NHK
 
A team of scientists in Japan has developed a robot modeled after the country's digital transformation minister.
The lifelike Kono Taro is part of a government-backed research project led by Professor Ishiguro Hiroshi at Osaka University in western Japan.
The team says it's possible to mani...

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CNN
 
The third time’s the charm in the New York bar exam for Kei Komuro, a law clerk at law firm Lowenstein Sandler and the husband of Japan’s Princess Mako.
Komuro’s name appeared on the list of those who passed New York’s July bar exam released October 20, after the Japanese press zeroed in on...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Economic revitalization minister Daishiro Yamagiwa resigned on Monday over his links to the controversial Unification Church, in another blow to the Cabinet of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.
The decision comes after calls from opposition parties demanding Yamagiwa’s resignation since...

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TODAY ONLINE
 
Japan has temporarily closed its embassy in Haiti due to the worsening security and humanitarian situation, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said on Monday.
Haiti is facing acute fuel shortages due to a blockade by a coalition of gangs that are demanding the resignation of Prime Minis...

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CNA
 
Japan's promised economic stimulus must be big enough to exceed the economy's output gap of about 15 trillion yen (US$100 billion), a senior ruling party official said on Sunday (Oct 23).
"The gap in Japan's gross domestic product (GDP) is now around 15 trillion yen. It's not enough to just...

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MIRROR
 
Confirmation of Masato Kudo's heart-breaking death came on Friday after his club Tegevajaro Miyazaki made the announcement after unsuccessful brain surgery on the forward
Ex- Japan international striker Masato Kudo has tragically died at the tender age of 32 years old following brain sur...

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DEFENSE NEWS
 
The Japanese Coast Guard has started operations with a newly delivered MQ-9B SeaGuardian drone, while more airborne early warning aircraft have arrived in the country by ship.
The UAV’s manufacturer, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, said in a news release that the Coast Guard ...

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AP NEWS
 
Japan and Australia on Saturday signed a new bilateral security agreement to reflect the deteriorating security outlook for their region driven by China’s increasing assertiveness.
The upgrade of the Joint Declaration on Security Cooperation, a pact first signed in 2007 when China’s ris...

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KYODO NEWS
 
The number of weekly COVID-19 cases in Japan increased for the first time in about two months, health ministry data showed Thursday, as some health experts warned that the country has already entered a new wave of infections.
All 47 prefectures except Okinawa reported a rise in the n...

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NINTENDO LIFE
 
Splatoon 3 just continues to splatter ink over all sorts of records, especially in Japan where the IP is huge. And it's just surpassed another one — with the release of the Japan Monthly Report for September 2022, it's now been confirmed that Splatoon 3 is the best-selling video g...

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