South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has warned that if North Korea uses nuclear weapons, its regime will be brought to an end by an overwhelming response from the South Korea-US alliance.
[NEWSIS] According to a poll on China's international security conducted by the Center for Strategic and Security Studies at Tsinghua University in China, 17.4% of respondents answered "very antipathetic" and 21.0% "somewhat antipathetic" to a question asking Chinese people about their impression of Korea. This means that 38% of respondents have negative feelings toward China.
On May 10, immediately after Prime Minister Fumio Kishida returned from the Japan-Korea summit meeting, a member of the Kishida faction of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) said, "There is no doubt in the Kantei that this visit to Korea will boost his approval rating.
The governor of the western Japanese prefecture of Shimane has urged the central government to stand firm in diplomatic negotiations with South Korea to resolve the issue of the Takeshima Islands.
An opinion poll by NHK shows that the approval rate for Prime Minister Kishida Fumio's Cabinet has risen to 36 percent, up 3 points from last month. The disapproval rate has dropped 2 points to 44 percent.
Japan's Lower House has passed a second supplementary budget for the current fiscal year to tackle soaring prices. The bill was sent to the Upper House.
Japan's education and culture minister, Nagaoka Keiko, says she will exercise the government's legal authority on Tuesday to question the religious group formerly known as the Unification Church.
Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio has dismissed another Cabinet minister. Internal affairs minister Terada Minoru has been under fire over a series of allegations of inaccurate political funding reports. Kishida has now lost three ministers in just one month.
Japan's Prime Minister Kishida Fumio has decided to dismiss Justice Minister Hanashi Yasuhiro, who has been under fire for controversial remarks. Kishida conveyed his decision to senior officials of the Liberal Democratic Party.
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