CNA
 
Authorities in central Japan are trying an unusual new approach to tackle the country's longstanding suicide problem: printing messages of support on toilet paper.
"Dear you, who might want to end it all," reads the toilet paper being used in an unusual new initiative to reach out to suicid...

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VOA NEWS
 
Japan's internal affairs minister resigned on Sunday in connection with a funding scandal, becoming the third Cabinet member to leave in less than a month in a severe blow to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's already shaky support.
Kishida's approval ratings have fallen since the July ass...

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KYODO NEWS
 
Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori criticized Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday, implying it is not fair to blame only Russian President Vladimir Putin over the ongoing war.
Mori, a gaffe-prone veteran politician, last year resigned as chief organizer of the ...

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THE GUARDIAN
 
 
‘Thermal effect’ of high-neck jumpers and scarves will save electricity during energy crisis, says governor
The governor of Tokyo has urged people to wear a turtleneck this winter to stay warm and reduce energy consumption.
Yuriko Koike said wearing turtleneck jumpers could help ...

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TRENDEE PRO
 
Three cancer patients in their 30s and 40s have successfully given birth using their frozen ovaries while undergoing cancer therapies, according to a Japanese medical school, giving hope to pediatric cancer patients who have yet to menstruate.
The results emerged during a clinical s...

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 ANTARA NEWS
 
The Indonesian Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) strengthened cooperation with Japan for development of the new capital city (IKN) Nusantara at a bilateral meeting as part of the Bali G20 Summit.
"Thank you to the Government of Japan, especially MLIT and JICA, who ...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
here seems to be a mascot for almost everything in Japan–including train gap monsters–and besides looking cute, some of them can be pretty profitable. Gunma Prefecture’s Gunma-chan, an adorable horse character, is one of these. In the last year alone, all things Gunma-chan related w...

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KYODO NEWS
 
New coronavirus cases among the elderly are increasing while those with severe symptoms and deaths are also on the rise, an advisory panel of experts to the health ministry said Thursday, as Japan braces for its eighth wave of infections.
Nationwide infections reported in the week th...

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CNN
 
 
The number of foreign visitors to Japan rose to nearly 500,000 in October, the first month it fully reopened to overseas visitors after more than two years of Covid restrictions, more than doubling the volume from September.
Japan on October 11 ended some of the world's strictest border c...

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JAPAN NEWS
 
The race to decide the next mayor of Okinawa’s capital comes down to a head-to-head showdown between a former prefectural assembly member supported by the All Okinawa group and Naha’s former deputy mayor backed by the national ruling coalition.
Campaigning to become Naha mayor formal...

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