JAPAN TIMES
 
 
A health ministry panel on Friday approved the country’s first abortion pill, which would provide an alternative to a surgical procedure amid calls for progress in women’s reproductive rights and gender equality.
The ministry announced the move after a secondary panel reviewed 12,...

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CNN
 
Japan says it is prepared to shoot down a North Korean spy satellite rocket if it needs to.
Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada told the Japanese military on Saturday to make the “necessary preparations,” as he could potentially “order the destruction of ballistic missiles.”
The news follows a...

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JIJI
 
A Hong Kong student studying at a Japanese university was arrested last month while she was returning home, for social media comments made during her stay in Japan, it was learned Thursday.
   Authorities arrested the student on suspicion of violating the Hong Kong national security law in...

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Here’s a government policy many won’t be losing sleep over.
The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry will set a goal for 60% of the people in Japan to get sufficient sleep, defined as between six to eight or nine hours depending on age, by fiscal 2032.
This target will be included ...

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CNA
 
Striking the right balance on security for politicians is "very difficult", Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said in an interview on Thursday (Apr 20), days after he escaped an attack unharmed while campaigning.
Security around officials was tightened after the assassination of former p...

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YAHOO
 
A French tourist was arrested for physically assaulting a woman in Roppongi, Japan.
Charlie Evan, a 23-year-old French national, was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of punching a woman in the face and leaving her injured on the streets of Tokyo's Minato ward.
According to local reports,...

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BBC
 
Divers have recovered the wreckage of a missing military helicopter, along with the bodies of five of the 10 people on board, off the coast of Japan.
The UH60 helicopter, known as a Black Hawk, vanished from radar screens near the Miyako island last Thursday.
It was surveying the local area...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Japan has begun operations to evacuate Japanese nationals from Sudan amid the growing conflict in the country, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said Wednesday.
The government will send Self-Defense Forces personnel to evacuate Japanese citizens, the top government spokesman ...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
In Japan, long-established confectionery chain Ginza Cozy Corner is especially well known for its cute palm-sized cakes, which come in boxed sets that often pay homage to famous Disney characters.
▼ This time, though, there’s a new franchise coming to the chain’s boxed petit cake se...

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CNN
 
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida vowed on Sunday to keep world leaders safe during G7 meetings in the country, a day after a man threw what appeared to be a smoke bomb at him during a campaign speech.
“Japan as a whole must strive to provide maximum security during the dates of the sum...

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