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Kishida Orders Culture Minister To Investigate Unification Church

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida ordered an investigation on Monday into the Unification Church after the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in July revealed close ties between it and ruling party lawmakers.
Support for Kishida's government has tumbled to its low...

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Fujifilm Gives Up Developing Avigan Drug For COVID Treatment

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Fujifilm Holdings Corp says it has has stopped development of its anti-viral drug Avigan for treating COVID-19, saying it was unable to confirm its effectiveness in a clinical trial.
Avigan, initially developed as a drug for influenza, emerged as a potential treatment for the novel ...

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Japan To Export To India Stealth Antennas Equipped On New Destroyer

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KYODO NEWS
 
Japan is planning to export to India stealth antennas equipped on a new Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer, as the two countries strengthen security cooperation, government sources said Saturday.
If realized, it would be the first export case under a Japan-India agreement on defen...

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Japanese Yen Touches 32-Year Low Against US Dollar

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BBC
 
The Japanese yen touched a 32-year low against the US dollar after official figures showed that prices had risen faster than expected in America.
The yen fell to 147.66 against the US dollar before regaining some ground.
Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said the government will tak...

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Japan Set To Scrap Remarriage Restrictions On Pregnant Women

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CNA
 
Japanese cabinet ministers on Friday (Oct 14) approved the scrapping of a law that stipulates women pregnant at the time of a divorce must wait 100 days before marrying again.
The law, in place for more than a century, does not apply to men and was originally intended as a way to aid the id...

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Japanese Space Agency Sends Self-Destruct Command To Epsilon-6 Rocket Due To Flight Issues

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ABC
 
Japan's Epsilon-6 rocket has been destroyed after a failed launch operation on Wednesday morning, Kyodo News and other Japanese media have reported.
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) sent a self-destruct order to the rocket about seven minutes after take-off, according to Kyodo ...

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Suspected Human Skull Found Outside Japan’s Universal Studios

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THE VIBES
 
Staff finds bone-like objects while pruning plants before calling police
Suspected human bones, including a skull, have been found outside the popular Universal Studios Japan theme park in the western city of Osaka, police said today.
An officer, who spoke to AFP on condition of anony...

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Canada, Japan Launch Talks On Military Intelligence Sharing To Counter China, Russia

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GLOBAL NEWS
 
Canada and Japan have launched talks aimed at sharing military intelligence, as the two countries try countering growing threats from China and Russia.
“Through the exchange of intelligence, we will be able to better counter threats at home, and work alongside partners to create gre...

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Chinese Destroyer Passes Between Okinawa Islands

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JAPAN NEWS
 
A Chinese Luyang-III class destroyer sailed southeastward between Okinawa Island and Miyako Island of Okinawa Prefecture and into the Pacific Ocean on Monday, the Defense Ministry has said.
There was no intrusion into Japan’s territorial waters.
 
 

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Japan Scraps COVID Border Controls In Hopes Of Reviving Tourism Boom

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KYODO NEWS
 
Japan removed on Tuesday its cap on daily arrivals and its ban on individual, non-prearranged trips as it seeks to revive the country's struggling inbound tourism sector by easing its COVID-19 border controls.
In addition to lifting the 50,000-person entry cap and ending the requirem...

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