The 25th edition of the weekly newsletter aggregating news on Japanese politics! This week focuses on the latest COVID-19 situation, Shionogi’s oral drug approval, Japan-U.S. meetings on Ukraine, the GOJ’s formal protest over a diplomat’s arrest in China, Japan and “enemy base strike capabilities”, the FY 2022 budget and the DPP, electoral strategy ahead of the summer election, the GOJ raising subsidy amounts for oil suppliers, the Emperor’s 62nd birthday address, the GOJ’s university fund, and more.
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The Weekly Observer: February 14-18
The 24th edition of the weekly newsletter aggregating news on Japanese politics! This week focuses on the GOJ’s decision to extend pre-emergency measures in 17 prefectures, the GOJ’s vaccine distribution plan, the decision to raise the daily cap on entry to Japan, the latest on Japan’s response to the situation in Ukraine, the Japan-U.S.-ROK trilateral foreign ministers’ meeting, the G7 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting over the weekend, Japan and “enemy base strike capabilities”, the FY 2022 budget vote, economic statistics, the yen’s weakening external purchasing power, rising oil prices, METI’s human rights guidelines, and more.
Rintaro Nishimura 