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TEPCO Completes Removal Of Spent Fuel Rods From Fukushima No. 3 Reactor

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (TEPCO), the operator of the wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, said Monday it had successfully removed spent uranium fuel from a damaged reactor building in a key step in its clean up of the site after a nuclear disaster a decade ago.
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50 LDP Lawmakers Urge Local Members To Oppose Separate Surnames

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - Lawmakers from Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party have urged local members to shun a move that supports a legal revision allowing separate surnames for married couples, party sources said.
In what could be construed as applying pressure, a group of LDP lawmakers sent a ...

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Oppo A54 5G Surfaces In Japan, Will Be Released In June

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GSM ARENA
 
Oppo's quest to launch as many affordable 5G phones as possible is still ongoing, and the latest device that has that honor is the A54 5G. This model has been listed by Japanese carrier au, and we have to say it looks a lot like the already announced Oppo A93 5G.
The key difference we...

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Japan Increases Protection For US Military Amid 'Severe Security Environment'

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CNN
 
Japan's military performed 25 missions in 2020 in defense of US ships or planes, a sign of the growing integration of two of Asia's most powerful armed forces.
The number of what Japan calls "asset protection" missions was up from 14 in 2019 amid a "severe security environment," according t...

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Japan Creates Minister Of Loneliness To Fight COVID-19 Suicides

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NY POST
 
Japan just appointed a Minister of Loneliness — to try to combat its exploding suicide rate amid COVID-19.
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga named Tetsushi Sakamoto, a cabinet member already trying to beef up the depressed country’s birthrate, to the post.
Suga noted earlier this m...

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Suga Refuses To Move Into Official Residence Despite Criticism

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has commuted to his office from a nearby apartment complex rather than moving into the leader's official residence since assuming his post, drawing criticism that he could be slow to respond in event of a crisis.
Days after a major eart...

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Japan COVID-19 Vaccine Chief Warns Of Slower Pace Of Shots

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Inoculations of older people against the coronavirus will start in April as planned but at a slower pace, the minister in charge of the vaccine rollout said Sunday as the country received its second shipment of Pfizer Inc.’s vaccine.
Citing what he said was a delay until May of a pr...

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Thousands Leave College In Japan Due To Pandemic

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NHK
 
The Japanese government has found that at least 5,800 college students either left school or took time off because of the spread of the coronavirus between April and December of last year.
The ministry of education conducted a survey of four-year universities and colleges, junior colleges a...

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Japanese Citizen Injured In Paris Acid Attack, Ministry Of Foreign Affairs Posts Note Of Caution

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SORA NEWS
 
Our thoughts are with the affected individual.
On February 10, a group of Japanese citizens were walking through Paris’s residential 17th district when an acid attack happened. A trio of hooded individuals approached the group, and one of the hooded individuals brandished a bottle, sp...

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U.S. Consults Japan, S Korea On N Korea Policy

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JAPAN TODAY
 
The United States consulted jointly Thursday with South Korea and Japan, allies often at odds with each other, as President Joe Biden reviews how to move forward on North Korea.
Senior U.S. diplomat Sung Kim and his counterparts promised "close cooperation" in a videoconference and ...

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