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Japan took over the G7 Presidency on 1 January and in the environmental track is keen to showcase its "GX plans" - plans for an economy- and society-wide "Green Transformation". GR Japan has produced the attached summary of these plans from recent ma...

New Kishida Cabinet A new phase for the LDP? Fumio Kishida was officially anointed as Japan’s 100th prime minister on 4 October 2021, following his appointment as leader for the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on 29 September. Announcing his new...

On 29 September, Fumio Kishida, former Foreign Minister, Defence Minister and Chair of the Liberal Democratic Party Policy Research Council, won the LDP presidential election, setting him up to become Japan’s 100th prime minister on 4 October.  No...

Overview On April 16, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga became the first foreign leader to meet with President Biden in the White House.  The Government of Japan was determined to be the first, because of the message it sends at home and abro...

After long resisting calls for stronger measures to control the increasing number of new Covid-19 infections, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga instructed the government this week to prepare for a new state of emergency, which was officially announced on...

Japan’s government lifted the nationwide state of emergency on 25 May but some restrictions remain.  The government is now working to lift border restrictions in phases with business travellers allowed in first, and resumption of tourism later in the...