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Political News(2025/03/15)
Prime Minister Ishiba offers gift certificates to LDP lawmakers: "We will make further efforts to gain public understanding"
2025-03-15 19:20:00
Prime Minister Ishiba stated that although there is no legal problem with distributing gift certificates to the offices of a Liberal Democratic Party member of the House of Representatives who had only been elected once, he does not believe that the public understands the matter, and that he will continue to make further efforts to gain public understanding.
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Prime Minister Ishiba: "Focus on supporting the use of digital technology to improve people's lives"
2025-03-15 18:49:00
Prime Minister Ishiba visited Nagano Prefecture to inspect regional revitalization efforts and expressed his intention to focus on supporting the use of digital technologies that will lead to improving the lives of residents, such as online medical consultations and drone delivery.
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Prime Minister Ishiba offers gift certificates to LDP lawmakers: "We will make further efforts to gain public understanding"
2025-03-15 18:01:00
Prime Minister Ishiba stated that although there is no legal problem with distributing gift certificates to the offices of a Liberal Democratic Party member of the House of Representatives who had only been elected once, he does not believe that the public understands the matter, and that he will continue to make further efforts to gain public understanding.
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Social Democratic Party leader Fukushima aims to win three or more seats in summer's House of Councillors election
2025-03-15 14:40:00
In preparation for the House of Councillors election in the summer, Social Democratic Party leader Fukushima stated at the party's national representatives conference that "the Social Democratic Party is necessary to create a society in which we can live in peace and security," and indicated his intention to aim to win three or more seats in total through proportional representation and electoral districts.
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Japan-China-ROK Foreign Ministers' Meeting to be held on 22nd; Japan-China high-level economic dialogue also to be coordinated
2025-03-15 11:30:00
The government plans to hold a Japan-China-South Korea foreign ministers' meeting in Tokyo on the 22nd of this month. In conjunction with this, arrangements are also being made for a Japan-China foreign ministers' meeting and a "high-level economic dialogue" involving relevant ministers from both Japan and China, with the hope that this series of meetings will lead to the resolution of pending issues between the two countries.
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Foreign Minister Iwatake: "Europe needs to continue to be involved in Indo-Pacific security"
2025-03-15 05:55:00
The G7 Foreign Ministers' Meeting held in Canada late on the night of the 14th (Japan time) discussed developments in China, North Korea and other countries, and Foreign Minister Iwao called for European countries to continue to be involved in security issues in the Indo-Pacific region.
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Prime Minister Ishiba apologizes to LDP lawmakers with gift certificates; CDP plans to ask for further explanation
2025-03-15 05:24:00
Prime Minister Ishiba apologized for distributing gift certificates to the office of a Liberal Democratic Party member of the House of Representatives who had only been elected once, saying that he had not been considerate of the people, and indicated his intention to work to prevent a recurrence. The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan plans to request further explanation in the Diet deliberations, including whether the case violates the law.
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