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Football: Moriyasu Stays On As Japan Manager After World Cup Run

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KYODO NEWS
 
The Japan Football Association retained Hajime Moriyasu as men's national team manager Wednesday after he led them to the round of 16 at this year's World Cup in Qatar after topping their tough group.
The 54-year-old becomes the first manager to remain in the post following a World C...

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Richie Mo'unga Officially Signs In Japan

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RUGBY PASS
 
 
All Blacks star Richie Mo’unga is heading to Japanese club rugby after the 2023 Rugby World Cup, signing with Toshiba Brave Lupus.
All Blacks playmaker Richie Mo’unga is to join Japanese club Toshiba Brave Lupus from Super Rugby side the Crusaders after next year’s Rugby World Cup....

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Under New Defense Plan, Japan May Become ‘Normal’ World Power

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VOA NEWS
 
 
Japan this month took a major step toward loosening its postwar military restraints, unveiling new policies that will allow the Asian giant to play a much bigger role in regional and global security affairs.
Under a new National Security Strategy (NSS) and two other documents release...

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Mother Of Woman Who Committed Suicide Implores Workers To Speak Out

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JAPAN NEWS
 
 
The mother of a woman who committed suicide due to overwork in 2015 implored workers not to hold back until the last minute in a note she released on the anniversary of her daughter’s death.
Sunday marked the seventh anniversary of Matsuri Takahashi’s death. She was a 24-year-old f...

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Heavy Snow In Japan Leaves 17 Dead, Dozens Injured

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CNA
 
Heavy snow in large swaths of Japan has killed 17, injured more than 90 people and left hundreds of homes without power, disaster management officials said on Monday (Dec 26).
Powerful winter fronts have dumped heavy snow in northern regions since last week, stranding hundreds of vehicles o...

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Man Arrested After Three Found Dead In Saitama On Christmas

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ASAHI SHINBUN
 
Prefectural police arrested a 40-year-old man on suspicion of attempted murder on Dec. 25 after they found three people dead at a house north of Tokyo earlier that same day.
Police discovered the bodies of a man and two women--believed to be a couple in their 60s who lived in the ...

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Japan Logs Record 371 Daily COVID Deaths Amid 8th Wave

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KYODO NEWS
 
Japan on Friday logged 371 coronavirus-related deaths, marking the highest daily figure since the pandemic began as the country grapples with an eighth wave of infections.
The previous high was on Sept. 2 during the seventh wave, when the death toll was 347. The cumulative number of ...

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Qanon Members In Japan Sentenced For Breaking Into Covid Vaccination Centers

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CNN
 
Several members of a QAnon group in Japan were sentenced by a Tokyo court on Thursday for breaking into multiple Covid vaccination centers, according to CNN affiliate TV Asahi.
The five defendants were members of YamatoQ, an offshoot of the larger QAnon conspiracy theory that originated in ...

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Japan Prosecutors To Indict Suspected Abe Assassin

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CNA
 
Japanese prosecutors have decided to indict the man suspected of shooting former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe, Kyodo news agency and other Japanese media reported on Saturday (Dec 24).
The decision follows psychiatric examination of the suspect, Tetsuya Yamagami, an unemployed 42-year...

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Japan To Discuss Rules For State Funerals For Dignitaries

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KYODO NEWS
 
The Japanese government pledged Thursday to start discussing the conditions and rules for holding a state funeral, as public opinion was divided over one held for slain former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in September.
The promise came after the government of Prime Minister Fumio Kishid...

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