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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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Jan. Foreign Entries To Japan Near 1.5 Mil. Amid Lunar New Year Boost

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KYODO NEWS
 
The estimated number of foreign visitors to Japan in January increased by some 130,000 from the previous month to almost 1.5 million entries, government data showed Wednesday, thanks to a boost from the Lunar New Year holiday and eased coronavirus measures for many countries.
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Japan ‘Strongly Presumes’ Chinese Spy Balloons Entered Its Airspace

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CNN
 
 
 
Japan said Tuesday it “strongly” suspects three Chinese spy balloons entered its airspace between 2019 and 2021.
Three “balloon-shaped flying objects” were detected between November 2019 and September 2021, the Japanese Ministry of Defense said, adding that these were “strongly presumed...

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Toyota Honorary Chairman Shoichiro Toyoda Dies At 97

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Shoichiro Toyoda, the honorary chairman of Toyota Motor who transformed the Japanese automaker into a leading global brand, died of heart failure on Tuesday, the company said. He was 97.
Toyoda, a third-generation scion of the founding family who inherited its stake in the business,...

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Japan To Promote Three Pillars To Support Aoip Mainstreaming

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ANTARA NEWS
 
Japan will take the lead in supporting the mainstreaming of the ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific (AOIP) to create peace, stability, and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region, Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa stressed on Monday.
Speaking at the "Commemorative Symposium fo...

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Security for Japan Also Means Protecting Underwater Cables

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JAPAN NEWS
 
Vital to international communications, undersea cables around Japan sometimes need to be fixed or replaced. To help private firms do so, the government is looking to support the acquisition of special vessels that lay and repair submarine cables.
The current situation finds Japan rel...

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Japan Will Allow Self-Driving Delivery Robots To Roam Its Streets To Combat Labour Shortages

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EURO NEWS
 
 
Amid labour shortages and problems of rural isolation, Japan is relaxing its traffic laws to allow autonomous delivery robots to take to the streets.
Japan has one of the world's oldest populations, with nearly 30 per cent of its citizens aged over 65. Many live in depopulated rural...

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Philippines' Marcos Open To A Troop Pact With Japan

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REUTERS
 
"If it will be of help to the Philippines in terms of protecting, for example our fishermen, protecting our maritime territory ... I don't see why we should not adopt it (VFA)," Marcos told reporters before returning home on Sunday, according to an official transcript.
Marcos was in Jap...

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Japan PM Kishida To Return To Work Monday After Sinus Surgery

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CNA
 
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will return to work on Monday (Feb 13) after his sinus surgery in a Tokyo hospital at the weekend proved uneventful, the Kyodo news agency said.
Saturday's procedure ran for about three hours and 40 minutes, the agency said, quoting government sources. ...

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