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The government unveiled a draft of basic economic fiscal policies at a meeting of an advisory council yesterday.  The draft includes the pushback of the target year to balance the budget from fiscal 2020 to 2025, relaxation of visas to allow foreign ...

The House of Representatives today passed a bill to ratify the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact without the US, so called TPP11 or CP TPP (the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership).  Since a ratification bill is a...

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gave his policy speech today as the ordinary Diet session was convened.  He reiterated his further commitment to work-style-reform and expressed his interest in proceeding debates on the constitutional reform and North Korea...

The Japan-EU EPA negotiation is finalized on 8 December.  The parties reached to an broad agreement in July and confirmed the conclusion, excluding the investor protection issue. They aim to sign the deal by next summer and put it into effect by spri...

Prime Minister Abe delivered his first policy speech for the Special Diet Session today.  He pledged to accelerate discussions on the government's initiatives such as the security issues including the North Korea crisis, policy on "people development...

ベトナムで開催されていた環太平洋連携協定（TPP）署名11カ国の閣僚会合で、米国を除く新協定「TPP11」発効に向けた大筋合意が発表されました。今年1月に米国が離脱をして以来、交渉が難航していましたが、オリジナルの項目の一部ルールを凍結することで、合意へと動いたようです。詳細は、毎日新聞の記事をごらんください。