Japan party leaders repeat favored campaign lines as vote nears

Japan’s FY 2024 defense budget expands to record 7.9 trillion yen https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2023/12/a60ef276552f-japans-fy-2024-defense-budget-expands-to-record-79-tril-yen.html

UN nuclear agency team watches Japanese lab workers prepare fish samples from damaged nuclear plant https://apnews.com/article/japan-iaea-fukushima-fish-radiation-test-035b8cacd9b6d4dc603896f7e8f0ff0d

Girl arrested in Shibuya knife attack says she wanted “death penalty” https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2022/08/07062b72539f-girl-arrested-over-knife-attack-in-shibuya-wanted-death-penalty.html