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US, Japan Exploring Partnership On Hypersonic Missile Interceptor

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DEFENSE NEWS
 
The U.S. and Japan are exploring a partnership to develop a hypersonic missile defense capability as the Pentagon enters the early stages of a program to develop an interceptor capable of neutralizing hypersonic threats in the glide phase of flight.
Vice Adm. Jon Hill, who leads th...

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Model Jessica Michibata Held for Alleged MDMA Possession

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JAPAN NEWS
 
The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested model Jessica Michibata on suspicion of violating the Narcotics and Psychotropics Control Law.
She was allegedly in possession of the synthetic drug MDMA at her hotel room in Tokyo where she was staying with an acquaintance, according t...

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Japan Struggles To Persuade Its Big Brands To Join Military Build-Up

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JAPAN TODAY
 
As Tokyo spins up its defense industry for the country's largest military expansion since World War II, it has run into a challenge: some of Japan's best-known brands are reluctant to invest in the military side of their businesses.
Japan, which renounced war in 1947, last year unve...

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Japan’s Most Familiar Orchid Is Found To Have Near-Identical Cousin

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THE GUARDIAN
 
All the Spiranthes on the Japanese mainland were thought to be a single species, but in fact there are two
In Japan, a country with a rich and ancient history of horticulture, it is nowadays extremely rare for a new plant species to be identified. But the latest one has been growin...

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Japan's Kishida To Announce New Indo-Pacific Plan, Seek India's Support

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REUTERS
 
Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will on Monday announce a new plan for an open and free Indo-Pacific in New Delhi and seek India's support to partner with Tokyo to check China's growing influence across the region.
Under the plan, which will be announced during Kishida's two-day vi...

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South Korean Leader In Japan For First Visit In 12 Years For Fence-Mending Summit

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CNN
 
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol met his Japanese counterpart in Tokyo Thursday for a fence-mending summit, the first such visit in 12 years as the two neighbors seek to confront threats from North Korea to rising concerns about China.
Those shared security challenges were on stark disp...

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DSEI Japan 2023: KHI Unveils New Anti-Ship Missile

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NAVAL NEWS
 
At DSEI Japan 2023, Kawasaki Heavy Industry (KHI) unveiled a new type of stealthy anti-ship missile called “Island defense anti-ship missile (島嶼防衛用新対艦誘導弾 in Japanese)”.
Island defense anti-ship missile (島嶼防衛用新対艦誘導弾)
Yoshihiro Inaba story with additional reportin...

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How to Get Kicked Out of Parliament: Livestream Instead of Legislating

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NEW YORK TIMES
 
The upper house of Japan’s Parliament almost unanimously voted to expel an eccentric YouTuber who won a seat last year. The reason: He never showed up for work.
Since he was elected to Japan’s Parliament in July, Yoshikazu Higashitani has spread celebrity gossip on his YouTube ch...

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The SVB Crisis May Prompt The Bank Of Japan To Delay Policy Changes, Says Former Board Member

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CNBC
 
Key PointsJapan’s central bank could delay any changes to its monetary policy in light of the turmoil that the Silicon Valley Bank crisis triggered in financial markets, Nomura Research Institute economist Takahide Kiuchi, who served on the Bank of Japan’s policy board from 2012 to 2017, t...

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South Korea Pres. Hopes To Move Forward With Japan, Not Focus On Past

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KYODO NEWS
 
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said Wednesday he hopes to cooperate with Japan and look "toward the future" after his government proposed a solution aimed at settling a long-running wartime labor compensation dispute with its neighbor.
South Korea "will faithfully implement" th...

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