2024-09-22 18:17:00
Voting for the Constitutional Democratic Party leadership election will take place on the 23rd, and on the 22nd the four candidates held their final debate, each calling for support.
2024-09-22 17:54:00
Following the incident in China in which a boy attending a Japanese school was attacked and killed on his way to school, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that it would dispatch Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Tsuge to Beijing to meet with Chinese government officials and ask for an explanation of the facts and measures to prevent recurrence.
2024-09-22 16:36:00
Candidates for the LDP presidential election appeared on NHK's "Sunday Debate" and debated a number of topics, including how to respond to the rapid decline in population, measures to rectify the overconcentration of population in Tokyo, how to respond to the incident in China in which a boy attending a Japanese school was attacked and killed by a man, and the agreement reached between Japan and China to resume imports of Japanese seafood following the ocean release of treated water accumulating at the Tokyo Electric Power Company's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.
2024-09-22 12:14:00
In response to the heavy rains in Ishikawa Prefecture, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hayashi canceled his participation in the LDP presidential election schedule on the 22nd and is instead directing disaster response efforts from the Prime Minister's Office.
2024-09-22 12:11:00
Prime Minister Kishida, who is visiting the United States, has just arrived in New York. He is scheduled to speak at the United Nations General Assembly's "Future Summit," a meeting to discuss global issues, in the early hours of the 23rd (Japan time), where he will call for reform of the UN Security Council.
2024-09-22 12:04:00
Candidates for the LDP presidential election appeared on NHK's "Sunday Debate" and debated ways to address the rapid population decline and correct the over-concentration of population in Tokyo.
2024-09-22 11:07:00
A Quad summit was held in the United States, where leaders of Japan, the United States, Australia and India expressed serious concerns about coercive and threatening actions in the South China Sea, with China in mind, and agreed to strengthen maritime security cooperation.
2024-09-22 07:38:00
The Quad summit, consisting of Japan, the United States, Australia, and India, was held in the United States. With China's increasing maritime expansion in mind, the leaders agreed to strengthen security cooperation to realize a free and open Indo-Pacific.
2024-09-22 07:07:00
The Quad summit, consisting of Japan, the United States, Australia, and India, has begun in the U.S. Prime Minister Kishida expressed his recognition that in an increasingly severe security environment, it is important for the four countries to listen to the voices of other Indo-Pacific countries and advance practical cooperation.
2024-09-22 05:45:00
Prime Minister Kishida, who is visiting the United States, held a Japan-U.S. summit meeting at President Biden's private residence in Delaware. In light of the fact that both will be stepping down from their posts, the two leaders confirmed that the two countries will continue to be global partners that play a central role in a free and open international order.
2024-09-22 05:36:00
The Constitutional Democratic Party leadership election, which will be held on the 23rd, is likely to be a runoff election between the top two candidates. The four camps are stepping up their efforts to appeal to Diet members and others in order to increase their votes, and are also actively calling on other camps to cooperate with them in preparation for the runoff election.
2024-09-22 05:33:00
The nine candidates are continuing their debate in the LDP presidential election, with the vote scheduled for the 27th. As the country faces a rapidly aging population and declining birthrate, each candidate is voicing their opinions on the state of the social security system.
2024-09-22 00:10:00
Prime Minister Kishida has just arrived in the United States, where he is currently visiting. He is expected to attend a Japan-U.S. summit meeting at President Biden's private residence in his home state of Delaware, where the two leaders will reaffirm the importance of maintaining and strengthening the Japan-U.S. alliance.
