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1 month ago | 
japantimes.co.jp | Francis Tang |Himari Semans
Japan has accepted one female Palestinian injured in the war in the Gaza Strip for medical treatment, with plans to accept a second female patient in the coming days, the government has revealed. This is the first time that Japan has admitted patients from Gaza since the war between Israel and Hamas broke out in October 2023. The first patient was admitted into a Self-Defense Forces hospital in Tokyo on Wednesday, after receiving treatment in Egypt, according to the Foreign Ministry.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
japantimes.co.jp | Tomoko Otake |Kathryn Wortley |Himari Semans
Nihon Hidankyo on Wednesday expressed disappointment at being unable to discuss Japan’s possible participation as an observer to a U.N. conference on banning nuclear weapons during their 30-minute meeting with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
japantimes.co.jp | Jesse Johnson |Himari Semans
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is fighting for political survival after declaring martial law on Tuesday night only to rescind it hours later, a surprise move that drew intense criticism and one that will have broad ramifications for regional security, including Seoul’s improved ties with Tokyo.
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Nov 10, 2024 | 
japantimes.co.jp | Eric Johnston |Himari Semans
In a stunning development, Democratic Party for the People (DPP) leader Yuichiro Tamaki admitted to an extramarital affair Monday morning after a tabloid magazine published photos of him and the woman he was allegedly seeing. “The contents of the report are largely true.
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
japantimes.co.jp | Kanako Takahara |Himari Semans
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party is stuck between a rock and a hard place over whether to raise the threshold for tax exemptions from the current ¥1.03 million ($6,740) — which, if implemented, could rally much-needed support from the opposition Democratic Party for the People, but would slash tax revenues.
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
japantimes.co.jp | Himari Semans |Gabriele Ninivaggi
Lawmakers from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party vented their frustration on Thursday over the party’s crushing defeat in last month’s general election, with calls rising for Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba to consider resigning once the budget for the next fiscal year clears the parliament next spring.
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
japantimes.co.jp | Eric Johnston |Himari Semans
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party and the opposition Democratic Party for the People took their first step toward working together on economic policies Thursday, an arrangement that, if successful, would mean a majority of parliamentary votes for issues especially important to the DPP. Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and DPP leader Yuichiro Tamaki are expected to meet on Nov. 9 at the earliest. But the DPP remains adamant it will support Tamaki in the initial and possibly deciding round of the Nov.
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Oct 21, 2024 | 
japantimes.co.jp | Himari Semans
A total of 6,868 reports of scam cases involving losses amounting to nearly ¥88 billion ($600 million) have been reported, the National Police Agency said.
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Oct 15, 2024 | 
japantimes.co.jp | Francis Tang |Himari Semans
Following a Japanese atomic bomb survivors group’s historic Nobel Peace Prize win Friday, the country’s stance on nuclear disarmament has once again been put under the spotlight. Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, a longtime advocate of nuclear deterrence through the sharing of nuclear weapons, said Sunday that his government will “seriously consider” participating as an observer in a conference of signatories to a United Nations treaty that bans the weapons.
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Oct 3, 2024 | 
japantimes.co.jp | Zoria Petkoska |Chris Russell |Himari Semans
Drone operators from the private sector who volunteered to fly unmanned vehicles to the disaster-hit Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture following January’s magnitude 7.6 earthquake returned to the region last week after record-breaking rainfall caused severe floods and cut off access to remote communities.
