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Agitators in Japan Using Twitter to Amplify Fringe Opinions

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JAPAN NEWS
 
Among the top 10 protest movements on Twitter last year, half of all related posts were generated by less than 10% of the users involved in the campaigns, according to an analysis by The Yomiuri Shimbun.
Such campaigns have spread rapidly since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemi...

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Japan TV Personality Dewi Visits Ukraine Despite Travel Restrictions

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KYODO NEWS
 
Japanese TV personality Dewi Sukarno, widow of former Indonesian President Sukarno, has traveled to Ukraine, with Japan's government on Tuesday saying she should not have made the journey to the Eastern European state invaded by Russia.
On Monday, Dewi visited the Ukrainian capital o...

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Japan PM Says Country On The Brink Over Falling Birth Rate

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BBC
 
Japan's prime minister says his country is on the brink of not being able to function as a society because of its falling birth rate.
Fumio Kishida said it was a case of "now or never."
Japan - population 125 million - is estimated to have had fewer than 800,000 births last year. In the 197...

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Four Killed, Another Four Critical After Japan Apartment Fire

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CNA
 
A fire at an apartment building in Kobe in western Japan killed four men and left four in critical condition on Sunday (Jan 22), an official said.
The fire department was alerted to the blaze in the three-storey building by an emergency call at around 1.30am (12.30am, Singapore time). Four ...

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Kishida: It's 'Now Or Never' To Stop Shrinking Population

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JAKARTA POST
 
Japanese Prime minister Fumio Kishida pledged on Monday to take urgent steps to tackle the country's declining birth rate, saying it was "now or never" for the world's oldest society.
"Our nation is on the cusp of whether it can maintain its societal functions," Kishida said in a p...

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Japan PM Aide Told Off By His ‘Ashamed’ Mother For Putting Hands In Pockets On Biden Trip

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THE GUARDIAN
 
Social media users said Seiji Kihara had bad manners and ‘more attitude than the prime minister’ but it was his mother’s comments that struck home
A senior aide to Japan’s prime minister, Fumio Kishida, has apologised for putting his hands in his pockets during an official trip to ...

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Japan Considers Downgrading Covid-19 To Same Level As Seasonal Flu

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CNN
 
 
Japan will consider downgrading Covid-19 to the same category as seasonal influenza this spring, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced Friday.
Kishida said he had instructed Health Ministry officials to discuss the move and his administration would also review rules on face masks and oth...

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Suicides In Japan Increase In 2022; 1st Rise Among Men In 13 Years

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JAPAN TODAY
 
The number of suicides in Japan in 2022 rose from the previous year, pushed up by the first increase among men in 13 years, preliminary government data showed Friday.
Deaths among men rose by 604 to 14,543, leading to 21,584 suicides in the country overall, an increase of 577 from t...

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Cost Of Living: Japan Inflation Jumps To New 41-Year High

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BBC
 
Japan's inflation rate has jumped to a fresh 41-year high as businesses pass on higher costs to their customers.
Core consumer prices for last month rose by 4% from a year earlier, double the Bank of Japan's (BOJ) target level.
It puts further pressure on the central bank to put up its inte...

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Japan to Grant Rp2tn for JCM Project to Reduce Carbon Emissions

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TEMPO
 
The Japanese government disbursed funds totaling 17.1 billion yen or around Rp2 trillion for the joint crediting mechanism (JCM), a bilateral project between Japan and its partners including Indonesia and 24 other countries. The program is aimed at reducing carbon emissions.
“The Japanese...

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