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Female Cast Of One Piece Takes Center Stage With One Piece Novel Heroines

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SORA NEWS
 
Short story collection follows four heroines on side adventures.
By nature of being published in Weekly Shonen Jump, One Piece falls into the shonen/boys’ manga category. Eiichio Oda’s pirate saga has a large female cast too, though, and the seafaring ladies are becoming the stars wit...

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Olympic President Bach To Visit Japan In May, Meet PM Suga

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WHBL
 
International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach will visit Japan in May, the Kyodo News agency said on Saturday, as the nation struggles to contain a surge in COVID-19 cases before the start of the Games.
Bach will attend a torch relay ceremony in the western city of Hiroshima on May...

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Japan’s Response To The Coup In Myanmar

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EAST ASIA FORUM
 
On 1 February 2021, military television channel Myawaddy told the people of Myanmar that a state of emergency had been declared. President Win Myint and State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, both senior members of the National League for Democracy (NLD), had been arrested.
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Japan’s PR Efforts After Wastewater Dumping ‘Cannot Repair Image Or Pacify Neighbors’

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GLOBAL TIMES
 
Amid a public outcry in Japan's neighboring countries against its decision to dump Fukushima nuclear wastewater into the ocean, the Japanese government vowed at a Friday meeting to take "all-out measures" to dispel "harmful rumors," but the publicity efforts may not succeed and Jap...

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Japan Official Opens Door to Canceling Olympics on Virus

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BLOOMBERG
 
A senior official in Japan’s ruling party indicated canceling the Tokyo Olympics was an option as the country struggles with a surge in coronavirus cases less than 100 days before the Games are due to begin.
Toshihiro Nikai, secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party, said that...

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Japan Bets On Hydrogen To Lift Its Ambitious Carbon-Neutral Plans

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WASHINGTON POST
 
NAMIE, Japan — Japan has ambitious plans to be entirely carbon-neutral by 2050. Trouble is: It has no clear vision of how to get there.
Japan’s nuclear industry was gutted by the 2011 tsunami in Fukushima and may never fully recover given widespread public concern over safety.
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Tokyo Adopts Tougher Virus Rules, Starts Vaccinating Elders

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AP NEWS
 
Tokyo adopted tougher measures against the coronavirus Monday as Japanese authorities struggle to curb the spread of a more contagious variant ahead of the Olympics in a country where less than 1% of people have been vaccinated.
Japan started its vaccination drive with medical workers a...

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Japan Set To Release Fukushima Plant Water Into Sea

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KYODO NEWS
 
The Japanese government is poised to release treated radioactive water accumulated at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea despite opposition from fishermen, sources familiar with the matter said Friday.
It will hold a meeting of related ministers as early as Tuesday to ...

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Ikee Wins 4th Title At Japan Swimming Championship

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Rikako Ikee won the women’s 50-meter butterfly in 25.56 seconds, a personal best since returning to the sport since her fight against leukemia, at the Japan swimming championships on Saturday at the Tokyo Aquatics Center. Ikee is the Japan record holder in the women’s 50-meter bu...

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Japan Imposes New Virus Measures In Tokyo Ahead Of Olympics

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COAST REPORTER
 
Japan announced Friday that it will raise the coronavirus alert level in Tokyo to allow tougher measures to curb the rapid spread of a more contagious variant ahead of the Summer Olympics.
Japan's national vaccination drive has lagged and most people in the capital still have not...

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