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Sakamoto 'Frustrated' At Missing Olympic Skating Gold

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Japanese superstar Kaori Sakamoto said her feeling was one of "frustration" after missing out on Olympic gold in her final figure skating competition on Thursday.
 
"I was aiming for the gold medal. The frustration of not being able to win it is really hitting me right now," said Sa...

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Japan Is Getting Its First Cram School For High Schoolers Where All Of The Teachers Are Actual Vtubers

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AUTOMATON MEDIA
 
Japanese company Luminaris announces the opening of their virtual cram school where all instructors are real-life VTubers.
Japanese company Luminaris, which operates a cram school in Tokyo, recently announced the opening of Virtual Cram School Wish High, their brand-new online s...

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Japan Coast Guard Trains Southeast Asian Counterparts

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NHK
 
Japan Coast Guard personnel have put on a training session for officials from a group of Southeast Asian countries. The aim was to enhance their capabilities in tracking and monitoring suspicious vessels.
The session in the Java Sea involved a Coast Guard aircraft that was dispatched to the...

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Chinese Visitors To Japan Slump As Spat Rumbles On

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UCA NEWS
 
Mainland Chinese visitors to Japan tumbled 60.7 percent in January year-on-year, figures showed Feb 18, in the continued fallout from the countries' diplomatic spat.
"Last year, the lunar new year began in late January, but this year it fell in mid-February," the Japan National Tourism...

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Japan to Host Ministerial Meeting on AI Use in March

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NIPPON
 
Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Thursday that the country will host a ministerial meeting on the utilization of artificial intelligence in March.
She made the announcement in a video message sent to the ongoing AI Impact Summit in India.
The ministerial conference, to be held ...

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Japan Lower House Names Takaichi as Prime Minister

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NIPPON
 
Japan's House of Representatives, the all-important lower chamber of the Diet, the country's parliament, on Wednesday named Liberal Democratic Party President Sanae Takaichi as prime minister.
The decision was made through a vote at a plenary meeting during a special Diet session that wa...

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Japan Set To Prohibit Use Of Power Banks On Flights

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Japan is considering a ban on the use of power banks on flights following incidents in which batteries have emitted smoke or caught fire in aircraft.
An NHK report Wednesday said the transportation ministry has notified domestic airlines that the rule will go into effect in April.
T...

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Japan Tourist Arrivals In January Mark First Year-On-Year Fall In Four Years

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CNA
 
Visitors to Japan fell 4.9 per cent in January from the previous year to mark the first decline in four years, government data showed on Wednesday (Feb 18), as Chinese tourists stayed away amid simmering tensions between the two Asian nations.
Inbound visitors totalled 3,597,500, the Japan ...

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Takaichi Won't Send Cabinet Ministers To Takeshima Day Ceremony

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will not send any Cabinet minister to an annual ceremony for the Takeshima islets, now under effective control of South Korea, in Shimane Prefecture, sources have said.
As usual, the Cabinet Office's parliamentary vice minister will attend the Takeshima...

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Infectious Gastroenteritis On The Rise In Japan For Fifth Straight Week

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NHK
 
Cases of infectious gastroenteritis caused by the norovirus and other viruses have increased in Japan for the fifth consecutive week.
The disease, also called stomach flu, causes fever, vomiting and diarrhea.
People can be infected by eating food contaminated with a pathogen, or while dispo...

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