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Delayed action on Yamagiwa situation deepens LDP wounds

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Japan PM appoints ex-health min Goto as next economy minister

Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Tuesday appointed former health minister Shigeyuki Goto as the next economy minister after the incumbent abruptly resigned amid criticism over his links to a controversial religious group.

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Japan Cabinet minister resigns over Unification Church ties

Japan’s economy minister has submitted his resignation over his ties to the Unification Church in a widening controversy involving dozens of governing party lawmakers

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Japan wary over Xi's stance

Japan is growing wary over the increasingly hard-line policies of Chinese President Xi Jinping, who on Sunday began an unprecedented third term in office.

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Families call for rescue of abductees held in N.Korea

Families of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea held a rally in Tokyo on Sunday to call for the immediate return of abductees still in the North.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Japan, Australia demonstrate quasi-alliance

PERTH, Australia -- A new joint declaration by Japan and Australia to deepen their security cooperation has clearly established a quasi-alliance between the two countries.

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Japan's stimulus plan must exceed $100 billion, says ruling party executive

Japan's promised economic stimulus must be big enough to exceed the economy's output gap of about 15 trillion yen ($100 billion), a senior ruling party official said on Sunday.

Reuters

Zelensky says Russia launched 36 rockets in 'massive attack' on Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday Russia carried out a "massive attack" on Ukraine overnight, following reported strikes on critical infrastructure across the country. Several regions also reported strikes on energy facilities, while missiles were shot down in others. Read about the day's developments as they unfolded on FRANCE 24's…

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Japan, Australia leaders sign new security pact to counter China

Japan’s military will participate in training and exercises alongside Australian forces in Australia’s northern region.

Al Jazeera

Japan, Australia upgrade security pact against China threat

Japan and Australia have signed a new bilateral security agreement to reflect the deteriorating security outlook for their region driven by China's increasing assertiveness

The Independent UK

Japan, Australia Ink 'Landmark' Security Pact

Australia and Japan agreed to share more sensitive intelligence and deepen military cooperation Saturday, signing a security pact aimed at countering China's military rise. Prime ministers Fumio Kishida and Anthony Albanese inked the accord in the Western Australian city of Perth, revamping a 15-year-old agreement drafted when terrorism and weapons…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Australia, Japan agree to expand security cooperation

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Saturday said their countries had agreed to deepen and expand their cooperation to respond to pressing security challenges in their region.

Reuters

Australia's Albanese, Japan's Kishida agree to strengthen security ties

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida agreed on Saturday to strengthen security ties between the two U.S. allies amid China's push for greater influence in the Asia-Pacific region.

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Defence, energy at top of Japan talks

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida have met in Perth, signing new agreements to boost security and energy ties.

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Kishida calls for more expansive calculation of defense spending

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has instructed government ministries and agencies to consider a new framework under which budgets related to public infrastructure and research projects would be counted in the nation's defense-related expenditures.

Reuters

Energy and security on agenda when Australia, Japan leaders meet

Defence and energy security will be the focus of discussions when Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese this weekend, officials from the two nations said.

The Independent UK

Japan PM heads to Australia to step up military, energy ties

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who is traveling to Australia for talks with his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese, says he wants to bolster military and energy cooperation between the two countries amid their shared concerns about China

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Kishida defends shift on Unification Church issue as administration aims to expedite measures

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida sought understanding in a Diet committee session on Thursday regarding a change in his legal interpretation of the requirements for issuing a dissolution order under the Religious Corporations Law in connection with the Unification Church.

The Guardian - AU

Albanese government to give $900m budget boost to Pacific countries

Funding will help tackle poverty and shore up security in the region and make Australia ‘more influential in the world’, Penny Wong says

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Kishida seen to be stumbling on Unification Church issue

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has shifted his position on an aspect of the Unification Church issue in a bid to deflect criticism that the government has not done enough to clear up the matter. However, following a rapid succession of shifts, Kishida's approach could be doing him more harm than…

Bangkok Post

Japan's post-Abe trust crisis under PM Kishida

No one could have foreseen that Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's popularity would nosedive so soon after the Liberal Democratic Party triumphed in July's election to the Upper House of the Japanese Diet. Until recently, Mr Kishida's government received consistently high approval ratings. But the LDP's links to a controversial…

The Independent UK

Japan and Australia PMs to focus on closer military ties

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he will discuss with his Japanese counterpart strengthening their bilateral defense and security partnership when Fumio Kishida visits Perth this week

Reuters

Japan's Kishida, Australia's Albanese to meet in Perth -Japan govt

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will visit Perth from Oct. 21-23 and will meet counterpart Anthony Albanese during his trip, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said on Wednesday.

Reuters

Analysis-Japan rushes to rearm with eye on 2027 - and China's Taiwan ambitions

Between China's 20th Communist Party Congress, that began Sunday, and the next one in 2027, Japan will undertake its biggest arms buildup since World War Two in a race to deter Beijing from war in East Asia, according to Japanese government officials and security analysts.

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