Japan submits record defense budget for fiscal 2027 - September 5, 2026

In today’s episode:

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Japan submits record defense budget for fiscal 2027;

Young Japanese lawmakers to visit China in bid to restore stalled diplomatic ties;

Japan PM condemns Russian statue depicting destruction of imperial symbol;

Akiyama Toyohiro, first Japanese person in space, dies at 84;

Japan customs blocks record number of imports over intellectual property violations;

Tokyo restaurant suspended after 78 people contract salmonella;

Japanese scientist wins Ig Nobel prize posthumously for nose-blowing study;

Minister Kimi Onoda faces allegations of illegally operating second campaign office