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The 62nd edition of the weekly newsletter aggregating news on Japanese politics. This week is just the shorter version covering the Japan-U.S.-ROK trilateral vice ministers meeting and BOJ governor/deputy governor nominations.

The 61st edition of the weekly newsletter aggregating news on Japanese politics. This week focuses on the Japan-Philippines Summit, the Northern Territories rally, the Japan-Vietnam summit, the bill to strengthen the production base of the defense industry, discussions over the bill promoting understanding of LGBT persons, LDP-Komeito-DPFP policy consultations, the resumption of the three-way GOJ, RENGO, and Keidanren talks, the BOJ governor nomination, the Basic Guidelines for Realizing GX, the Economy Watchers Survey, and more.

The 60th edition of the weekly newsletter aggregating news on Japanese politics. This week focuses on the Kishida-Stoltenberg meeting, Japan-ROK dialogue to improve relations, Japan-PRC foreign ministers’ meeting, the defense spending finance bill, the Diet debate over policies addressing the declining birth rate, the executive secretary to the prime minister’s homophobic statement, experts’ recommendations for the GOJ and BOJ, GX and nuclear power related policies, the Consumer Confidence Survey, and more.

The 59th edition of the weekly newsletter aggregating news on Japanese politics. This week focuses on G7 support for Ukraine’s energy sector, new sanctions on Russia, the LDP Special Mission Committee’s second meeting on alternative sources for defense spending, the Prime Minister’s speech to the Diet, the other policy speeches to the Diet, the key legislation to be submitted to the Diet, the GOJ’s decision to lower COVID-19 threat level in May, the BOJ’s summary of the January monetary policy meeting, Shuntō wage negotiations, Japan’s reported decision to join the U.S. in imposing stricter semiconductor export controls on China, the Monthly Economic Report, and more.

The 58th edition of the weekly newsletter aggregating news on Japanese politics. This week focuses on the LDP Special Committee’s discussion of alternative funding sources for the increased defense budget, the Japan-ROK director-level meeting, defense and security-related legislation to be submitted to the Diet convening next week, the PM’s policy speech to the Diet, developments ahead of the ordinary Diet session, the GOJ’s decision to lower COVID-19’s threat level in the spring, the inaugural GOJ meeting on “unprecedent policies addressing the declining birth rate,” the BOJ’s Monetary Policy Meeting outcomes, public pensions, BOJ Governor Kuroda’s successor, CPI and trade statistics, and more.

The 57th edition of the weekly newsletter aggregating news on Japanese politics. This week focuses on the Japan-U.S. meetings, the prime minister’s visits to G7 nations, the Japan-U.K. RAA signing, the Japan-ROK foreign ministers telephone talk, alliance posture changes, Abe’s killer charged with murder, the LDP considering revising the GOJ bond repayment timeframe, the upcoming ordinary session of the Diet, Japan-U.S. economic cooperation developments, long-term interest rates and the BOJ’s record-high fixed rate bond-buying operation, the Economy Watchers Survey and trade statistics, and more.

The 56th edition of the weekly newsletter aggregating news on Japanese politics. This week focuses on the Nishimura-Raimondo meeting, the upcoming Japan-U.S. “2+2”, Kishida’s telephone call with President Zelenskyy, the reported Japan-U.K. RAA, Kishida’s New Year’s speeches, the upcoming ordinary session of the Diet, the child policy council, the act banning malicious solicitation of donations, the newly established Japan-U.S. Task Force on human rights violations in supply chains, the yield on new ten-year bonds reaching 0.5 percent, the real wage falling 3.8 percent, and more.

The 55th edition of the weekly newsletter aggregating news on Japanese politics. This week focuses on the scheduled Kishida-Biden summit in January, the MSDF state secrets leak case, Kishida’s travel plans in January, the missile unit deployment in Yonaguni, another Cabinet minister replacement, the GOJ’s decision to test travelers from China, the GOJ’s food security guidelines, the tax hike and next HoR election, the BOJ’s monetary policy meeting minutes from December, Japan’s LNG contract with Oman, the BOJ’s long-term bond purchasing operation, the jobs-to-applicants ratio and unemployment statistics, and more.

The 54th edition of the weekly newsletter aggregating news on Japanese politics. This week focuses on the G7 foreign ministers’ meeting, the IPEF ministerial, the prime minister’s plan to visit the United States, the GOJ’s designation of eleven critical commodities, the FY 2023 budget draft, the Digital Garden City Nation Initiative, the LDP lawmaker’s resignation over campaign finance law violations, rumors of a Cabinet reshuffle early next year, the BOJ’s monetary policy shift, the GOJ’s GX Action Plan, the BOJ’s holding of bonds reaching a record high, the GOJ’s Monthly Economic Report, and more.

The 53rd edition of the weekly newsletter aggregating news on Japanese politics. This week is just the shorter version covering the unveiling of the three security documents.