KYODO NEWS
 
The estimated number of foreign visitors to Japan in October increased 22.5-fold from a year earlier to 498,600, government data showed Wednesday, as the country removed almost all COVID-19 entry restrictions in that month.
The figure was down 80.0 percent from October in the pre-pan...

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NHK
 
NHK has learned that police in Osaka, western Japan, plan to send officers to Brazil to pursue their search for a Brazilian man suspected of murdering his wife and daughter when they lived in Japan.
Investigative sources say officers could fly out as early as Saturday.
Barbosa Anderson Robs...

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BBC
 
Japan's economy has unexpectedly shrunk for the first time in a year as the rising cost of living hit consumer spending growth.
Gross domestic product (GDP) fell by an annualised 1.2% in the three months to the end of September.
People reined in spending amid fears of a global slowdown and ...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
The Tokyo High Court on Monday temporarily banned entry into its building and canceled some scheduled trial sessions after receiving a bomb threat, the court said.
The building, which also houses the Tokyo District Court, was not accessible from the outside starting noon until 2 p.m...

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SCMP
 
 ·Meeting on Asean summit sidelines marks first exchange with a senior Chinese leader since Prime Minister Kishida took office in October last year·Chinese President Xi Jinping and Kishida will be at Bali G20 summit and Apec talks in Bangkok, but no meeting has been officially confirmed ye...

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TITTLE PRESS
 
Japan and China are working to arrange talks between Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and leader Xi Jinping, with Thailand envisioned for their venue but Indonesia remaining a possibility, according to sources familiar with the move.
Kishida told reporters early Saturday that Japan is ...

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TIME OUT
 
This new website replaces the MySOS app and lets travellers pre-register the required documents before entering Japan
Japan is finally reopened to the world and tourists are able to come in and explore all the new attractions that have opened since the pandemic.
Thankfully, Japan has d...

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CNN
 
 
 
President Joe Biden landed in Cambodia on Saturday still reveling in midterm election results that have produced an unexpected boost at home for his second two years in office.
A day after he arrived in Asia, he got another piece of news from back home that could give him a lift through...

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KYODO NEWS
 
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Friday dismissed Yasuhiro Hanashi as justice minister after criticism over remarks widely seen as making light of his role in authorizing executions of death-row inmates.
Hanashi's removal dealt a fresh blow to Kishida after another minister w...

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GSM ARENA
 
Following up last year’s Leica Leitz Phone 1 is the aptly named sequel – the Leitz Phone 2.
The new device shares its key hardware with the Sharp Aquos R7 but it offers a more robust design with textured metal sides, Leitz branding and a metal cap for the rear camera.
There’s a 6.6-in...

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