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Relief for Unification Church victims sought through law revisions

Relief for victims of Unification Church activities will be presented in bills to revise relevant laws that the government will submit during the current extraordinary Diet session.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Relief tinged with unease as Japan reopens after two ‘really tough’ years

In Kyoto, local shop owners are ready to welcome back tourists but there is a way to go before a return to pre-Covid days

The Guardian - AU

Japan, Australia to seek security agreement when premiers meet this week

Japan and Australia seek to reach a new security agreement with particular regard to China's maritime expansion when the two countries' prime ministers meet in Perth on Saturday, Japan's Nikkei business daily reported on Tuesday.

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Kishida orders probe of Unification Church

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Monday instructed Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Minister Keiko Nagaoka to conduct a legal investigation of the Unification Church, to determine if it is appropriate to request a court order to dissolve the religious group.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

New security declaration with Australia being negotiated with China in mind

The governments of Japan and Australia have begun negotiating to conclude a new Japan-Australia Joint Declaration on Security Cooperation at a summit to be held in Australia later this month, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned from government officials. The aim is to strengthen cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region with China's…

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Japan leader sends offerings to controversial Tokyo shrine

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has donated religious offerings to a Tokyo shrine viewed by Chinese and Koreans as a symbol of Japanese wartime militarism, though he did not visit it in person

The Independent UK

Japan PM orders probe of Unification Church problems

Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has ordered an investigation into the Unification Church

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Japan’s Kishida sends offering to a controversial war shrine

Kishida sends a ritual offering to a war shrine that honours Japan’s war dead and is a source of diplomatic frictions.

Al Jazeera

Japan’s Kishida orders investigation into Unification Church

PM’s order comes amid anger over ruling LDP’s ties to religious sect accused of forcing large donations from followers.

Al Jazeera

Japan and Australia are poised to sign an expanded security declaration as China's military might increases

A new security pact is expected to be much more "ambitious" than a 2007 agreement, as both nations grapple with the implications of China's growing military might.

ABC News

Japan’s PM orders Unification church investigation as scandal engulfs party

Move marks a reversal for Fumio Kishida who was reluctant to scrutinise Moonies’ connections with his own lawmakers

The Guardian - AU

Japan PM orders probe into Unification Church links to ruling party members

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida ordered an investigation on Monday into the Unification Church after the assassination of former premier Shinzo Abe in July revealed close ties between it and ruling party lawmakers.

Reuters

Political Pulse / Abe's death puts focus on Kishida's contrasting leadership qualities

"The different streams, having their sources in different places, all mingle their water in the sea."

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Approval for govt of Japan's Kishida falls below 30% for first time -Jiji

Approval for the government of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida slid to 27.4%, a poll showed on Thursday, falling below 30% for the first time since he took office last October.

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Hard to predict Russia's possible nuclear arms use -Japan PM

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Tuesday Russia's possible use of nuclear weapons is highly unpredictable and the situation must be closely watched.

The Independent UK

Japan, Canada to formally begin intelligence sharing talks

Japan and Canada have agreed to formally start talks toward signing a military intelligence information sharing accord

Al Jazeera

Zelenskyy asks for ‘air shield’ as G7 pledges continued support

Ukrainian president, G7 leaders meet a day after Russian missiles rain down on Ukrainian cities.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Tokyo airports bustle as entry restrictions eased for tourists

Border control measures were greatly eased on Tuesday, including the elimination of the ban on individual tourists from abroad.

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Foreign minister's visits underline Japan's focus on S.E. Asian nations

KUALA LUMPUR -- Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi has concluded his visits to major countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations with a meeting with Malaysian Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday.

The Guardian - AU

Japan opens borders to tourists as last pandemic travel restrictions eased

Japan removes strict Covid-19 travel curbs, fuelling hopes a tourist boom will reinvigorate the economy

Reuters

Japanese PM Kishida to visit Australia in late October

Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio will likely visit Australia later this month in a trip which will include the city of Perth, the state capital of the mineral and energy export state of Western Australia.

Reuters

Japan reopens to tourists with shuttered souvenir shops, hotel staff shortage

(This Oct.09 story has been corrected to add negative COVID-19 test condition in paragraph 13)

Reuters

Japan Kishida's support hits low on his party's ties to controversial church

Support for Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's government slid to the lowest of his one-year tenure on doubts about his party's disclosure of ties to the controversial Unification Church, an opinion poll showed on Sunday.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Kishida's first-year report card / PM determined to obtain counterstrike capabilities

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's Cabinet has passed the first anniversary of its inauguration with its approval rating on the decline. This series examines how Kishida's political style so far has affected the handling of key issues and what the future holds for his administration.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

PM's appointment of son as secretary questioned

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's appointment of his eldest son as one of his executive secretaries has been criticized as "nepotism" by opposition parties and even within the ruling parties.

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