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In Japan, AI-Doctored Video Of Campaign Broadcast Goes Viral

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ASIA NEWS NETWORK
 
Experts are warning that the alteration of such broadcasts could affect the judgment of voters and distort the election.
A doctored version of a “campaign broadcast” by the Centrist Reform Alliance for the Feb. 8 House of Representatives election has gone viral on the X social...

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Japan Successfully Retrieves Rare Earth-Rich Sediment From Seabed

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QAZIN FORM
 
Japan has successfully retrieved rare earth-rich sediment from the deep seabed, marking a step toward a potential domestic supply of rare earths, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Masanao Ozaki said Monday, Jiji Press reported. 
In a test project that began on Jan. 12, the deep-sea dril...

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Japan, British Leaders Agree to Promote Cyberdefense Cooperation

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NIPPON
 
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and her visiting British counterpart, Keir Starmer, agreed Saturday to strategically promote their countries' cooperation in the field of cyberdefense.
They also confirmed that Japan and Britain will hold a so-called two-plus-two meeting of their fo...

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Japan's Foreign Worker Population Hits Record 2.57 Million

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KYODO NEWS
 
The number of foreign workers in Japan reached a new high of over 2.57 million as of the end of last October, government data showed Friday, shattering the record for the 13th consecutive year, as the nation deals with a labor crunch.
The total of 2,571,037 marks an 11.7 percent rise...

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ROK, Japan Defense Chiefs Back ‘Denuclearization Of Korean Peninsula’

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NK NEWS
 
Two sides also reiterate commitment to trilateral cooperation with US, without directly addressing North Korean threats
The defense ministers of South Korea and Japan reaffirmed their shared commitment to the “complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula” and trilateral cooperation...

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Akira Iriye, Leading Historian Of Japan-U.S. Relations, Dies

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ASAHI SHIMBUN
 
Akira Iriye, a Harvard University professor emeritus and a leading scholar on the history of international relations, died on Jan. 27. He was 91.
After earning his doctorate from Harvard in 1961, Iriye began a distinguished academic career in the United States, holding professorsh...

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Female Candidates Account For Record 24.4% In Japan Lower House Poll

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KYODO NEWS
 
A record 24.4 percent of candidates for Japan's House of Representatives election on Feb. 8 are women, up 1.0 percentage point from the previous lower house election in 2024.
A total of 313 women are running in the election, compared to 314 in 2024. However, the proportion still fall...

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Japan Man Suspected of Involvement in Laos Child Prostitution Blog

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NIPPON
 
Tokyo police have arrested a 61-year-old man for allegedly registering a fake address to rent an internet server, with the suspect also believed to be involved in a blog suggesting child prostitution in Laos, it was learned Thursday.
Arrested by the Metropolitan Police Department was Hir...

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Japan, Mercosur Hold 1st Partnership Meeting

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NIPPON
 
Japan and Mercosur countries have held the first meeting to discuss their strategic partnership, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said Wednesday.
At the meeting, which took place in Asuncion, Paraguay’s capital, on Tuesday, senior officials from Japan and the South American common market me...

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Japan Expands Prayer Spaces Amid Rising Muslim Tourism

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QAZIN FORM
 
The number of foreign visitors to Japan hit a record last year, including those from Muslim-majority regions, drawn by the country's food, pop culture, and seasonal scenery, Kyodo reports.
Between January and November last year alone, about 560,000 travelers came from Indonesia, 540,...

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