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Japan Urges Dialogue To Resolve Myanmar Crisis

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AA.COM
 
Tokyo does not believe it would be productive to impose sanctions, says foreign minister
Japan will urge Myanmar’s military and opponents of the coup to engage in dialogue to resolve the ongoing turmoil, the Japanese foreign minister said on Friday.
The country would use sanctions, “if t...

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Fire-Damaged Renesas Plant To Fully Resume Shipments In June Or July

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Major semiconductor maker Renesas Electronics Corp. said it will be able to fully resume shipments from its fire-damaged Naka plant in Hitachinaka, Ibaraki Prefecture, around June or July.
The Naka plant is the company’s main facility, and primarily manufactures automotive semico...

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Japan’s Famous Cherry Blossoms See Early Bloom Amid Warming

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AP NEWS
 
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s famous cherry blossoms have reached their flowery peak in many places earlier this year than at any time since formal records started being kept nearly 70 years ago, with experts saying climate change is the likely cause.
Japan’s favorite flower, called “sakura,” us...

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Kono Says Inoculation Pace To Accelerate In May

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Japan's vaccine minister, Taro Kono, said on Monday that the pace of coronavirus inoculation in the country would accelerate in May, but that the Tokyo Olympics, set to start in July, were not factoring into the schedule.
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has pledged to have enough dose...

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Japan, Indonesia Defense Chiefs Opposed To Assertive Moves By China

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KYODO NEWS
 
The defense ministers of Japan and Indonesia on Sunday agreed to send messages to the rest of the world that the two countries will strongly oppose any action by China that could escalate tensions in regional waters.
Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi also told reporters after holding talk...

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Japan's Health Ministry Publishes Translated Covid-19 Vaccination Form

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JAPAN TIMES
 
The health ministry has released a draft COVID-19 vaccination form and letters of notice translated into 12 languages on its website for foreign residents who have difficulty understanding Japanese.
The ministry released basic information on the vaccination, including who can be ino...

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Mori Makes Another Offensive Remark Toward Women

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - Former Tokyo Olympics chief Yoshiro Mori, who resigned last month amid backlash over derogatory remarks toward women, may come under renewed criticism after saying Friday a female political staffer was "too old to call a woman."
Mori, 83, directed the comment toward a staff ...

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Suga, Biden To Affirm Senkakus Fall Under Japan-US Security Pact

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JAKARTA POST
 
Japan and the United States plan to affirm the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea fall under the scope of their security treaty in a joint statement to be issued by Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and President Joe Biden at their summit next month, a government source said Friday....

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Japan's Mieko Kawakami Wants To 'Stir Things Up'

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BANGKOK POST
 
TOKYO - Mieko Kawakami has called out cliched depictions of women by one of her country's most feted writers, and seen her own bold style attacked by a top politician.
But the award-winning Japanese author says she is happy to "stir things up" in her drive to depict the world as sh...

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Japan Mulls Closing Another Door To Refugees

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FOREIGN POLICY
 
A new amendment would make Japan’s strict immigration policies even stricter.
Japan granted asylum to less than 1 percent of refugees and asylum-seekers who applied in 2019, despite having the third-largest economy in the world. Germany, which has a similar GDP, took around 53 pe...

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