Many Japanese child-rearing households are welcoming moves by both the ruling and opposition parties ahead of the Feb. 8 ...

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TOKYO, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Japan's opposition Democratic Party for the People will propose issuing five trillion yen ($32 billion) in "education bonds" annually to double the spending on child care, ...

TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi announced her intention Jan. 19 to dissolve the House of Representatives at ...

Members of the rescue team perform ladder stunts during the annual New Year’s Fire Brigade Review Tuesday, in Tokyo.

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Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's decision to call a snap general election on February 8 to seek voter backing for her ...

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A Japanese court sentenced a man who admitted assassinating former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to life imprisonment, ...

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