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United States And Japan Sign Space Cooperation Framework Agreement

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SPACE NEWS
 
The United States and Japan signed an agreement Jan. 13 to enable further cooperation between the two countries in space exploration, but without announcing any new initiatives.
During a brief ceremony at NASA Headquarters attended by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and other o...

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Japan University Exams Begin With Stricter Rules To Prevent Cheating

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Japan’s unified nationwide university entrance exams started Saturday, as organizers implemented stricter rules to prevent cheating after a photographed image of a question was leaked during the test last year.
Organizers have also implemented coronavirus measures, such as requestin...

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Japan Mulls Lifting Anti-COVID Recommendation To Wear Masks Indoors

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KYODO NEWS
 
 
The Japanese government is considering no longer asking the public to wear masks indoors in principle unless they have symptoms, a government source said Saturday, possibly changing the public's daily anti-coronavirus practice drastically.
The policy change has been floated as the ...

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Medvedev Says Japanese PM Should Disembowel Himself

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REUTERS
 
Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev accused Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Saturday of shameful subservience to the United States and suggested he should ritually disembowel himself.
It was the latest in a long line of shocking and provocative statements from Medvedev, wh...

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Japan: Passenger Plane Turns Back To Airport After Cockpit Window Crack Found Mid-Air

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SKY NEWS
 
All Nippon Airways Flight 1182 was headed to Toyama before it was forced to return to the Sapporo-New Chitose airport.
A passenger plane has returned to its departure airport in Japan after a crack was found on the cockpit window of the Boeing 737-800 aircraft mid-air.
All Nippon Airwa...

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Japanese Divers Shoot Rare Video Of A Giant Squid Swimming Along Coast

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NHK
 
A couple diving near the Sea of Japan coast have captured rare images of a giant squid.
Tanaka Yosuke and his wife Miki spotted the creature on the water surface near the Nekozaki Peninsula in the city of Toyooka, Hyogo Prefecture, in western Japan last Friday evening.
The couple are scuba-...

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Fukushima Nuclear Disaster: Japan To Release Radioactive Water Into Sea This Year

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BBC
 
 
Japan says it will release more than a million tonnes of water into the sea from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear power plant this year.
After treatment the levels of most radioactive particles meet the national standard, the operator said.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) sa...

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Japan, UK Sign ‘Hugely Significant’ Defence Deal

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AL JAZEERA
 
Kishida and Sunak sign deal in London as Japan seeks to bolster ties with G7 nations amid China worries.
Japan and the United Kingdom have signed a “hugely significant” new defence deal as Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who recently unveiled his country’s biggest military bui...

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Japan, France Vow More Security Cooperation In Asia-Pacific

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CNA
 
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday pledged more security cooperation in the Asia-Pacific as Kishida made his first visit to France since taking office.
Japan holds the 2023 presidency of the Group of Seven industrialised countries, and Kishi...

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China Blocks S Korea And Japan Visitors Over Covid Rules

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BBC
 
China has stopped issuing short-term visas to individuals from South Korea and Japan in retaliation for Covid restrictions on Chinese travellers.
Visas for South Koreans entering China as tourists have been suspended, Beijing's embassy in Seoul said.
Japanese media reported China was imposi...

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