President Joe Biden is showcasing the Indo-Pacific partnership he nurtured since taking office.
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Japan wants its hardworking citizens to try 4-day workweek
The government has launched a ‘work style reform’ campaign that promotes shorter hours and other flexible arrangements along with overtime limits and paid annual leave.
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With suggestive poses and pets, election campaigning tests Tokyo’s patience
Tokyo elects a new governor this weekend, but residents say personal publicity stunts have overtaken serious campaigning to a degree never seen before.
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Japan issues new yen banknotes packed with 3D hologram technology to fight counterfeiting
People will still need older bills to use most vending machines and to pay bus fares.
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Emperor, empress of Japan arrive in U.K. ahead of a long-awaited state visit
The visit had been scheduled for 2020, but the pandemic put it on hold.
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Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ like China, Russia, at campaign event
President Biden’s remarks have not elicited a formal response from the countries he named. But experts said they were likely to have offended, particularly in Japan.
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Japanese Prime Minister addresses Congress amid skepticism about U.S. role abroad
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told lawmakers he detected ‘an undercurrecnt of self-doubt’ among Americans about the U.S. role in the world.
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Biden praises Japan’s growing clout on international stage as he welcomes leader
The official visit completes the administration’s feting of the leaders of the Quad, the informal partnership between the U.S., Japan, Australia and India that the White House has focused on elevating since Biden took office.
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Biden to meet Japanese leader over shared concerns about China and differences on U.S. Steel deal
The visit comes after Biden announced last month that he opposes the planned sale of Pittsburgh-based U.S. Steel to Nippon Steel of Japan.
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Japan’s answer to seasonal allergies: A subsidized tropical escape
Millions of employees fall sick each spring from hay fever.