CNN
 
Sushi train restaurants have long been an iconic part of Japan’s food culture. Now, videos of people licking shared soy sauce bottles and messing with plates of food on conveyor belts are prompting critics to question their prospects in a Covid-conscious world.
Last week, a video taken at S...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Prosecutors arrested a former operations executive at the Tokyo Olympics organizing committee and three others on Wednesday over bid-rigging allegations, as yet another corruption scandal surfaces in the wake of the global sports event.
Tokyo prosecutors arrested the former executiv...

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ANIME NEWS NETWORK
 
 
 
Film has earned 13.4 billion yen in 87 days in Japanese box office
 
Makoto Shinkai's Suzume (Suzume no Tojimari) anime film has earned about 13.4 billion yen (about US$101 million) and has sold over 10 million tickets as of Sunday, its 87th day in the Japanese box office...

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KYODO NEWS
 
The Philippines is expected to repatriate at least two of four Japanese detainees believed to be involved in a string of robberies across Japan as early as Tuesday, investigative sources said Sunday.
The remaining two, including Yuki Watanabe, 38, considered a leader in a fraud group...

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NHK
 
Japan is joining with other nations to further pressure Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine. Officials have put price caps on Russian oil products following similar steps by other Group of Seven nations, the European Union and Australia.
Diesel fuel and other products will be capped at 100 ...

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JAPAN NEWS
 
The Japanese and Philippine governments, ahead of a summit meeting scheduled for Thursday in Tokyo, have entered the final stage of reaching a comprehensive agreement that smooths the process for implementing joint drills in humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, several Japan ...

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BBC
 
Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has fired a government aide who made derogatory remarks about LGBT couples.
Masayoshi Arai reportedly said he would not want to live next to, or look at, people in same-sex relationships.
Mr Arai also warned that permitting gay marriage in Japan would le...

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KYODO NEWS
 
Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said Friday he has received an invitation from his Chinese counterpart Qin Gang to visit China, as the two countries move toward stabilizing ties.
Hayashi told a press conference that Tokyo will "continue to coordinate" with Beijing on a da...

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ANTARA NEWS
 
A tour and travel company in Japan encourages the use of digital technology to increase tourist visits to the country to help promote post-pandemic economic recovery.
"That is because the development of digital technology is currently helping to facilitate the tourism sector," Head ...

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BBC
 
Low immunity against Covid-19 and a growing population of frail elderly is driving a surge in coronavirus deaths in Japan which had, for a long time, upheld some of the strictest pandemic restrictions.
Japan once boasted one of the lowest Covid mortality rates, but the figure has been trend...

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