Kyodo News Digest: Sept. 9, 2026

TOKYO - The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News. Japan PM eyes Cabinet reshuffle on Sept. 17, extra Diet from Oct. 5: sources TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is considering reshuffling her Cabinet on Sept. 17, with an extraordinary parliamentary session likely to be convened on Oct. 5, government sources said Wednesday. Takaichi also plans to finalize a new executive lineup of her ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Sept. 16, the sources said. Japan opposition alliance formalizes split plan after merger talks fail TOKYO - Japan's main opposition party, the Centrist Reform Alliance, formalized its plan to split on Wednesday, with its members to leave based on their prior affiliations to its two founding parties, its head Junya Ogawa said, after full merger talks collapsed. Lawmakers from the Komeito party are set to return to it while those from the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan plan to form a new party, Ogawa told reporters in parliament. Japan plans to add aviation sector to new foreign worker program TOKYO - The Japanese government on Wednesday proposed adding the aviation sector to its new foreign-worker training and employment program set to start in April 2027, as the country seeks to secure labor in industries facing severe worker shortages. The planned expansion, presented to a panel of experts, would bring the number of industries covered by the program to 18, already including nursing care, agriculture and accommodation.

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Hokkaido, Japan

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10 Sep 2026

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English