KYODO NEWS
 
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Thursday ruled out dissolving the lower house during the ongoing Diet session through next week, after an opposition party voiced readiness to submit a no-confidence motion against his Cabinet.
His government's role is to "address challenges t...

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ENGLISH NEWS
 
The number of people who got stranded in the mountains in Japan hit a record high of 3,506 in 2022, police data showed Thursday.
Japan's National Police Agency (NPA) data showed that the number increased by 431 from a year earlier, as COVID-19 restrictions were eased and hiking tra...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
A Self-Defense Force member was arrested Wednesday after allegedly killing two other personnel with a rifle at a Ground Self-Defense Force shooting range in the city of Gifu. Another victim was seriously injured.
The 18-year-old male suspect — who is a new GSDF recruit — was arreste...

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TEMPO
 
 Japanese Emperor Naruhito is set to visit Indonesia on June 17-23, 2023, which is aimed at strengthening ties between the two countries. This will be their first official visit to Indonesia. 
“Through this visit, we hope to strengthen our friendly relationship with Indonesia,” the Japane...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
The Japanese government is looking into putting off a tax increase to fund extra defense spending by a year to 2025, a ruling party source with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters said on Monday.
The coalition government agreed in December to raise key taxes to increase the ...

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BBC
 
Rina Gonoi had two dreams. To be a soldier, and to compete in the Olympics as a judo player.
She started judo when she was four years old, trained by her brother, and was 11 when she first saw soldiers in action.
The armed forces, known in Japan as the Self-Defence Forces (SDF), had helped...

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KYODO NEWS
 
A suspicious box was delivered Monday to a Japanese court scheduled to try the man indicted for murdering former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, prompting visitors to evacuate and leading to the cancellation of trial preparations planned for the day.
The cardboard box set off a metal dete...

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CNA
 
U.S. grappling start-up All Elite Wrestling (AEW) may need its Japanese partner to help fill London's 90,000-seat Wembley Stadium for a show in August, its billionaire founder said, looking to wrest market share from its newly beefed-up rival.
The Wembley show is on pace to be one of the bi...

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NHK
 
Japan's transport ministry says two passenger jets appear to have collided near a taxiway at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Saturday.
Footage from an NHK camera shows the EVA Air and Thai Airways aircraft on the runway.
Part of the wing of the Thai Airways plane looks to be broken, and what appe...

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EAST ASIA FORUM
 
In an interim report released in May 2023, the Japanese government’s expert panel on foreign worker integration recommended abolishing the Technical Intern Training Program.
In its place, the panel proposed a new system focused on securing an adequate labour force for Japan whil...

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