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LDP Upper House Chief Denies Takaichi's Interference in Personnel Matters

Tokyo, Sept. 16 (Jiji Press)--Masaji Matsuyama, leader of lawmakers in Japan's Senate from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, on Wednesday denied views that Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has interfered in personnel decisions for party members in the upper chamber of parliament. "I made the decision comprehensively" without any consideration to the prime minister's intention, Matsuyama tol...

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Foreign Visitors to Japan Decrease 9.6 Pct in Aug.

Tokyo, Sept. 16 (Jiji Press)--The estimated number of foreign visitors to Japan in August fell 9.6 pct from a year earlier to 3,098,900, down for the first time in two months, the Japan National Tourism Organization said Wednesday.

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