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POLITICS
- Japan Govt to Formally Decide Fri. to Lower COVID-19 Classification under Law
- Turkey Hardens Stance on Sweden, Finland Joining NATO amid Radical Protests
- PM Kishida's 1st Son Used State Car for Sightseeing in London, Paris: Magazine
- Having Counterattack Capability Not Running against Defense-Only Policy: Kishida
- US to Provide Ukraine with 31 "Abrams" Powerful Battle Tanks
- Russian Envoy Slams Germany's Tank Delivery to Ukraine as Extremely Dangerous
- Historic Center of Odesa in Ukraine Inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List
- Japan's Ex-PM Yoshiro Mori Says Russia's Defeat in War in Ukraine "Unthinkable"
- Meta Says It Will Restore Donald Trump's Facebook, Instagram Accounts
- Kishida Vows Not to Touch Consumption Tax for Time Being, despite Spending Hike
- CDP Leader Urges Kishida to Call General Election over Defense Tax Hike Plan
- IAEA Denies Russia's Claim of West-Supplied Weapons at Nuclear Plants in Ukraine
- Classified Documents Also Found at Ex-US Vice Pres. Pence's Home: CNN Report
- CDP Demands Hosoda Explain Ex-PM Abe's "Deep Ties" with Unification Church
- Germany Decides to Provide Ukraine with Army's Mainstay Leopard 2 Tanks: Media
- Japan to Establish Green Transformation Law to Realize Carbon-Free Society
- G-7 Foreign Ministers Confirm Commitment on Winter Aid for Ukraine
- Chris Hipkins Succeeds Jacinda Ardern as New Zealand's Prime Minister
- Japan Govt Planning to Establish Infectious Disease Crisis Management Agency
- Japanese Wanting Govt to Focus on Tackling Inflation Double to 64.4% in Poll
- LDP Heavyweight Hosoda Denies Allocating Unification Church Votes in Elections
- Brazilian, Argentine Presidents Agree to Aim for Creation of Common Currency
- EU Foreign Ministers Agree on 500 M. Euros in Additional Military Aid to Ukraine
- LDP Proposes Motion for Disciplinary Action against NHK Party Lawmaker GaaSyy
- Japan-Russia Peace Treaty Talks Impossible: Putin Spokesman
- US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy Planning to Visit Taiwan: Reports
- Japan, EU to Hold Vice-Ministerial Talks over Hotline Establishment
- Japan Issues Administrative Instruction to Unification Church over Adoptions
- NATO Secretary-General Stoltenberg to Visit Japan from Jan. 30 to Meet Kishida
- Govt Policy Speeches to Diet Delivered with No Face Masks for 1st Time in 3 Yrs
- Japan Crude Steel Output Falls in 2022 amid Slow Recovery of Auto Production
- Kishida Calls Defense Tax Hikes "Our Responsibility to Future Generations"
- Germany Faces Growing Pressure for Provision of Leopard Tanks to Ukraine
- Melbourne Forecast to Replace Sydney as Australia's Biggest City in 2030s
- Russia Refuses Talks on Japan Boats' Safe Fishing around Disputed Isles
- Hipkins Picked as New Zealand's Next Prime Minister
- Japan Parliament Called into 2023 Ordinary Session
- Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki Planning to Visit US in March at Earliest
- Japan to Equip New Aegis Destroyers with CEC System to Strengthen Air Defense
- Japan Defense Ministry Developing Mobile Bridges for Island Troop Deployment
- Japan Govt to Nominate Successor to Outgoing BOJ Governor Kuroda in Feb.