defense Agency and Director-General of the Environment Agency.

2024-05-04 00:10:00
Kazuo Aichi, a former member of the House of Representatives who served as the Director-General of the Defense Agency and the Environment Agency, passed away on the morning of the 3rd at a hospital in Tokyo. He was 86 years old.

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