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Race To Become Japan’s Next PM Too Close To Call Days Before Vote
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THE GUARDIAN
Contest to lead ruling party and country appears to be two-horse race between Taro Kono and Fumio Kishida
The race to become leader of Japan’s ruling party and the next prime minister is too close to call ahead of next week’s party election. It is a rare moment of uncertainty after...
Contest to lead ruling party and country appears to be two-horse race between Taro Kono and Fumio Kishida
The race to become leader of Japan’s ruling party and the next prime minister is too close to call ahead of next week’s party election. It is a rare moment of uncertainty after...
- September 24, 2021
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Japan, India Leaders Oppose China Attempt To Alter Status Quo
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KYODO NEWS
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday expressed "strong opposition" to unilateral attempts to change the maritime status quo, the Japanese government said, alluding to Beijing's assertiveness in regional waters.
Their first in-pers...
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday expressed "strong opposition" to unilateral attempts to change the maritime status quo, the Japanese government said, alluding to Beijing's assertiveness in regional waters.
Their first in-pers...
- September 24, 2021
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Japan’s Next Premier Should Endorse a Sanctions Law
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HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
Global Magnitsky-Style Act Would Help Curb Rights Abuses Abroad
Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) will hold its party presidential election on September 29. The winner will almost certainly become Japan's next prime minister.
Four candidates – two women and two me...
Global Magnitsky-Style Act Would Help Curb Rights Abuses Abroad
Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) will hold its party presidential election on September 29. The winner will almost certainly become Japan's next prime minister.
Four candidates – two women and two me...
- September 24, 2021
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International Students Giving Up On Japan Due To COVID-19 Restrictions
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THE JAPAN NEWS
The number of international students coming to Japan to study has plummeted amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Some international students who had hoped to enroll in courses in Japan have even changed their study destinations because of Japan’s strict entry restrictions.
Japan is the on...
The number of international students coming to Japan to study has plummeted amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Some international students who had hoped to enroll in courses in Japan have even changed their study destinations because of Japan’s strict entry restrictions.
Japan is the on...
- September 22, 2021
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US Lifts Import Ban On Japanese Foods
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NHK
The United States has lifted import restrictions it placed on some Japanese food products following the 2011 nuclear power plant accident in Fukushima.
The US Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday that it is deactivating an import alert covering 100 food items from Fukushima and 13 othe...
The United States has lifted import restrictions it placed on some Japanese food products following the 2011 nuclear power plant accident in Fukushima.
The US Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday that it is deactivating an import alert covering 100 food items from Fukushima and 13 othe...
- September 22, 2021
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Japanese Sisters Certified As World’s Oldest Twins At 107
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AP NEWS
Guinness World Records has certified two Japanese sisters as the world’s oldest living identical twins at 107, in an announcement Monday coinciding with Respect for the Aged Day, a national holiday in Japan.
Umeno Sumiyama and Koume Kodama were born the third and fourth of 11 siblings o...
Guinness World Records has certified two Japanese sisters as the world’s oldest living identical twins at 107, in an announcement Monday coinciding with Respect for the Aged Day, a national holiday in Japan.
Umeno Sumiyama and Koume Kodama were born the third and fourth of 11 siblings o...
- September 21, 2021
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Japan's Elderly Population Hits Record High
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NHK
A Japanese government survey shows the number of people aged 65 or older, and their ratio to the overall population, are both at record highs. The survey was conducted ahead of the Respect for the Aged Day national holiday on Monday.
The internal affairs ministry estimates that, as of Wedne...
A Japanese government survey shows the number of people aged 65 or older, and their ratio to the overall population, are both at record highs. The survey was conducted ahead of the Respect for the Aged Day national holiday on Monday.
The internal affairs ministry estimates that, as of Wedne...
- September 20, 2021
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A Hard-Line Conservative Hopes to Be Japan’s First Female Leader
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NEW YORK TIMES
If Sanae Takaichi wins, it would be a milestone for the country. But some feminists hope it doesn’t happen.
Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, often talked about creating a society in which women could “shine.”
Now, a year after he resigned because of ill health,...
If Sanae Takaichi wins, it would be a milestone for the country. But some feminists hope it doesn’t happen.
Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, often talked about creating a society in which women could “shine.”
Now, a year after he resigned because of ill health,...
- September 20, 2021
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Taiwan Firm Donates 1.24 Mil. Masks To Japan
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THE JAPAN NEWS
A Taiwan mask manufacturer has donated 1.24 million of its product to a soon-to-launched Japan-Taiwan federation of municipality heads nationwide in reciprocation for the free provision of coronavirus vaccines from the Japanese government.
A total of 82 municipalities across the ...
A Taiwan mask manufacturer has donated 1.24 million of its product to a soon-to-launched Japan-Taiwan federation of municipality heads nationwide in reciprocation for the free provision of coronavirus vaccines from the Japanese government.
A total of 82 municipalities across the ...
- September 18, 2021
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Tropical Storm Chanthu Batters Japan
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CNN
People across Japan are bracing for some potentially catastrophic weather.
Tropical storm Chanthu has brought driving rain and lashing winds to western and central parts of the country. It made landfall in Kyushu on Friday evening and is barreling to the east.
Officials urge people in the s...
People across Japan are bracing for some potentially catastrophic weather.
Tropical storm Chanthu has brought driving rain and lashing winds to western and central parts of the country. It made landfall in Kyushu on Friday evening and is barreling to the east.
Officials urge people in the s...
- September 18, 2021
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