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Tokyo High Court Dismisses Dual Citizenship Case

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NHK
 
The Tokyo high court has dismissed a case challenging rules that ban dual citizenship. It upholds a lower court ruling.
The eight plaintiffs were forced to give up their Japanese nationality after they gained citizenship in Switzerland or Liechtenstein.
They argue this violated their consti...

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Tokyo May See Japan’s Earliest Sakura Blooms of the Year

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JAPAN NEWS
 
Weather companies have started releasing their bloom forecasts for the “cherry blossom front,” which is expected to begin next month.
Traditionally, cherry trees start flowering in warmer parts of Japan and gradually move northward.
This year’s forecast for Tokyo, however, says the t...

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North Korea Fires 2 Missiles, Warns Of More Launches Over Japan

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KYODO NEWS
 
North Korea fired two ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan on Monday, the Defense Ministry said, with Pyongyang warning of more launches over the Japanese archipelago as the United States and its East Asian allies held joint exercises.
The two missiles appear to have fallen outsi...

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China Urges Japan To ‘Make Independent Choices’ Amid Balloon Row

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SCMP
 
Top diplomat Wang Yi tells Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi that unilateralism and decoupling aren’t in the interests of any partyThe pair met in Munich on Saturday, after Japan last week said Chinese spy balloons may have entered its airspace in recent years
Beijing has urged T...

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Japan To Invite Ukraine President To G-7 Online Summit Feb. 24: PM

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KYODO NEWS
 
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Monday that he will invite Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to a Group of Seven online summit on the first anniversary of Russia's invasion of the country later this week.
Kishida said at a meeting of the ruling Liberal Democratic Par...

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Japan, South Korea Foreign Ministers Meet On Sidelines Of Munich Security Conference

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CNA
 
Japan's foreign minister Yoshimasa Hayashi met his South Korean counterpart Park Jin on Saturday (Feb 18) and reiterated the need for continued communications between the two countries to return to a "healthy relationship".
Meeting on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, the two...

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Japan Strives For Sea Order, Pushes Free, Open Indo-Pacific

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ANTARA NEWS
 
Japan is seeking to control the sea to promote maritime sovereignty and a free and open Indo-Pacific policy, a top diplomat said.
"The ASEAN region is in Japan's vital shipping lanes. To control the sea, we need cooperation," Deputy Director of the Second Division of Southeast Asia,...

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Japan Hopes To Attract Highly Skilled Professionals With New Residency Program

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NHK
 
 
The Japanese government will launch a new residency program in a bid to attract talented professionals from other countries. Qualified foreign nationals would be given preferential immigration treatment.
The plan was decided at a meeting of relevant Cabinet ministers on Friday.
A new spec...

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Japan’s New Whaling ‘Mother Ship’ Being Built To Travel As Far As Antarctica

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THE GUARDIAN
 
Company says vessel’s construction will help ‘pass on our whaling culture to the next generation’ A Japanese company is building a new whaling ship designed to travel as far as Antarctica, sparking fears commercial operations could resume in the Southern Ocean.
Australia’s environm...

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Need Closer Cooperation For Tackling ASEAN Issues: Japan

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ANTARA
 
Japan has asked Indonesia to establish closer cooperation with related partner countries in order to overcome the issues faced in the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) region.
"To solve a very important problem, we need to cooperate more closely with related partner countrie...

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