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Japan's Female Bosses Mapping A Course For Other Women

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BBC
 
Believed to have started in 869AD, the Gion Matsuri is one of the most famous annual festivals in Japan. This year it embraced the digital world.
For the 2022 event back in July, an interactive, online map was made available to show where and when to see the 34 huge, ornate floats that para...

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Taiwan Set For Talks With Japan To Evacuate 20,000 Of Its Citizens If China Invades

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TAIWAN NEWS
 
 'Pre- and post-Chinese invasion-related evacuation scenarios' to be discussed behind closed doors
Japanese lawmakers last week agreed to begin talks with Taiwan's government on contingencies for the evacuation of its citizens from Taiwan if China invades.
Furuya Keiji, chairman of ...

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Zii Jia crashes out of Japan Open

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THE STAR
 
PETALING JAYA: National No. 1 men's singles shuttler Lee Zii Jia suffered a shock first-round exit from the Japan Open in Osaka, losing to India's K. Srikanth on Wednesday (Aug 31).
The world No. 4 was edged 20-22, 21-23 by the world No. 14 in 38 minutes.
The defeat added to Zii Jia's ...

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Japan Pledges To Coordinate With Other Creditors To Resolve Sri Lanka’s Economic Crisis

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REPUBLIC WORLD
 
Amid the ongoing crisis, the Japanese government promised to coordinate with other creditors to find a solution to the island nation's escalating financial woes
As Sri Lanka continues to reel under the unprecedented economic crisis, the Japanese government has promised to coordin...

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Abe Murder Suspect Says Life Destroyed By Mother’s Religion

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AP NEWS
 
The brazen assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe with a handmade gun shocked a nation unused to high-profile political violence.
But there has been another surprise in the weeks since the murder as details have emerged about an alleged assassin who was well-off unti...

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Japan To Pledge Around $30 Billion In African Aid At Conference: Report

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Japan is set to promise some $30 billion in aid for African development at a conference to be held in Tunisia this weekend, the Sankei Shimbun daily reported on Friday.
The aid, which will center around developing human resources in order to promote economic growth, will be announce...

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Japan Eyes Return To Nuclear Power More Than A Decade After Fukushima Disaster

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THE GUARDIAN
 
Move designed to secure energy supplies would mark a dramatic shift in Japan’s policy stance held since 2011 reactor meltdown
Japan is considering building next-generation nuclear reactors and restarting idled plants in a major policy shift, 11 years after the triple meltdown at th...

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Japan Police Chief To Resign Over Abe Shooting, Citing 'Fresh Start'

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REUTERS
 
Japan's National Police Agency chief said on Thursday he will resign to take responsibility for the murder of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, citing the need for a "fresh start" for the organisation and its security duties.
Itaru Nakamura is the most senior official to step down in co...

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Japan PM Tells Ministers To Continue Sanctions Vs Russia, Support Ukraine

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REUTERS
 
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida instructed his cabinet ministers to continue diplomatic responses, including sanctions, against Russia, while backing Ukraine, by keeping close coordination with the Group of Seven nations, the finance minister said on Tuesday.
"We will continue to ...

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Transgender Woman Not Legal Parent Of Child Born From Own Frozen Sperm, Japan Court Rules

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FOX NEWS
 
Japan requires transgender people to have a transition surgery and sterilization before legally switching genders 
A male-to-female transgender person cannot be a legal parent to a child conceived with sperm frozen prior to their transition, a Japanese court ruled Friday.
The ruling pe...

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