Political News(2025/02/01)
Deepseek develops generation AI, Japanese digital minister urges "refrain from use"
2025-02-01 20:07:00
Regarding the generative AI developed by China's DeepSeek, Digital Minister Taira expressed his intention to urge government ministries and agencies to refrain from using it unless concerns about the handling of personal information are resolved.
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Prime Minister Ishiba prepares for Japan-U.S. summit meeting, wants to further strengthen alliance
2025-02-01 18:24:00
Prime Minister Ishiba is set to meet with President Trump next week for the first Japan-U.S. summit, and on the 1st he held a meeting with senior officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other officials to make preparations. At the meeting, he plans to confirm cooperation in a wide range of areas, including security and the economy, and to further strengthen the Japan-U.S. alliance.
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CDP leader Noda's new fiscal year budget proposal: "Identify and cut waste through ministry-by-ministerial review"
2025-02-01 17:01:00
Regarding the new fiscal year's budget proposal, Constitutional Democratic Party leader Noda expressed his intention to identify and cut unnecessary items in the ``ministerial review'' that begins next week, in which each ministry will be questioned specifically, while also promoting the policies that he aims to achieve and calling for revisions.
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Strengthening security cooperation a key topic at Japan-U.S. summit
2025-02-01 16:42:00
The first Japan-U.S. summit meeting between Prime Minister Shinzo Ishiba and U.S. President Donald Trump will be held in Washington next week, and strengthening cooperation in the field of security is expected to be one of the main topics. Prime Minister Ishiba wants to ensure U.S. involvement in the East Asian region, including the application of the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty to the Senkaku Islands in Okinawa Prefecture.
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Democratic Party for the People finalizes policy plan for next fiscal year, "increasing take-home pay" becomes top priority
2025-02-01 11:31:00
The Democratic Party for the People has finalized its action plan for next year. The party will continue to position "increasing take-home pay," which it called for in the recent House of Representatives election, as its most important political issue, and will work with all its might to realize policies such as revising the "1.03 million yen annual income barrier."
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Strengthening security cooperation a key topic at Japan-U.S. summit
2025-02-01 10:36:00
The first Japan-U.S. summit meeting between Prime Minister Shinzo Ishiba and U.S. President Donald Trump will be held in Washington next week, and strengthening cooperation in the field of security is expected to be one of the main topics. Prime Minister Ishiba wants to ensure U.S. involvement in the East Asian region, including the application of the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty to the Senkaku Islands in Okinawa Prefecture.
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Ministry of Education proposes gradually raising teacher salary surcharge to 10%
2025-02-01 08:22:00
In order to improve the treatment of teachers, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology has drawn up a draft amendment to the law that includes a gradual increase in the salary supplement paid in lieu of overtime pay from the current 4% of monthly salary to 10% over the next six years.
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Strengthening security cooperation a key topic at Japan-U.S. summit
2025-02-01 06:59:00
The first Japan-U.S. summit meeting between Prime Minister Shinzo Ishiba and U.S. President Donald Trump will be held in Washington next week, and strengthening security cooperation is expected to be one of the topics discussed. Prime Minister Ishiba wants to ensure U.S. involvement in the East Asian region, including the application of the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty to the Senkaku Islands in Okinawa Prefecture.
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New fiscal year budget proposal: Government and ruling parties to hold discussions without ruling out revisions to budget proposal
2025-02-01 05:39:00
Substantial deliberations on the new fiscal year budget bill began in the Diet on January 31. The government and ruling parties are open to revising the budget bill in order to pass it within the fiscal year, and are hoping to advance policy discussions with the Japan Restoration Party and the Democratic Party for the People. Moves to find common ground are expected to become more active from February 3 onwards.
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