Category JAPAN

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s administration on Wednesday appointed 26 state ministers and 28 parliamentary vice ministers, none of whom are Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers involved in the ruling party’s slush fund scandal. The exclusion of such scandal-tainted lawmakers is apparently…

The education ministry plans to strengthen support in fiscal 2025 to help municipalities improve learning environments for truant students at elementary and junior high schools. Subsidies will be provided to cover some of the costs associated with assigning study assistants…