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Japan: Expo 2025 Osaka Gears Up To Take The World By Surprise With Its 'Resonant Society' Concept

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EURONEWS
 
Expo 2025 in Japan is set to take the world by surprise with its innovations and focus on humanity at a time of sombre global challenges.
Expo 2025 in Japan is set to take the world by surprise with its innovations and focus on humanity at a time of sombre global challenges.
The Osaka-...

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Japan Recommends Ancient Capitals In Nara Pref. For UNESCO Listing

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KYODO NEWS
 
The Japanese government recommended on Tuesday ancient capitals located in current-day Nara Prefecture, western Japan, as candidates for UNESCO's World Heritage list to be inscribed in 2026.
The government is seeking the recognition of 19 assets, including ruins of imperial palaces a...

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Top Executives Resign Over Japanese TV Host's Sex Scandal

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BBC
 
The chairman and president of Fuji TV, one of Japan's biggest networks, have resigned in the wake of a sexual misconduct allegation against a famous TV host.
Dozens of companies have pulled their advertisements from the network, which was criticised for trying to cover up the scandal.
Masah...

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Meta Begins Testing Ads On Threads In US, Japan

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TECH IN ASIA
 
Meta Platforms has started running advertisements on its social network Threads in the US and Japan.
A select group of brands will display these ads, as announced by Instagram head Adam Mosseri on Jan. 24.
This marks Meta’s first step toward monetizing Threads, which was launched i...

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Japanese Medical Institutions Face Rubella Vaccine Shortage

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NHK
 
Japanese medical institutions are having difficulty obtaining supplies of rubella vaccines. Some have temporarily been unable to provide vaccinations.
The Tokyo Medical Association conducted a survey of about 1,000 medical institutions in October. More than 60 percent reported a "severe sho...

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Japan Oks 83 Bil. Yen In Extra Loans For New Indonesia International Port

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KYODO NEWS
 
Japan will provide Indonesia with an additional 83.4 billion yen ($530 million) in low-interest loans for an ongoing project to build a new international seaport east of Jakarta.
The loans are for the development of Patimban Port in Subang Regency in Indonesia's West Java Province an...

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Ishiba Rallies Opposition Support In Diet To Achieve Policy Goals

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Friday pledged to build a cross-party consensus through parliamentary debate as his minority government seeks to ensure sustained pay hikes and regional revitalization as his priority goals.
At the opening of a 150-day Diet session, Ishiba s...

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Central Tokyo Condo Prices Top ¥100 Mil Again In 2024

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JAPAN TODAY
 
The average price of new condominiums released last year in central Tokyo topped 100 million yen ($639,000) for the second year in a row, as costs for building materials remained high, according to the latest real estate research firm data.
But the price was slightly lower than the ...

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Speed Skating: Miho Takagi Wins 34th World Cup Gold To Tie Japan Record

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KYODO NEWS
 
Miho Takagi won her 34th speed skating World Cup gold medal Friday, tying Hiroyasu Shimizu and Nao Kodaira for the most by a Japanese.
The 30-year-old won the women's 1,000 meters at Calgary Olympic Oval after the Beijing Olympics 1,000 gold medalist clocked 1 minute, 13.10 seconds.
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One Killed, Two Injured In Central Japan Stabbing

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CNA
 
A man stabbed three people at a train station in central Japan on Wednesday (Jan 22) before fleeing the scene, leaving one person dead, local media reported.
The attack occurred around 8pm, local time, outside the JR Nagano Station, the Kyodo and Jiji news agencies said, with police searchi...

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