AA.COM
 
According to data number of children aged 14 or younger are 14.93 million, lowest comparable figure over past 40 years
Amplifying concerns over the growing aging population, the latest data released by Japan on Tuesday has shown the child population is the lowest in decades.
Figures rele...

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SORA NEWS
 
 
 
Well, new to us at least.
Being the relatively small country it is, Japan doesn’t come across dinosaur fossils as easily as other places like neighboring China, so it’s always a special treat when one is unearthed.
Fukui Prefecture is one place where dino remnants were found, and ...

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GSM ARENA
 
Xiaomi has 13 phones named Redmi Note 11 and it needs to do something about it. Yet we are not sure, what the manufacturer did last month in Japan is a step forward. The company launched the Xiaomi Redmi Note 10T with 5G capabilities for the Japanese market, which is the 10th member o...

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THE GUARDIAN
 
Medical staff say their focus shouldremain on treating coronavirus patients rather than helping hold Games
The organisers of the Tokyo Olympics have sparked anger in Japan’s medical community after they asked 500 nurses to volunteer at this summer’s Games.
The request came as the I...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
 
Japan has been moving rapidly to strengthen its capability to defend the southwestern Nansei islands amid China’s growing military pressure on Taiwan.
The moves are part of Tokyo’s efforts to brace for a contingency surrounding Taiwan near the remote islands that are part of Kagos...

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JAPAN FORWARD
 
Global criticism of the forced labor of Uyghurs is growing, but China’s retaliation against companies standing up against human rights abuses is causing new anxiety for Japanese companies.
China’s gross domestic product (GDP) for the January-to-March 2021 quarter grew by a whoppin...

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JAKARTA POST
 
 
A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 shook northeastern Japan on Saturday, but there were no immediate reports of serious injuries or abnormalities at nuclear plants and no tsunami warning was issued, authorities said.
The quake occurred around 10:27 a.m., about 51 kilomet...

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BLOOMBERG
 
Japan’s government will approve the use of Moderna Inc.’s Covid-19 vaccine as soon as May 21, the Yomiuri newspaper reported Saturday without attribution.
The Moderna vaccine would be the second to get approved in Japan and will be used in the nation’s large inoculation centers that w...

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NHK
 
In Japan officials are grappling with rising coronavirus cases as Tokyo, Osaka and two other prefectures remain under a state of emergency. Experts blame the surge on a more infectious variant.
Tokyo officials confirmed 925 new infections on Wednesday. It's the first time in three months th...

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TIME OUT
 
The government is planning to introduce Covid-19 vaccine certification system so that international travel could resume
It’s been a year of cancelled plans, ticket refunds and long-distance video calls, but with the introduction of Covid-19 vaccines, suddenly the trip you’ve been putti...

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