Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says his government's new economic package will seek to navigate the economy through a cost-of-living crisis to achieve long-term growth as part of his plans to redistribute wealth in Japan with pay hikes and other similar measures.
Japan is looking to legislate a "security clearance" system, which grants some individuals special access to classified government data, in 2024 to prevent critical information from leaking to overseas entities, a government source says..
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is planning to keep Toshimitsu Motegi as his ruling Liberal Democratic Party's secretary general and Taro Aso as vice president in an expected reshuffle Wednesday of the Cabinet and party executives, sources familiar with the matter says.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's Cabinet reshuffle, planned after attending ASEAN-related and Group of 20 summits, may be aimed at obtaining solid support from conservatives within his Liberal Democratic Party, analysts said.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida embarks on a seven-day trip to Indonesia and India, seeking to address concerns about the disposal of treated radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear plant, especially in response to recent criticisms from China, during multinational summits.