Gov’t decision to suspend ‘Go To’ travel campaign in 2 weeks’ time is too late: JCP Koike

The Suga government finally decided to suspend its travel subsidy program, the “Go To” travel campaign, nationwide. The government, however, will put off the implementation of this measure for two weeks.

On 5th anniv. of Paris accord, Japan should shift to full-scale expansion of use of renewables

The Paris Agreement was adopted 5 years ago at the COP21 conference. Each government’s efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, however, fall short of meeting the targets set under the Agreement, aggravating the ongoing climate crisis.

Ex-Agriculture Minister under suspicion of receiving cash-for-favor from poultry farmer

Yoshikawa Takamori during his tenure as Agriculture Minister allegedly received a total of 5 million yen in cash at his office from an influential figure in Japan's poultry industry and worked in favor of the industry.

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