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Japan To Provide Aid To Syria For War-Affected People

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MEMO
 
Japan will provide the UN Human Settlements Program (UN-Habitat) with $5.5 million for a project to improve living conditions in Syria, Kyodo news agency reported on Sunday, Anadolu reports.
On Aug. 12, Japan and UN-Habitat signed an aid plan focused on rebuilding essential infrastructure ...

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Indonesia-Japan Discuss Repatriation of War Remains

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RRI
 
The Indonesian Ministry of Culture has met with Japan's Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology, Toshiko Abe, to discuss a repatriation protocol for the remains of Japanese soldiers who died in Indonesia during World War II. 
The meeting, which took place on Friday d...

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Japan Births Hit Fresh Low In First Half Of 2025

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JAPAN TIMES
 
The number of babies born in January-June fell 3.1% from a year earlier to 339,280 in Japan, hitting a new record low for the first half, the health ministry said Friday.
The January-June figure, including babies born to foreign nationals living in Japan and Japanese nationals livin...

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Japan Seeks Record Defense Budget of 8.8 T. Yen for FY 2026

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NIPPON
 
Japan's Ministry of Defense said Friday that it will ask for a record budget of 8,845.4 billion yen for fiscal 2026 starting next April.
The ministry will request 128.7 billion yen for acquiring many unmanned vehicles to build in fiscal 2027 the multilayer coastal defense system Shield, ...

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China, Russia Conduct Joint Submarine Patrol in Sea of Japan

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NIPPON
 
Russia's Pacific Fleet and the Chinese navy have conducted a joint submarine patrol in the Sea of Japan and the East China Sea, according to the Russian state-run Tass news agency.
An announcement by the Pacific Fleet on Wednesday said that the operation was the first joint patrol involv...

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Japan's Trade Negotiator Cancels Us Visit Over Tariff Deal Snag

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REUTERS
 
Japan's top trade negotiator cancelled a visit to the United States at the last minute on Thursday, further delaying talks designed to finalise a $550 billion investment package offered by Tokyo in exchange for relief on punishing tariffs.
Ryosei Akazawa was due to fly to Washington to ...

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Tokyo Logs Record 10 Consecutive Days Of 35C Or Higher

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Tokyo experienced a record 10 consecutive days of temperatures 35C or above, the weather office said Wednesday, after the country sweltered through its hottest ever June and July.
Heatwaves are becoming more intense and frequent worldwide because of human-caused climate change, scie...

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Japan Asked Countries To Skip China's WWII Commemorative Events In Sept.

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KYODO
 
The Japanese government asked European and Asian countries to refrain from attending a military parade and other events that China will hold next month to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, diplomatic sources said Sunday.
Japan seeks to prevent China's interpretation o...

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Yomiuri Survey Shows 81% See LDP Lawmakers Tainted by Money Scandal Bear Responsibility for Upper House Election Loss

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JAPAN NEWS
 
Eighty-one percent of respondents in a recent Yomiuri Shimbun survey said the Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers who were part of a “politics and money” scandal bear a heavy responsibility for the ruling coalition’s loss in the latest House of Councillors election.
In the nationwide ...

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Japan Fully Joins Massive Drills in Indonesia

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NIPPON
 
Multinational drills led by Indonesia and the United States began with an opening ceremony in Jakarta on Monday, with Japan's Self-Defense Forces making their full presence for the first time ever.
In the Super Garuda Shield exercise through Sept. 4, which brings together 6,500 personnel...

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