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Japan Votes In Election Billed As 'Defense Of Democracy' As Police Admit Security 'Problems' During Shinzo Abe Assassination

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CNN
 
Japanese voters headed to the polling stations on Sunday for an election billed as a defense of democracy, just two days after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated while on the campaign trail.
Abe was shot in broad daylight on Friday in the central city of Nara while giving a s...

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Shooter Says He Believed Abe Promoted Religious Group That Bankrupted His Mother

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JAPAN TODAY
 
The man who fatally shot former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has told police that he initially planned to attack a leader of a religious group that he believed caused his mother to become bankrupt through donations, investigative sources said Saturday.
Tetsuya Yamagami, 41, also admitt...

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Shinzo Abe: Japan Ex-Leader Assassinated While Giving Speech

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BBC
 
Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe has died in hospital after he was shot at a political campaign event.
Mr Abe was shot at twice while he was giving a speech in the southern city of Nara on Friday morning.
Security officials at the scene tackled the gunman, and the 41-year-old suspe...

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Say Sayonara To Oily Eggplants In The Frying Pan With Japanese Farmer’s Healthy Lifehack

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Eggplants (or aubergines, if that's what you call them) are a versatile vegetable featured in the culinary traditions of many countries around the world.
In Japan, they're added to things like miso soup, grilled and seasoned in side dishes like 揚げびたし agebitashi, and featured in...

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Pringles Japanese Egg Sandwich-Flavor Potato Chips On Sale Now, Said To Taste AND Smell The Part

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SORA NEWS
 
Japanese egg sandwiches are a form of culinary art, but can they be adapted to the medium of potato chips?
Starbucks and KitKat get a lot of praise, and deservedly so, for the way they’ve assimilated to the Japanese market by incorporating traditional local flavors into their sweets, ...

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Japan Introduces Jail Time, Tougher Penalties For Online Insults

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KYODO NEWS
 
A prison term of up to one year and other tougher penalties for online insults came into effect Thursday as part of Japan's efforts to tackle cyberbullying.
The revised Penal Code also raised the fine for insults to up to 300,000 yen ($2,200), upping the ante from the current penalty...

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Kishida Hopes To Put Stamp On Premiership In Upper House Election

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JAPAN TODAY
 
A strong showing by Japan's ruling party in upper house elections on Sunday would give Prime Minister Fumio Kishida a firmer grip on the factious party and allow him to emerge from the shadow of a powerful predecessor and define his premiership.
If his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)...

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Free Noodles Offered As Japan Wrestles With Low Youth Turnout For Elections

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THE GUARDIAN
 
Ramen chain offers free refills as upper house elections near, amid concerns younger voters feel politicians are more interested in targeting ageing society
A major Japanese ramen chain is offering free noodles to young people ahead of Sunday’s upper house elections, amid widesprea...

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New COVID-19 Cases Top 45,000 In Japan, Nearly Double From Last Week

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KYODO NEWS
 
Newly confirmed COVID-19 cases nearly doubled from a week earlier to over 45,000 in Japan on Wednesday, exceeding the 40,000 mark for the first time since May 18 as the nation's coronavirus infections continue to rebound.
Higher case counts were reported in all of the 47 prefectures ...

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Snake Causes Power Outage For 10,000 Homes In Japan, Residents Shocked

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NDTV
 
Following the incident, it took around an hour for the power to be restored to 10,000 homes and businesses.
Around 10,000 homes in Japan were recently left without electricity after a snake slithered into an electric substation and fried itself to death.
 
According to Newsweek, residents ...

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