JAPAN TODAY
 
Japan is constantly coming up with new ways to make our lives more convenient via the latest technology, sometimes even inventing solutions to problems we didn’t know we had.
And now, continuing that tradition, you can buy tombstones with bluetooth technology.
At the Yachiyo Yukyu n...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe submitted to voluntary questioning by Tokyo prosecutors on Monday in a case against his secretary over unreported political funds, public broadcaster NHK reported on Tuesday, citing unidentified sources.
Abe, who stepped down citing ...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
The nation’s death toll from the novel coronavirus topped 3,000 on Tuesday amid fears that a recent spike in the number of infections could further squeeze its health care system.
The number of deaths across Japan in December, which has exceeded 800, is already more than double that...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - Japan's cabinet approved Monday a largest-ever 106.61 trillion yen ($1.03 trillion) draft budget for fiscal 2021, as the country grapples with the coronavirus pandemic, its rapidly aging society and new security challenges.
Marking a record high for the ninth consecutive yea...

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JAKARTA POST
 
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's government approved a ninth consecutive rise in military spending on Monday, funding the development of an advanced stealth fighter and longer-range anti-ship missile to counter China's growing military power.
The Ministry of Defense will ge...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - Sony said Friday it was pulling the much-hyped "Cyberpunk 2077" from PlayStation stores around the world citing "lack of customer satisfaction", after complaints of bugs, compatibility issues and even health risks.
"SIE (Sony Interactive Entertainment) strives to ensure a hi...

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ARAMA JAPAN
 
December hasn’t been the best month for the girls of LDH. Despite rumors of E-girls‘ disbandment being postponed to 2021, it was confirmed by LDH that the group would officially be disbanding at the end of the year on December 31st. This had fans curious about the fate of the other ...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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