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The 42nd edition of the weekly newsletter aggregating news on Japanese politics. This week focuses on the Japan-India “2+2”, G7 virtual meeting on Ukraine, Japan and the U.K.’s plan to jointly develop the next-gen fighter jet, updates on IPEF ministerial, MOFA’s ODA strategy, the first senior level defense talks between Japan and the ROK, further measures to relax COVID-19 restrictions, additional measures to combat inflation, the LDP report identifying 179 lawmakers’ ties to the Unification Church, the PM’s justification for holding former PM Abe’s state funeral, the proposed schedule for an extraordinary Diet session, GOJ-BOJ concerns over the historically weakening yen, another postponement of the Rokkasho reprocessing plant’s completion, key economic indicators, and more.

The 41st edition of the weekly newsletter aggregating news on Japanese politics. This week focuses on the naming of G7 host cities, TICAD 8, the UN NPT Conference, Japan-U.S. officials’ meetings, Japan-U.S.-ROK trilateral advisors meeting, the defense budget for FY 2023, new COVID-19 measures, the rollout of Omicron-targeting vaccines, the FY 2023 budget, the LDP’s efforts to defuse the Unification Church issue, opposition demands for a Diet session, the schedule for nationwide local elections, the FSA’s proposal to make financial literacy a national strategy, the G7 agreement to impose a cap on Russian oil imports, a very weak yen, and more.

The 40th edition of the weekly newsletter aggregating news on Japanese politics. This week focuses on the defense budget request, the upcoming IPEF meeting, the upcoming TICAD 8, Fujitsu’s quantum computer, defense upgrades in line with the budget request, Japan’s loosened border measures, new domestic COVID-19 measures, FY 2023 budget drafts, police chief’s decision to resign over the Abe assassination, the Okinawa governor’s race, the LDP’s decision to compile a report on lawmaker relationships with the Unification Church, the GOJ’s consideration of reversing its nuclear policy, energy-related developments, the Monthly Economic Report and CPI stats, and more.

The 39th edition of the weekly newsletter aggregating news on Japanese politics. This week focuses on the top Japanese and Chinese diplomats meeting, JSDF exercises, defense minister’s first calls with U.S. officials, defense updates including on the next-gen fighter jets, the National Ceremony for the War Dead, opposition demands to convene an extraordinary Diet session, the Japan Innovation Party’s leadership election, Abe’s state funeral, the GOJ’s latest COVID-19 policies, the PM’s plans to tackle inflation, METI’s FY 2023 budget request, the latest on Sakhalin-2, the CPI, trade balance, GDP recovery, and more.

The 38th edition of the weekly newsletter aggregating news on Japanese politics. This week focuses on the latest news about former Prime Minister Abe’s assassination, the G20 finance ministers and central bank governors meeting, the South Korean foreign minister’s visit to Japan, the 2022 Defense White Paper, Russian and Chinese military activities around Japan, former PM Abe’s state funeral, the shortened quarantine period for “close contact” individuals, record COVID-19 numbers, the NRA’s decision to approve the water release plan at Fukushima Daiichi, the BOJ’s decision to maintain loose monetary policy, the GOJ’s economic security policy, the GOJ’s plan to avoid a winter power shortage, Japan’s tough economic situation, and more.

The 37th edition of the weekly newsletter aggregating news on Japanese politics. This week focuses on the aftermath of the 2022 Upper House election, former Prime Minister Abe’s assassination, Japan-U.S. finance ministers meeting, the Japan-U.S. joint exercise, PM’s vision for the near future, Abe’s legacy, the Abe faction’s regrouping, the COVID-19 “seventh wave,” TEPCO court ruling, Japan’s “embarrassing” gender gap ranking, the GOJ’s potential request to conserve gas, the Quad energy ministers meeting, economic statistics amid inflation and a historically weak yen, and more.

The 36th edition of the weekly newsletter aggregating news on Japanese politics. This week focuses on former Prime Minister Abe’s assassination, latest news on the Upper House election, the G20 foreign ministers meeting, Kishida and Kishi’s calls with Biden and Austin the Japan-U.S.-South Korea trilateral foreign ministers meeting, Ukraine-related developments, Russian and Chinese naval activities around Japan, the rise in COVID-19 cases, the KDDI network outage, the record-high tax income, economic stats from this week, and more.