JAPAN TIMES
 
Japan's transport ministry plans to provide ride-hailing service operators with subsidies to cover two-thirds of the cost of introducing vehicles and multilingual ride-hailing apps, in an effort to improve transportation options for foreign tourists, sources said.
Japan currently ha...

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KYODO NEWS
 
China said Friday it will restart its unilateral visa-free arrangement for short-term Japanese visitors on Nov. 30, allowing stays of up to 30 days.
The preferential treatment, which had been suspended since 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, is believed to be aimed at promoting tour...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
The U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier George Washington returned to the Yokosuka base near Tokyo on Friday, its second deployment to Japan, in a show of the Navy's continuing presence in the region.
The George Washington was previously based in Kanagawa Prefecture from 2008, whe...

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JAPAN NEWS
 
An earthquake struck Aomori Prefecture on Wednesday around 3:40 p.m., measuring four on the seven-level Japanese seismic intensity scale.
No tsunami is expected to result, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.
The earthquake, with an estimated magnitude of 5.1, occurred at a ...

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AP NEWS
 
Japan is within touching distance of an eighth straight World Cup appearance after a 3-1 win over China on Tuesday put the team nine points clear of second-place Australia, which drew 2-2 with Bahrain, in their Asian qualifying group.
Despite beating China 7-0 at home in September, it t...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Japan and Britain have agreed to hold regular high-level talks on economic security, Tokyo said Tuesday after the two countries' leaders met on the sidelines of the G20 summit.
The move comes ahead of the second White House stint for Donald Trump, who has promised to levy massive ta...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Police from Saitama and other prefectures have arrested four Japanese men transferred from the Philippines to Japan for allegedly being involved in a fraud case.
The men, arrested Monday, are believed to be members of a group based in an apartment in the Cambodian capital of Phnom P...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba missed a group photo session at the APEC summit in Peru's capital of Lima, with the top government spokesman saying Monday that he was delayed in a traffic jam on his way back from visiting a grave.
The session Saturday proceeded without Ishiba...

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THE GUARDIAN
 
Officers installed security cameras to get to the bottom of the thefts, and ended up uncovering a four-legged culprit
Police and staff were initially flummoxed when shoes started disappearing from a kindergarten in south-west Japan, not least because the “thefts” were of single sho...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
A record 346,482 elementary and junior high school students across Japan were absent for 30 days or more in the 2023 academic year, marking the 11th consecutive year of increase, according to a recent education ministry survey.
The figure for the year ended March 2024 represents a 1...

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