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The 68th edition of the weekly newsletter aggregating news on Japanese politics. This week focuses on the foreign minister’s trip to China, the first G7 Trade Ministers’ Meeting hosted by Japan, the new “official security assistance” framework, the Japan-U.S.-ROK trilateral at the director level, the debate over counterstrike capabilities, the new Children and Families Agency, the GOJ’s plan for domestic investment, the BOJ’s March TANKAN, METI’s guidelines for corporate human rights due diligence, Kuroda’s last press conference as BOJ governor, wage and consumption statistics, and more.

The 67th edition of the weekly newsletter aggregating news on Japanese politics. This week focuses on the Japan-U.S. Critical Minerals Agreement, the Summit for Democracy, Foreign Minister Hayashi’s trip to China, the defense hotline with China, the FY 2023 budget, the draft policies for addressing the declining birth rate, the unified local elections, the prime minister’s directives for tourism, infrastructure, and new capitalism policies, new semiconductor equipment export restrictions, the U.K.’s accession to the TPP-11, the IMF’s report on Japan, and more.

The 66th edition of the weekly newsletter aggregating news on Japanese politics. This week focuses on the Kishida-Zelenskyy summit meeting, the Kishida-Modi summit meeting, Kishida’s new FOIP plan, North Korea’s missile launches, South Korea withdrawing its WTO complaint, the appointment of a new JSDF Chief of Staff, the GOJ’s inflation-relief package, the unified local elections, the GOJ’s policies addressing the declining birth rate, the Immigration Services Agency’s guidance on who could be categorized as a “refugee,” Toshiba’s buyout deal, the BOJ’s dollar lending program, the Monthly Economic Report, and more.

The 65th edition of the weekly newsletter aggregating news on Japanese politics. This week focuses on the Kishida-Yoon summit, the Japan-Germany IGC, the Japan-U.K.-Italy defense ministers’ meeting, the PM’s plans to unveil a new Indo-Pacific plan in India, the latest North Korean missile launch, the twelfth anniversary of 3.11, the PM’s vision for addressing the declining birth rate, the ruling coalition’s recommendations for addressing the rising costs of living, the government-labor-management meeting, the MOF-FSA-BOJ extraordinary meeting in light of global financial developments, preliminary wage hike stats, and more.

The 64th edition of the weekly newsletter aggregating news on Japanese politics. This week focuses on the South Korean government’s plan to resolve the wartime labor issue, the G7+ foreign ministers’ meeting on supporting Ukraine’s energy sector, the Japan-U.K.-Italy trilateral defense ministers’ meeting next week, the internal documents scandal involving Takaichi Sanae, the government-management-labor meeting next week, the confirmation of the next BOJ governor and vice governors, Governor Kuroda’s last monetary policy meeting, a record-high real wage decrease, and more.

The 63rd edition of the weekly newsletter aggregating news on Japanese politics. This week focuses on the G7 Leaders’ video conference on Ukraine, Foreign Minister Hayashi’s speech at the emergency UN session, North Korea’s missile launches, Japan-PRC diplomatic and security talks, the G7 finance ministers and central bank governors’ meeting, UN Security Council meetings on Ukraine and North Korea, Japan-U.S.-ROK and Japan-U.S. exercises in response to North Korea’s missile launches, the April by-elections, the LDP-Komeito-DPFP working level talks, the BOJ Governor nominee’s nomination hearing, the January CPI, and more.