Editorial: Japan needs to document and disclose all politician-bureaucrat contacts
A lack of transparency in relations between politicians and bureaucrats can lead to policy distortions.This is the concern raised by former Japan agri
A lack of transparency in relations between politicians and bureaucrats can lead to policy distortions.This is the concern raised by former Japan agri
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The government must make a "careful judgment" on declaring an end to deflation, economic and fiscal policy minister Minoru Kiuchi sai
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's communications ministry on Friday unveiled draft guidelines outlining measures for 13 major social media operators to help re
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese telecom operator SoftBank Corp. said Friday it has temporarily suspended emergency alerts for earthquakes, tsunamis and othe
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