Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is grilled in parliament by the opposition bloc over Ishikawa Gov. Hiroshi Hase's remarks that he provided gifts to International Olympic Committee members during the bid to host the Tokyo Games.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says he is considering expressing his solidarity with Korean residents in the Utoro district in Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan, which became a target of hate crime in 2021.
Japan's pledge to boost defense spending to 43 trillion yen ($312 billion) over the next five years has become a high-stakes gambit for Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who has decided to push through tax increases to fund it.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida lowers the bar for the Unification Church to be issued a dissolution order, saying the government could request a court consider it if the controversial religious group is found to have violated civil law.