Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Saturday vowed to realize wage hikes that keep up with the soaring cost of living, at his first May Day event since taking office last autumn. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/04/26/ishiba-wages/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #unions #jobs #wages #shigeruishiba #rengo #inflation
Many members of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's Cabinet will be out of the country during the Golden Week holiday period. Some in the opposition camp are questioning the need for the trips amid economic turmoil. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/26/japan/politics/ishiba-cabinet-golden-week/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #shigeruishiba #cabinet #goldenweek
https://www.europesays.com/uk/51469/ ‘Employment ice age generation’ returns to spotlight ahead of Upper House election #Business #dpp #EmploymentIceAgeGeneration #jobs #ldp #LostGeneration #ShigeruIshiba #UK #UnitedKingdom #YuichiroTamaki
The Japanese government has set up a panel to discuss measures to support the “employment ice age generation” — a move seen by some as an attempt to respond to the opposition and appeal to voters ahead of an election. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/25/japan/politics/employment-ice-age-measures/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #jobs #employmenticeagegeneration #lostgeneration #ldp #shigeruishiba #dpp #yuichirotamaki
Leaders of France, Italy, Israel, Japan, Egypt, Jordan speak to PM; Condemn terror attack https://www.byteseu.com/953160/ #AbdelFattahElSisi #BenjaminNetanyahu #Egypt #EmmanuelMacron #GiorgiaMeloni #KingAbdullahII #ShigeruIshiba
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s decision to tentatively lower gasoline prices by ¥10 per liter drew ire from opposition parties calling for axing the provisional gasoline tax. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/23/japan/politics/ishiba-gasoline-prices/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #shigeruishiba #inflation #oil #energy #electricity #dpp #cdp #komeito
https://www.alojapan.com/1255106/japanese-lawmaker-compares-trump-to-delinquent-kid-over-tariffs/ Japanese lawmaker compares Trump to ‘delinquent kid’ over tariffs #ConstitutionalDemocraticParty #DonaldTrump #Japan #JapanNews #Japanese #JapaneseNews #JapanesePrimeMinister #news #OppositionLawmaker #ScottBessent #ShigeruIshiba #ShinjiOguma #tariffs [Source] A Japanese opposition lawmaker has reportedly compared President Donald Trump to a “delinquent kid extorting somebody” amid tense trade negotiations between the U.S. and Jap…
Japan wants to separate negotiations on tough U.S. tariffs from security-related discussions. That may be tough. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/23/japan/politics/japan-us-trade-security-talks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #usjapanrelations #us #trade #defense #tariffs #shigeruishiba #donaldtrump #usbases #usmilitary #budgets
Ishiba pens letter to Xi as Japan aims to avoid trade crossfire https://www.byteseu.com/947193/ #China #ChinaJapanRelations #Japan #Komeito #ShigeruIshiba #tariffs #TetsuoSaito #trade #U.S. #XiJinping
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba plans to launch a new program next month to lower gasoline prices by ¥10 per liter. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/22/japan/ishiba-gas-price-cut-plan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #shigeruishiba #gas
Amid a growing scourge of online fraud, Japan is looking to allow the police to set up bank accounts under false names to track the movement of funds obtained by fraudsters and apprehend them. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/22/japan/crime-legal/japan-police-investigation-fake-bank-accounts/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #banks #fraud #socialmedia #shigeruishiba
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang urged the ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Tuesday to build out domestic artificial intelligence infrastructure that could fuel a robotics revolution. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/04/22/tech/nvidia-ldp/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #nvidia #jensenhuang #shigeruishiba #ai #datacenters #tech #energy #chipmakers #ldp #takuyahirai #tarokono
https://www.alojapan.com/1254163/u-s-ambassador-george-glass-meets-with-japanese-pm-shigeru-ishiba/ U.S. ambassador George Glass meets with Japanese PM Shigeru Ishiba #Japan #JapanNews #Japanese #JapaneseNews #news #NorthKorea #politics #ShigeruIshiba #TopStories #u.s. George Glass, at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on his nomination for Japanese Ambassador at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. in March. Glass was sworn in to the role in April. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo April 22 (UPI) — The new U.S. Ambas…
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba held his first meeting with new U.S. Ambassador to Japan George Glass, who arrived in Tokyo last week. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/22/japan/politics/ishiba-glass-meet/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #shigeruishiba #us #georgeglass #usjapanrelations
A high-level Japanese delegation will deliver a letter from Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba to Chinese leader Xi Jinping this week, as Tokyo strives to avoid getting caught in the trade crossfire between China and the U.S. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/22/japan/politics/ishiba-letter-china-trade/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #xijinping #china #chinajapanrelations #shigeruishiba #tetsuosaito #komeito #trade #tariffs #us
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang lobbies Japan to generate more power to fuel AI development https://www.byteseu.com/944995/ #AI #AIModels #alaska #Beijing #DataCentres #DeepSeek #DonaldTrump #Fukushima #H20AIChips #IndustrialManufacturing #InternationalEnergyAgency #Japan #JensenHuang #LiquefiedNaturalGasProject #Nvidia #Robotics #ShigeruIshiba #US #USHouseCommittee #washington
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and his Dutch counterpart, Dick Schoof, agreed Monday to strengthen cooperation between their countries amid challenges such as Russia's invasion of Ukraine and China's maritime ambitions. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/22/japan/politics/dutch-cooperation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #shigeruishiba #ukraine #china #russia #sdf #defense #netherlands
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang met with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Monday to push for more electricity generation to meet artificial intelligence’s needs. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/04/21/nvidia-ceo-japan-power-ai/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #nvidia #jensenhuang #shigeruishiba #artificialintelligence
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba insists that defense-related discussions be separate and distinct from tariff negotiations with Washington, saying mixing the two risks distorting the essence of each issue. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/04/21/economy/akazawa-ishiba-tariffs/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #usjapanrelations #tariffs #trade #donaldtrump #japaneseeconomy #ryoseiakazawa #us #shigeruishiba #defense
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba gave a ritual tree offering to Yasukuni Shrine at the start of the war-related Tokyo shrine's spring festival on Monday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/21/japan/ishiba-yasukuni-shrine-ritual-offering/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #shigeruishiba #yasukunishrine #wwii
