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Honeymoon Over For Japan's New PM Amid Covid Third Wave
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THE GUARDIAN
Support for Yoshihide Suga plunges as his travel policy is blamed in part for rise in infections
Yoshihide Suga’s honeymoon period as Japan’s prime minister had barely begun when coronavirus intervened. Now, two months into his leadership, he finds himself battling a resurgent outb...
Support for Yoshihide Suga plunges as his travel policy is blamed in part for rise in infections
Yoshihide Suga’s honeymoon period as Japan’s prime minister had barely begun when coronavirus intervened. Now, two months into his leadership, he finds himself battling a resurgent outb...
- December 16, 2020
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Asteroid Samples In Japan's Hayabusa2 Space Probe Leave Scientists 'Almost Speechless'
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CTV NEWS
TOKYO -- Officials from Japan's space agency said Tuesday they have found more than the anticipated amount of soil and gases inside a small capsule the country's Hayabusa2 spacecraft brought back from a distant asteroid this month, a mission they praised as a milestone in planetary res...
TOKYO -- Officials from Japan's space agency said Tuesday they have found more than the anticipated amount of soil and gases inside a small capsule the country's Hayabusa2 spacecraft brought back from a distant asteroid this month, a mission they praised as a milestone in planetary res...
- December 15, 2020
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Japan 'Twitter Killer' Takahiro Shiraishi Sentenced To Death
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BBC
A man who murdered nine people after contacting them on Twitter has been sentenced to death, in a high-profile case that has shocked Japan.
Takahiro Shiraishi, dubbed the "Twitter killer", was arrested in 2017 after body parts were found in his flat.
The 30-year-old had admitted to murderin...
A man who murdered nine people after contacting them on Twitter has been sentenced to death, in a high-profile case that has shocked Japan.
Takahiro Shiraishi, dubbed the "Twitter killer", was arrested in 2017 after body parts were found in his flat.
The 30-year-old had admitted to murderin...
- December 15, 2020
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'Mitsu': Kanji Of The Year Sums Up Pandemic In Japan 2020
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JAPAN TIMES
The kanji character for “mitsu,” used repeatedly in calls to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus, has been picked as the kanji best describing this year’s social mood in Japan, a Kyoto-based academic organization said Monday.
In making the announcement at the 26th annual yea...
The kanji character for “mitsu,” used repeatedly in calls to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus, has been picked as the kanji best describing this year’s social mood in Japan, a Kyoto-based academic organization said Monday.
In making the announcement at the 26th annual yea...
- December 14, 2020
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Japan To Prepare Train Cars For Narita Arrivals
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NHK
NHK has learned that Japan's transport ministry and a railway operator have drawn up a proposal allowing people arriving from overseas to use the train to leave Narita Airport near Tokyo.
The government is currently asking arrivals from abroad to avoid using public transportation and instea...
NHK has learned that Japan's transport ministry and a railway operator have drawn up a proposal allowing people arriving from overseas to use the train to leave Narita Airport near Tokyo.
The government is currently asking arrivals from abroad to avoid using public transportation and instea...
- December 11, 2020
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Japan Covid Cases Reach Daily Record As 'Third Wave' Hits
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THE GUARDIAN
A record 555 people are in hospital with serious symptoms, with military nurses requested to help overstretched health services
Japan has reported a record daily number of coronavirus cases, prompting health experts to urge people not to travel in the run-up to the New Year holiday...
A record 555 people are in hospital with serious symptoms, with military nurses requested to help overstretched health services
Japan has reported a record daily number of coronavirus cases, prompting health experts to urge people not to travel in the run-up to the New Year holiday...
- December 11, 2020
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Japan Govt Oks New Stimulus Package Worth ¥73.6 Trillion
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THE JAPAN NEWS
The government on Tuesday approved an additional economic package worth ¥73.6 trillion, including ¥51.7 trillion for projects aimed at re-configuring the nation’s economy and bringing it back to pre-pandemic levels. It also contains measures aimed at accelerating the introduc...
The government on Tuesday approved an additional economic package worth ¥73.6 trillion, including ¥51.7 trillion for projects aimed at re-configuring the nation’s economy and bringing it back to pre-pandemic levels. It also contains measures aimed at accelerating the introduc...
- December 9, 2020
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Japan To Build 2 New Aegis Ships In Place Of Land-Based System
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NIKKEI ASIA
Japan will build two naval vessels equipped with Aegis missile interceptors as an alternative to a scrapped plan to deploy a land-based system, Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi said Wednesday.
Japan had been considering two other options for deploying the interceptors offshore to counte...
Japan will build two naval vessels equipped with Aegis missile interceptors as an alternative to a scrapped plan to deploy a land-based system, Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi said Wednesday.
Japan had been considering two other options for deploying the interceptors offshore to counte...
- December 9, 2020
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Post Office Manager Sacked For Embezzling 130 Million Yen In Stamps
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SORA NEWS
Yeah, but when you convert that to dollars… Holy cow!
The post office isn’t normally the place one would look to find cunning capers and high stakes intrigue. Even Japanese post offices that double as banks, seem to somehow drain all the excitement out of sitting on a bunch of money.
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Yeah, but when you convert that to dollars… Holy cow!
The post office isn’t normally the place one would look to find cunning capers and high stakes intrigue. Even Japanese post offices that double as banks, seem to somehow drain all the excitement out of sitting on a bunch of money.
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- December 8, 2020
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Hayabusa2 Capsule Returns To Japan For Analysis Of Asteroid Samples
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JAPAN TODAY
A small capsule from the Hayabusa2 space probe hopefully containing soil samples from a distant asteroid arrived in Japan on Tuesday for research into the origins of life and the evolution of the solar system.
Two days after being retrieved from the Australian desert, the capsule, c...
A small capsule from the Hayabusa2 space probe hopefully containing soil samples from a distant asteroid arrived in Japan on Tuesday for research into the origins of life and the evolution of the solar system.
Two days after being retrieved from the Australian desert, the capsule, c...
- December 8, 2020
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