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The 74th edition of the weekly newsletter aggregating news on Japanese politics. This week focuses on the G7 Hiroshima Summit, Japan’s support for Ukraine, the Quad leaders’ meeting, additional sanctions against Russia, the Space Policy and Defense White Paper drafts, the Honebuto document outline, the defense spending bill, the GOJ’s plan to raise insurance premiums to finance child-rearing policies, Komeito’s decision to end electoral cooperation with the LDP in Tokyo, BOJ Governor emphasizing no changes to monetary policy, Japan-U.S. agreement on semiconductor cooperation roadmap, the Monthly Economic Report, and more.

The 73rd edition of the weekly newsletter aggregating news on Japanese politics. This week focuses on the last G7 meetings ahead of the Summit, Japan’s increased support for Ukraine, the EU Indo-Pacific Ministerial Forum, the first use of the Japan-PRC defense hotline, the LGBT legislation, the defense spending bill, the prime minister’s directives on economic policy, semiconductor investments in Japan, the record-high Nikkei 225 index, the latest CPI and trade balance statistics, and more.

The 72nd edition of the weekly newsletter aggregating news on Japanese politics. This week focuses on the Kishida-Yoon Summit, the Japan-France “2+2,” Japan-Poland interactions, designations of land critical to national security, the defense spending funding bill, the LGBT legislation, legislative developments in the Diet, the BOJ opinions at the monetary policy meeting last month, impending utility fee hikes, April’s current account balance, and more.

The 71st edition of the weekly newsletter aggregating news on Japanese politics. This week focuses on the G7 meetings, the JSDF evacuation of Japanese nationals in Sudan, preparations for a North Korean spy satellite launch, the PM and foreign minister’s trips during the Golden Week holiday, the JSDF-JCG contingency guidelines, the national by-elections, the second half of the unified local elections, concerning population projections, the revised Immigration Control Act, expected reforms to the TITP, the first monetary policy meeting under new BOJ Governor Ueda, METI’s decision to redesignate South Korea as a preferential trading partner, the GOJ’s Monthly Economic Report, and more.

The 70th edition of the weekly newsletter aggregating news on Japanese politics. This week focuses on the G7 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, the G7 Climate, Energy and Environment Ministers’ Meeting, the JSDF helicopter incident, May’s IPEF negotiations, JSDF dispatch to Sudan, the smoke bomb incident at the prime minister’s stump speech event, the second half of the unified local elections, Japan’s new command center for new infectious diseases, the GOJ’s draft action plan to attract inward FDI, the record-high trade deficit, and more.

The 69th edition of the weekly newsletter aggregating news on Japanese politics. This week focuses on the Diplomatic Bluebook 2023, the missing JSDF helicopter, North Korea’s alleged first-ever test of a solid fuel ICBM, the PM and foreign ministers’ trips abroad during the Golden Week holiday, the 13th Japan-U.S.-ROK Defense Trilateral Talks, the upcoming House of Representatives by-elections, the unified local elections, new COVID-19 measures starting May 8, new BOJ Governor Ueda Kazuo’s first press conference, the Japan-ROK Export Control Policy Dialogue, the GOJ’s first development strategy for nuclear fusion, the Economy Watchers Survey, and more.

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.