THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
January 6, 2023 at 18:35 JST
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, right, exchanges greetings with Kenta Izumi, leader of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, at a New Year's gathering of Rengo (Japanese Trade Union Confederation) in Tokyo’s Arakawa Ward on Jan. 5. (Tamiyuki Kihara)
For the second year in a row, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida attended a New Year’s gathering of Japan’s largest labor organization, backing its efforts for employees’ pay hikes. [Read More]
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