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Japan, South Korea Near Agreement On Defence Minister Visits

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ASIA NEWS NETWORK
 
Defence Minister Gen Nakatani is considering visiting South Korea early this month for talks with his South Korean counterpart. According to Japanese government sources, both sides hope to reach an agreement to hold more frequent people-to-people exchanges.
The Japanese and So...

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Tropical Storm May Approach Western And Eastern Japan

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NHK
 
Japanese weather officials say a tropical depression to the south of Japan is likely to develop into a tropical storm late on Wednesday night. The storm is likely to approach western and eastern Japan from Thursday through Friday.
The Japan Meteorological Agency says the depression, located...

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Anger In Japan After Instagrammer Drinks Burial Site Offering

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JAPAN TIMES
 
The Australian Embassy in Japan issued a warning to travelers to behave themselves after an Instagrammer drank offerings from a Japanese burial site, provoking widespread anger online.
In the most recent example of fame-seeking foreigners riling locals, Lochie Jones — reportedly an ...

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Japan Alerting Consumers to Cash-on-Delivery Problems

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NIPPON
 
Japan's National Consumers Affairs Center is raising an alert over unexpected cash-on-delivery goods.
In fiscal 2024 through March this year, the NCAC received inquiries and gave advice on problems associated with cash-on-delivery services, such as paying for delivered goods they did not...

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Upper House Election: Moriyama Says He’s Willing to Resign, Will Leave Final Decision to PM Ishiba Following Summary of July Election Defeat

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JAPAN NEWS
 
Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Hiroshi Moriyama announced on Tuesday that he is willing to resign from his post but that he would leave it to Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba to make the final decision.
Moriyama made the remark at a press conference after a general meeting o...

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Japan Govt to Support Cross-Prefectural Cooperation

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NIPPON
 
The Japanese government Tuesday announced a system to support a new regional cooperation framework beyond prefectural boundaries.
The central government plans to provide grants and subsidies to help local governments and businesses pursue regional development initiatives, such as industr...

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Woman Dies After Glider Crashes During Student Contest In Eastern Japan

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KYODO NEWS
 
A woman was killed on Sunday in a crash during a university glider competition in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo, local police said.
Police found the pilot, a woman believed to be in her 20s, at the crash site near the Tone River in Kumagaya after receiving an emergency call from a w...

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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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