THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
April 16, 2020 at 15:09 JST
Notes held by Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga contain labels identifying Komeito head Natsuo Yamaguchi and 100,000 yen payments. (Takeshi Iwashita)
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe instructed the Finance Ministry to rewrite the proposed supplementary budget to include 100,000-yen ($926.67) payments to all individuals to help them cope with the coronavirus outbreak, sources said April 16. [Read More]
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A series based on diplomatic documents declassified by Japan’s Foreign Ministry
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A series about Japanese-Americans and their memories of World War II
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