PINK NEWS
 
A court in Japan has ruled that not allowing same-sex marriage is unconstitutional.
On Tuesday (30 May), Nagoya District Court became the second to rule against Japan’s banning of same-sex marriage, despite the country’s prime minister Fumio Kishida claiming the ban wasn’t discriminat...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Japan on Wednesday passed a law allowing nuclear reactors to operate beyond 60 years, as it tries to reinvigorate the sector to meet energy challenges and climate targets.
The bill intends to "establish an electricity supply system that will achieve a carbon-free society", a Diet sp...

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KYODO NEWS
 
Japanese, U.S., Australian and Philippine defense ministers are planning to hold their first-ever quadrilateral talks in Singapore next month, a diplomatic source said Tuesday, amid China's growing maritime assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific region.
The ministerial gathering would be ...

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KYODO NEWS
 
A Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer flying the controversial rising sun flag entered a South Korean port Monday to attend a naval drill scheduled for later this week, amid recovering ties between the two neighbors.
South Korea's effective acceptance of the port call by t...

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AL JAZEERA
 
Move comes amid public outrage over photos of a party the younger Kishida held at the official prime minister’s office in December.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has said that he will remove his son from the position of his executive secretary amid mounting public outrage ove...

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NK  NEWS
 
Notice comes after DPRK reportedly told International Maritime Organization it plans to conduct launch as soon as May 31
Japan’s prime minister issued a warning Monday about an impending North Korean satellite launch, after the Japanese coast guard reportedly announced Pyongyang plans ...

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ENGADGET
 
The country made a breakthrough in space-based solar energy back in 2015.
Japan and JAXA, the country’s space administration, have spent decades trying to make it possible to beam solar energy from space. In 2015, the nation made a breakthrough when JAXA scientists successfully beamed ...

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JAPAN NEWS
 
The launch of maglev train services will benefit local regions, according to a government draft of a new national land development plan.
A Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ministry expert committee released the draft on Friday, as part of efforts to promote the Linear Chuo...

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CNA
 
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Saturday (May 27) he was willing to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to try and resolve the issue of Japanese nationals abducted in the 1960s and 1970s, media reported.
"I am determined to face Kim Jong Un directly myself, without any precon...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Police in Numazu, Shizuoka Prefecture, are investigating the death of a newborn baby girl whose partially burned body was found along the coastline on Saturday.
Police said the infant, who was wrapped in a blanket, was found by a fisherman at around 6:45 a.m. Saturday, Kyodo News re...

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