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Court Partly Overturns Damages For Hecklers Removed From Abe Speech
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JAPAN TODAY
The Sapporo High Court on Thursday partially overturned a lower court ruling for the Hokkaido government to pay two hecklers damages over their removal by police from the site of a 2019 election stump speech by then Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
The high court rescinded an order by the...
The Sapporo High Court on Thursday partially overturned a lower court ruling for the Hokkaido government to pay two hecklers damages over their removal by police from the site of a 2019 election stump speech by then Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
The high court rescinded an order by the...
- June 23, 2023
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32% Of University Students In Japan Using Chatgpt: Survey
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KYODO NEWS
About 32 percent of university students polled in Japan said they have used artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT, with many saying it enhances their thinking abilities, according to a recent survey by a Japanese research group.
ChatGPT was used the most by students in the departme...
About 32 percent of university students polled in Japan said they have used artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT, with many saying it enhances their thinking abilities, according to a recent survey by a Japanese research group.
ChatGPT was used the most by students in the departme...
- June 22, 2023
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Japan Sterilisation Law Victims Included Nine-Year-Olds
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BBC
Two nine-year-olds were among the 25,000 people forcibly sterilised in Japan under its post-World War Two eugenics law, a parliament report has revealed.
The law, in place for 48 years, forced people to undergo operations to prevent them having children deemed "inferior".
Many of them had p...
Two nine-year-olds were among the 25,000 people forcibly sterilised in Japan under its post-World War Two eugenics law, a parliament report has revealed.
The law, in place for 48 years, forced people to undergo operations to prevent them having children deemed "inferior".
Many of them had p...
- June 21, 2023
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Japan Falls To Record-Low 125th In Global Gender Gap Ranking
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KYODO NEWS
Japan ranked 125th of 146 countries on the gender gap rankings in 2023, the country's worst recorded result and the lowest in the East Asia and Pacific region, the World Economic Forum said Wednesday.
Equality campaigners criticized the outcome as a result of the Japanese government'...
Japan ranked 125th of 146 countries on the gender gap rankings in 2023, the country's worst recorded result and the lowest in the East Asia and Pacific region, the World Economic Forum said Wednesday.
Equality campaigners criticized the outcome as a result of the Japanese government'...
- June 21, 2023
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Japan Searches For A New Grand Strategy
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EAST ASIA FORUM
Last week Japan adopted its first ever space security blueprint aimed at better using space for defensive purposes.
This builds on the three new security documents released by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s administration in December 2022, in which it committed to doubling defen...
Last week Japan adopted its first ever space security blueprint aimed at better using space for defensive purposes.
This builds on the three new security documents released by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s administration in December 2022, in which it committed to doubling defen...
- June 20, 2023
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Japan Agrees To Set Up Reconstruction Liaison System With Ukraine
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JAPAN TIMES
Japan agreed with Ukraine on Monday to establish a liaison system that will support the Eastern European country in its efforts to reconstruct areas severely damaged during the ongoing Russian invasion.
At a ceremony in Tokyo, reconstruction minister Hiromichi Watanabe and Oleksandr...
Japan agreed with Ukraine on Monday to establish a liaison system that will support the Eastern European country in its efforts to reconstruct areas severely damaged during the ongoing Russian invasion.
At a ceremony in Tokyo, reconstruction minister Hiromichi Watanabe and Oleksandr...
- June 19, 2023
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Actor Kento Nagayama Arrested over Cannabis Possession
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JAPAN NEWS
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department on Friday arrested actor Kento Nagayama, 34, on suspicion of violating the Cannabis Control Law, according to an individual involved in the investigation.
Nagayama is suspected of having cannabis at his apartment in Meguro Ward, Tokyo.
Agents ...
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department on Friday arrested actor Kento Nagayama, 34, on suspicion of violating the Cannabis Control Law, according to an individual involved in the investigation.
Nagayama is suspected of having cannabis at his apartment in Meguro Ward, Tokyo.
Agents ...
- June 18, 2023
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Japan PM Kishida's Support Rate Dives To 40.8% Amid ID Card Fiasco
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KYODO NEWS
The approval rating for Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's Cabinet plunged to 40.8 percent, a Kyodo News poll showed Sunday, with many in the public wary of the government's push to expand the use of the national identification card, plagued with privacy concerns.
The support rating was ...
The approval rating for Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's Cabinet plunged to 40.8 percent, a Kyodo News poll showed Sunday, with many in the public wary of the government's push to expand the use of the national identification card, plagued with privacy concerns.
The support rating was ...
- June 18, 2023
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Japan's Emperor Holds News Conference Ahead Of Goodwill Trip To Indonesia
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NHK
Japan's Emperor Naruhito says he hopes his upcoming visit to Indonesia will help develop friendly relations between the two countries.
The Emperor and Empress Masako are expected to leave for the Southeast Asian nation on Saturday. It will be their first goodwill trip abroad since the Emper...
Japan's Emperor Naruhito says he hopes his upcoming visit to Indonesia will help develop friendly relations between the two countries.
The Emperor and Empress Masako are expected to leave for the Southeast Asian nation on Saturday. It will be their first goodwill trip abroad since the Emper...
- June 16, 2023
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Japan Allocates US$25 Billion To Reverse Birthrate Decline
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UCA NEWS
The rise in unmarried people, due to factors such as unstable employment and low incomes is a major cause, says an analyst
The Japanese government has approved a series of new measures, including increased financial support to families, aiming to reverse the alarming decline in the bir...
The rise in unmarried people, due to factors such as unstable employment and low incomes is a major cause, says an analyst
The Japanese government has approved a series of new measures, including increased financial support to families, aiming to reverse the alarming decline in the bir...
- June 16, 2023
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