Japan's small opposition party leader Yuichiro Tamaki said on Saturday that he would prepare for a snap general election before the current parliament session ends on June 21, Kyodo newsagency reported. "We want to accelerate preparations with the possibility that the premier may dissolve the lower house of parliament on…
Lawmakers from the ruling and opposition parties criticized Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s tardiness in dismissing his son, who was under fire for misusing his position as the prime minister’s secretary for private affairs.
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Prime Minister Fumio Kishida expressed hope for constitutional revision in a video message sent to a forum in Tokyo hosted by groups that support changes to the Japan’s supreme laws.
Japan School Hairstyle Row: A Japanese school has received flak after it separated a mixed-race teenager from his classmates for braiding his hair into cornrows at his graduation ceremony in February. The country has often come under fire over its strict school regulations