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Japan is ending a measure that suspended some work restrictions on foreign nationals prevented from returning home by the pandemic.
Immigration authorities introduced the temporary measure in 2020, allowing part-time work to maintain livelihoods. It covered people with a type of visa that w...

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KYODO NEWS
 
Japan plans to allow more regional airports to accept entrants from abroad, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Tuesday, as the country gradually relaxes stringent border controls implemented in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The government will also unveil guidelines on COVID-era ...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
International Olympic Committee officials on Tuesday began inspecting competition venues in Sapporo, seen as a frontrunner to host the 2030 Winter Games.
On their three-day visit, the IOC delegation will also look at road access in and around Sapporo, which was the first Asian city ...

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NHK
 Policy revision ahead of summerThe Japanese government has relaxed its recommendations for mask use as part of an overhaul of its coronavirus policy. To that end, it has announced a list of situations where people should continue to wear face coverings, and others where they no longer need t...

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Japan lodged a complaint Monday over a South Korean ship that was conducting a marine survey in waters near Japanese-claimed islands controlled by Seoul.
Government spokesperson Hirokazu Matsuno said it was “totally unacceptable” that a South Korean research ship was spotted trailing wh...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
The Nagasaki city government was ordered by a court Monday to pay around 19.75 million yen ($155,000) in compensation to a female journalist who was sexually assaulted by a male senior official in 2007 and suffered additional harm as a result of falsehoods spread by another official...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
The Tokyo metropolitan government on Sunday reported 2,194 new coronavirus cases, down 355 from Saturday and down 1,123 from last Sunday.
The number of infected people hospitalized with severe symptoms in Tokyo is three, unchanged from Saturday, health officials said. The nationwide...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
The central government is considering increasing the lump-sum childbirth allowance from the current ¥420,000 per child to reduce the burden on child-rearing households, informed sources said Friday.
The cost of hospitalization for childbirth in Japan continues to rise, especially in...

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JAPAN  TODAY
 
Ask anyone who has lived in Japan for a period of time what one of the most annoying things here is and they’ll probably tell you the NHK Man.
It might seem surprising that a public broadcasting company has earned such universal loathing, but as the collection agents who come calli...

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KYODO NEWS
 
Seven people from the United States arrived in Japan Tuesday as part of the first small-scale test tours in the government's planned gradual reopening to inbound tourists from June.
The seven -- six from Hawaii and another from Los Angeles -- landed at Narita airport outside Tokyo an...

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