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Graduates from Japan’s top university are increasingly shunning careers as public servants, but some central government officials say that trend is not necessarily a bad thing.
Ruling coalition lawmakers are considering extending soon-to-expire subsidies to keep regular gasoline prices under 180 yen ($1.22) per liter through the end of the year.
Two men who said they were molested when they were members of talent agency Johnny & Associates Inc. urged opposition lawmakers to introduce legislation that better protects minors from sexual predators.
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party and Nippon Ishin (Japan Innovation Party) on April 20 agreed to discuss a bill that would allow the government to deport asylum seekers while their applications are being processed.
Deliberations began in the Diet on April 6 on legislation to establish a new fund that would help pay for a massive defense buildup over the next five years.