Election won, Kishida sets sights on economic policies
Difficult tasks lie ahead for his administration, including coordination over fiscal resources needed to enhance the nation’s defense capabilities.
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Japan’s ruling bloc victory boosts majority in Upper House election
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said he will wait for the full election results before deciding on a cabinet reshuffle.
Yamagami ‘caused problems’ at work
The suspect in the fatal attack on former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had quit a job in May at a factory in Kyoto Prefecture.
Japanese start-ups entering reforestation market
Companies like Green Foresters engages in reforestation in the Kanto region of Tokyo. Owner Shotaro Nakai says, “mountain restoration is an area [that] has room for growth”.
Ex-PM Abe shot dead
The former PM suffered cardiopulmonary arrest and has been taken to hospital, according to firefighters. Several others were injured.
Global shock as Abe is attacked.
The Financial Times said the shooting was “the most significant act of political violence to rock the country in half a century.”
Political parties post short videos on social media to woo young voters
In the videos, each lasting about one minute or less, parties are using their ingenuity to convey simple messages.
Amid ongoing Ukraine sanctions, Putin will have to choose either butter or guns
The sanctions have been effective, leaving Russia with no choice but to import many high value-added products that it does not manufacture.
Moscow turns the screws on foreign, including Asian, firms
President Vladimir Putin's officials are intent on shutting out foreign firms, their actions in Sakhalin projects show.
Blinken, Wang scheduled to meet next week
Their meeting will be the first face-to-face meeting since the G20 summit in Rome last October.