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Japan Likely Averted Mass Discarding Of Milk Over New Year's, But Glut Remains

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Japan is likely to avoid discarding large amounts of milk amid a temporary oversupply during the year-end and New Year’s holiday period, thanks to stepped-up sales campaigns by producers and retailers.
Still, due to the lack of demand for milk for use in school meals during the wint...

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Indonesia, Japan ink Memorandum of Cooperation on energy transition

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ANTARA NEWS
 
 
Indonesia and Japan can jointly develop carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) technology by utilizing natural resources in Indonesia
 
Jakarta (ANTARA) - The governments of Indonesia and Japan signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) on energy transition aimed at facilit...

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Tokyo Reports 871 New Coronavirus Cases; 779 In Okinawa

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JAPAN TODAY
 
The Tokyo metropolitan government on Monday reported 871 new coronavirus cases, down 352 from Sunday and 768 more than last Monday.
The number of infected people hospitalized with severe symptoms in Tokyo is four, unchanged from Sunday, health officials said. The nationwide figure i...

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Mcdonald’s Japan’s French Fry Rationing Extended For About Another Month

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SORA NEWS
 
Good news for those with resolutions to lose weight.
As we approached the end of last year, fast food fans were hit by the news of a French fry shortage in Japan which has most notably affected the chain McDonald’s.
As a result, for a week the restaurant limited sales to only small-si...

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Japan Approves New Restrictions For Areas Hard Hit By COVID

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NPR
 
Japan approved new restrictions on Friday to curb a sharp rise in coronavirus cases in the three most affected southwestern regions of Okinawa, Yamaguchi and Hiroshima.
"Given the sudden surge in infections, the medical system runs the risk of suffering a heavy burden in the near future," D...

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Okinawa Likely To Report Around 980 COVID Cases

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NHK
 
The governor of Okinawa in southern Japan, Tamaki Denny, says the prefecture's tally of coronavirus cases for Thursday is expected to come to around 980.
That would mark the highest daily count for Okinawa, surpassing the previous record of 809 cases reported on August 25 of last year.
 
 

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Australia And Japan To Sign Defense And Security Cooperation Treaty

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CNN
 
Australia and Japan are set to sign a treaty to strengthen defense and security cooperation at a virtual summit on Thursday, after Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida canceled trips to Australia and the United States due to a surge in Covid-19 cases.
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morris...

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Japan Marks Year's 1st Day Of Work As COVID Cases Remain High

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KYODO NEWS
 
Japan's central and local governments, alongside many businesses, marked the year's first day of work Wednesday as the country refrained from implementing travel restrictions despite a rise in the number of COVID-19 cases.
As of Tuesday, nationwide daily COVID-19 figures stood at aro...

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Japan Businesses Putting Quantum Technology To Practical Use

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NHK
 
Japanese businesses are increasingly finding practical applications for quantum technology from worker shift-scheduling to railway operations.
Electronics and other firms have been engaged in research into quantum computers, which would vastly surpass the calculating power of supercomputers...

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Japan PM Won't Go To U.S., Australia Before Mid-Jan., To Focus On COVID

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KYODO NEWS
 
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Tuesday he has given up on visiting the United States and Australia for in-person summit talks before the start of a regular parliamentary session in mid-January and will focus on the COVID-19 response at home instead.
Kishida said he had be...

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