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A Chinese woman posed as a Japanese war orphan, and relatives drew welfare for 10+ years, a report says.
Four LDP members walked out of a vote on a food tax cut, a report says.
Prime Minister Takaichi is expected to skip the COP31 leaders' meeting, a report says.
A journalist in France says the mass protests and the riots were separate things.
Prime Minister Takaichi's post about 'having older people work' drew a storm of criticism.
PM Takaichi's food tax-cut bill went into debate with no funding details.
Japan floats a payment of about ¥30,000 a year for 20 million lower-paid workers.
PM Takaichi says Japan is considering gift vouchers and a revived "GoToEat" for restaurants hit by a tax cut.
Tokyo's Bunkyo ward mailed payment reminders in envelopes covered with "open it!", emoticons and 15 drawn eyes, then apologised.
Japan's economy is set to slip to sixth in the world next year, behind India and the UK.
Japan's prime minister skipped a G7 leaders' video call, and opposition leaders lined up to complain.
Japan's prime minister kept the farm minister in post with the words "just work, and pay it back with your work".
An article asked whether the criticism was prejudice against a former pop idol.
Foreign-founded companies in Japan halved in six months.
A former pop star became a deputy minister, and the sports paper led with her jacket.
Denny Tamaki, who lost the Okinawa governor election, said smears on social media had been left unchecked, and the campaign is preparing a criminal complaint.
Okinawa has elected a new governor: Genta Koja, a newcomer, defeated the incumbent Denny Tamaki, who was seeking a third term.
Japan has stopped telling employers to keep overtime under 45 hours a month.
Japan's Ministry of Justice put up a poster reading 'Rehabilitation?
Japan bills its police cars for TV.
The story named no nationality.
"Where's the funding?" — 7,805 Japanese comments ask why that is their problem
Money and politics
Tax, benefits, what politicians are paid. This subject moves more votes than any other in Japanese comment sections — but the argument is rarely about the amount. It is about who decided, and who ends up carrying it.
A Chinese woman posed as a Japanese war orphan, and relatives drew welfare for 10+ years, a report says.
Four LDP members walked out of a vote on a food tax cut, a report says.
Prime Minister Takaichi is expected to skip the COP31 leaders' meeting, a report says.
A journalist in France says the mass protests and the riots were separate things.
Prime Minister Takaichi's post about 'having older people work' drew a storm of criticism.
PM Takaichi's food tax-cut bill went into debate with no funding details.
Japan floats a payment of about ¥30,000 a year for 20 million lower-paid workers.
PM Takaichi says Japan is considering gift vouchers and a revived "GoToEat" for restaurants hit by a tax cut.
Tokyo's Bunkyo ward mailed payment reminders in envelopes covered with "open it!", emoticons and 15 drawn eyes, then apologised.
Japan's economy is set to slip to sixth in the world next year, behind India and the UK.
Japan's prime minister skipped a G7 leaders' video call, and opposition leaders lined up to complain.
Japan's prime minister kept the farm minister in post with the words "just work, and pay it back with your work".
An article asked whether the criticism was prejudice against a former pop idol.
Foreign-founded companies in Japan halved in six months.
A former pop star became a deputy minister, and the sports paper led with her jacket.
Denny Tamaki, who lost the Okinawa governor election, said smears on social media had been left unchecked, and the campaign is preparing a criminal complaint.
Okinawa has elected a new governor: Genta Koja, a newcomer, defeated the incumbent Denny Tamaki, who was seeking a third term.
Japan has stopped telling employers to keep overtime under 45 hours a month.
Japan's Ministry of Justice put up a poster reading 'Rehabilitation?
Japan bills its police cars for TV.
The story named no nationality.
"Where's the funding?" — 7,805 Japanese comments ask why that is their problem