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Japan Astronaut Yui To Join ISS Mission In July Or Later: NASA

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KYODO NEWS
 
Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui will join a long-term mission at the International Space Station possibly in July on a journey arranged by NASA, the U.S. space agency said Thursday.
In his second trip to the ISS since 2015, 55-year-old Yui will accompany three other astronauts from the...

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Japan Emperor Bids Farewell to Brazil President

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NIPPON
 
Japanese Emperor Naruhito bade farewell on Thursday to Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva at a hotel in Tokyo.
The Emperor arrived at the hotel in Chiyoda Ward where the president stayed around 10 a.m.
Lula told him that he will never forget the warm welcome he received in Jap...

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Japan Demands Exemption From U.S. Auto Tariffs

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KYODO NEWS
 
The Japanese government asked the United States on Thursday for Japan to be exempt from auto tariffs, calling the latest move by its closest ally "extremely regrettable," a top government spokesman said.
"We strongly urged (the U.S. government) to exclude Japan from the measure," Chi...

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Japan To Treat Injured Palestinians From Gaza For First Time

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Two patients to arrive in Tokyo Wednesday under WHO-coordinated evacuation
Japan will accept injured Palestinians from the Gaza Strip for medical treatment, marking the first time the country has extended such direct support to victims of Israel’s genocidal war on the enclave.
At least two i...

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Japan Enacts Bill on Disaster Prevention Measures for Peninsulas

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The Diet, Japan's parliament, on Wednesday enacted a bill aimed at boosting disaster prevention measures in peninsular areas of the country.
The bill to revise peninsular areas development law aims to conduct the measures with consideration for the geographic features of peninsulas, whic...

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Japan Enacts Law To Set New Rules Against Election Poster Opportunism

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KYODO NEWS
 
Japan's parliament on Wednesday enacted legislation to set new rules designed to prevent candidates from using inappropriate tactics, such as presenting images of scantily clad women, on election posters to promote themselves, their candidacies or even products.
In official campaigni...

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Man Acquitted Of 1966 Murders Gets More Than ¥217 Million Compensation

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JAPAN TODAY
 
A Japanese man wrongly convicted of murder who was the world's longest-serving death row inmate has been awarded more than 217 million yen in compensation, an official said Tuesday.
The payout represents 12,500 yen for each day of the more than four decades that Iwao Hakamata spent ...

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Japan Emperor, Empress Welcome Brazilian President

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NIPPON
 
Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako hosted Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his wife, Janja, at a welcoming ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Tuesday.
This marked the first welcoming ceremony at the Imperial Palace for state guests since a trip to Japa...

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A Court Orders The Unification Church In Japan Dissolved

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The Unification Church in Japan was ordered dissolved by a court Tuesday after a government request spurred by the investigation into the 2022 assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
The church said it was considering an immediate appeal of the Tokyo District Court’s revocati...

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Univ. of Tokyo Hospital to Enhance Organ Transplantation by Hiring New Doctors; 8 Specialists to Be Hired, Lead Training

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JAPAN NEWS
 
In response to the issue of medical institutions having to give up on accepting organs from braindead patients for transplants due to understaffing and lack of hospital beds, the University of Tokyo Hospital, which performs the highest number of transplant surgeries in Japan, plans t...

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