The leader of junior coalition partner Komeito lambasted a former key aide to Prime Minister Fumiko Kishida for his homophobic comments regarding sexual minorities and same-sex marriage.
The government decided on Oct. 27 to abolish around 99 percent of analog regulations requiring a human touch at a meeting of a government panel as it seeks to move toward digital reforms.
TOKYO: Japan's Nikkei index shed most of its early gains to end flat on Friday after Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe was shot while campaigning for a parliamentary election.