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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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Tokyo Knife Attacker Says She Wanted To See If People Really Die

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NHK
 
A teenager who stabbed two people in Tokyo has reportedly told investigators she wanted to see if people die from stab wounds before killing her own family.
She has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.
The attack by the 15-year-old girl on Saturday left a woman and her 19-year-ol...

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Japan Considers Deploying Long-Range Missiles To Counter China, Yomiuri Reports

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REUTERS
 
Japan is considering the deployment of 1,000 long-range cruise missiles to boost its counterattack capability against China, the Yomiuri newspaper reported on Sunday.
The missiles would be existing arms modified to extend their range from 100 km (62 miles) to 1,000 km, the daily said, c...

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The Sento Owners Making Group Bathing In Japan Cool Again

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THE GUARDIAN
 
Covid accelerated a decline but a new breed of bathhouse is reimagining a Japanese tradition
It is a Japanese ritual that stretches back centuries: stripping off in the company of friends and neighbours before stretching out in the recuperative waters of a public bathhouse.
But alm...

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Japan PM Kishida Infected With COVID-19, Recuperating

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CNA
 
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has been infected with COVID-19 and is recuperating at his official residence, his office said on Sunday (Aug 21).
Mr Kishida had just returned from a week-long vacation and was due to restart work on Monday.
He developed a cough and fever on Saturday, ...

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