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Kim Jong Un wants North Koreans to have more fun | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
20+ hour, 26+ min ago (68+ words) September 11, 2026 at 12:10 JST SEOUL/BEIJING—Coffee bars. Waterparks. Retail therapy. North Korea — a country few would associate with leisure or pleasure — is experiencing an unlikely outbreak of fun. [Read More] INTERVIEW/ Roland 808 developer: Success of the drum machine possible due…...
Japan seeks smooth return to 8% food tax with advance benefits | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
4+ day, 21+ hour ago (590+ words) September 9, 2026 at 14:50 JST Itsunori Onodera speaks at a meeting of the Liberal Democratic Party’s Research Commission on the Tax System on Sept. 8. (Kohei Higashitani) The government plans to provide cash handouts to lower-income workers and others under a new benefit…...
EDITORIAL: Government must not lose sight of original mission of ODA | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
6+ day, 21+ hour ago (685+ words) September 7, 2026 at 15:12 JST A Japanese official hands over ships to the Fiji coast guard provided under the Official Security Assistance framework. (Provided by Foreign Ministry) The government has clearly laid out its stance of strategically utilizing official development assistance to…...
Japan budget requests swell to pandemic-era scale under Takaichi | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
1+ week, 5+ hour ago (615+ words) September 7, 2026 at 07:15 JST Japan's budget requests for the next fiscal year have ballooned to a size similar to during the pandemic era, as Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's expansionary fiscal agenda pushes government borrowing costs to three-decade highs. Budget requests from…...
Poll: 55% support food tax cut; 77% want funding source stated | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
1+ week, 6+ day ago (863+ words) August 31, 2026 at 14:52 JST A majority of voters back the government’s planned consumption tax cut on food items, while an even larger majority want it to clearly explain how the measure would be funded, the latest survey showed. Fifty-five percent of…...
VOX POPULI: Ever-shifting goalposts on Iran drain morale on U.S. ‘sea fortress’ | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
3+ week, 5+ day ago (441+ words) August 18, 2026 at 12:54 JST The USS Enterprise, the world’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, was launched in 1960. A U.S. Navy official boasted at the time that the vessel was capable of circumnavigating the globe 20 times without needing to refuel. The United States currently…...