SORA NEWS
 
 
Haniwa and dogu are now available in plushie form!
It seems there’s just no limit to the weird and wonderful world of capsule toys — anything you can imagine, there’s probably a capsule toy version of it out there somewhere.
The latest capsule toy to hit the shelves and capture our ...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Japan will slowly phase out oil imports from Russia while maintaining its interests in oil and gas projects in the Russian Far East, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Monday.
Kishida made the remarks as the nation balances the need to alleviate cost of living pressures while reducin...

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Tokyo logged 3,011 new cases of novel coronavirus infections Monday, up 608 from a week ago, marking the third consecutive day the daily figure surpassed that of the week prior.
 

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JAPAN TODAY
 
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Charles Michel will visit Japan next week and meet with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, the European Union said Thursday, with Russia's war against Ukraine and China's assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific r...

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SORA NEWS
 
The ‘Woof-cation‘ package includes a photographer, veterinarian and dog trainer.
JR (Japan Railways) East are offering a new tour package that allows pet owners to travel on the Shinkansen with their pets in tow.
While the package is being billed as ‘Japan’s first Shinkansen for pets...

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BANGKOK POST
 
The minister said Japan's farm sector needs to "alter its structure so it can make profits abroad."
Japan plans to set up food export initiatives in eight countries and territories -- including the United States, China, Hong Kong, Singapore and the European Union -- by fiscal 2023....

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Japan will further ease in June border controls implemented in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and bring them on par with other Group of Seven nations, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Thursday.
The infection situation has been stabilizing in Japan and the government will consult...

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STRAITS TIMES
 
Japan is set to experiment with opening its borders to small groups of vaccinated foreign tourists as soon as this month, Fuji News Network reported, in a potential lifeline for the country's ailing travel industry.
Those wishing to visit must have undergone three Covid-19 vaccina...

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CNA
 
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Wednesday (May 4) he could not accept Moscow's decision to ban him and 62 other Japanese citizens from entry into Russia, and that Russia bore full responsibility for driving bilateral ties to where they are now.
Russia's foreign ministry earlie...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Russia said Wednesday it will ban the entry of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and many high-ranking officials for an indefinite period in a fresh round of sanctions against Japan, amid rising tensions between the two countries over the crisis in Ukraine.
The entry ban, announced by Ru...

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