Kihara Says Takaichi Drank No Alcohol Before Skipping G7 Call
The chief cabinet secretary said the summit's start time was set at the last minute, leaving no time to prepare equipment for the prime minister.
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Takaichi Faces Credibility Questions After Skipping G7 Leaders' Call
The prime minister told parliament she had no advance notice of the October 2 online meeting. Reports that the French side gave hours of warning, and that the line takes 15 minutes to set up, undercut that explanation.
Takaichi's G7 absence under scrutiny as officials say an hour's notice would have sufficed
The prime minister skipped an online meeting of G7 leaders in early October. Her government blames a last-minute schedule change; lawmakers from both sides are not convinced.
A stolen name, a decade of welfare fraud: how a Chinese woman lived as a Japanese orphan
Police arrested 12 people over a scheme that used a real repatriated orphan's identity to bring relatives to Japan and claim benefits for more than 10 years.
Nobody would tell Takaichi the G7 call started at 1am, officials say, as her explanations keep shifting
A month after the prime minister missed a G7 leaders' online meeting, a government source describes a chain of staff who avoided asking her — while her account of why has changed each time she has been questioned in the Diet.
Japan's China back channel narrows as Iwaya's proposal meets a rebuff in Beijing
A year after Sanae Takaichi said a Taiwan contingency could trigger collective self-defense, a former foreign minister carried a compromise to Beijing and was told the leaders must fix it.
Japan protests Russian decree placing JT unit under interim management
The Foreign Ministry summoned Russia's ambassador after Vladimir Putin signed an order putting the Russian business of a Japan Tobacco subsidiary under the control of a Russian company.
Akano asks Japanese lawmakers for support as US sanctions press the ICC
The ICC president told a cross-party delegation in The Hague that the court needs its member states more than ever, and asked Japan to pay next year's dues in full and early.
A year after Takaichi's Taiwan remark, Beijing settles in for a long contest
China keeps pressing Tokyo to retract the prime minister's answer on Taiwan, while telling Japanese business it remains a valued economic partner.
Japan and Vietnam to back nuclear and LNG power in draft joint statement
A draft to be issued at a leaders' meeting on the 9th commits Japan to helping Vietnam build nuclear plants and to early work on LNG-fired generation.
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