NEWS WEEK
 
The Japanese government has warned of catastrophic economic damage and nearly 300,000 deaths when the next "megaquake" hits the archipelagic nation, according to a new estimation released on Monday.
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Japan lies along the circum-Pacific seismic belt, better known as the "...

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NIPPON
 
San-ikukai, a Tokyo-based social welfare corporation, announced Monday the start of its "Baby Basket" project to protect lives of newborn babies at its hospital in the capital's Sumida Ward.
Beginning 1 p.m. the same day, women can anonymously drop off their babies up to four weeks old r...

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KYODO NEWS
 
China has drawn up a scenario to bolster cooperation with Japan and South Korea over North Korea's denuclearization in a bid to drive a wedge in the three-way ties between the two Asian neighbors and the United States, Chinese sources familiar with the matter said Saturday.
Chinese p...

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KYODO NEWS
 
Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui will join a long-term mission at the International Space Station possibly in July on a journey arranged by NASA, the U.S. space agency said Thursday.
In his second trip to the ISS since 2015, 55-year-old Yui will accompany three other astronauts from the...

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Japanese Emperor Naruhito bade farewell on Thursday to Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva at a hotel in Tokyo.
The Emperor arrived at the hotel in Chiyoda Ward where the president stayed around 10 a.m.
Lula told him that he will never forget the warm welcome he received in Jap...

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KYODO NEWS
 
The Japanese government asked the United States on Thursday for Japan to be exempt from auto tariffs, calling the latest move by its closest ally "extremely regrettable," a top government spokesman said.
"We strongly urged (the U.S. government) to exclude Japan from the measure," Chi...

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Two patients to arrive in Tokyo Wednesday under WHO-coordinated evacuation
Japan will accept injured Palestinians from the Gaza Strip for medical treatment, marking the first time the country has extended such direct support to victims of Israel’s genocidal war on the enclave.
At least two i...

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NIPPON
 
The Diet, Japan's parliament, on Wednesday enacted a bill aimed at boosting disaster prevention measures in peninsular areas of the country.
The bill to revise peninsular areas development law aims to conduct the measures with consideration for the geographic features of peninsulas, whic...

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KYODO NEWS
 
Japan's parliament on Wednesday enacted legislation to set new rules designed to prevent candidates from using inappropriate tactics, such as presenting images of scantily clad women, on election posters to promote themselves, their candidacies or even products.
In official campaigni...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
A Japanese man wrongly convicted of murder who was the world's longest-serving death row inmate has been awarded more than 217 million yen in compensation, an official said Tuesday.
The payout represents 12,500 yen for each day of the more than four decades that Iwao Hakamata spent ...

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