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Japan Plans To Have Aircraft Carrier With New Stealth F-35 Fighter Jets Deployed On Board
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STRAITS TIMES
TOKYO - Japan plans to have an aircraft carrier for the first time since World War II, a move that has raised eyebrows even though Tokyo insists it will not mark any shift from its pacifist defence posture.
The plan to modify at least one of its two Izumo-class helicopter destroye...
TOKYO - Japan plans to have an aircraft carrier for the first time since World War II, a move that has raised eyebrows even though Tokyo insists it will not mark any shift from its pacifist defence posture.
The plan to modify at least one of its two Izumo-class helicopter destroye...
- December 15, 2018
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Satsuki Katayama Most Widely Seen As Unfit For Japan’s Cabinet, Survey Finds
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JAPAN TIMES
Regional revitalization minister Satsuki Katayama is the Cabinet member most widely seen by Japanese people as unfit to be a minister, a Jiji Press survey showed.
Katayama was chosen by 43.7 percent of respondents, who were asked which members of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Cabine...
Regional revitalization minister Satsuki Katayama is the Cabinet member most widely seen by Japanese people as unfit to be a minister, a Jiji Press survey showed.
Katayama was chosen by 43.7 percent of respondents, who were asked which members of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Cabine...
- December 15, 2018
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Japan Plans Tighter Regulation Of Tech Giants
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JAPAN TODAY
TOKYO - Japan is planning to tighten regulation of tech giants like Google and Facebook after an expert panel called for better oversight on competition and privacy, an official said Thursday.
Japan has followed in the footsteps of other countries in scrutinising the dominant role p...
TOKYO - Japan is planning to tighten regulation of tech giants like Google and Facebook after an expert panel called for better oversight on competition and privacy, an official said Thursday.
Japan has followed in the footsteps of other countries in scrutinising the dominant role p...
- December 14, 2018
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Japan's Princess Masako Opens Up On Insecurities And Health
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BBC
Japan's Crown Princess Masako says she feels "insecure" about becoming empress in April, but will do her best to serve the people of Japan.
Masako Owada will become empress when her husband, Crown Prince Naruhito, succeeds his father Emperor Akihito.
Emperor Akihito, 84, is abdicating next ...
Japan's Crown Princess Masako says she feels "insecure" about becoming empress in April, but will do her best to serve the people of Japan.
Masako Owada will become empress when her husband, Crown Prince Naruhito, succeeds his father Emperor Akihito.
Emperor Akihito, 84, is abdicating next ...
- December 10, 2018
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16-Year-Old Japanese Star Rika Kihira Wins Grand Prix Final
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THE JAPAN NEWS
VANCOUVER (AP) — Teenage Japanese star Rika Kihira won the Grand Prix Final women’s title Saturday.
The 16-year-old had a combined score of 233.12, despite stumbling on a jump in her free skate. The score topped her career best of 224.31 set last month in Japan in her NHK Trophy ...
VANCOUVER (AP) — Teenage Japanese star Rika Kihira won the Grand Prix Final women’s title Saturday.
The 16-year-old had a combined score of 233.12, despite stumbling on a jump in her free skate. The score topped her career best of 224.31 set last month in Japan in her NHK Trophy ...
- December 10, 2018
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After Women’s Curling Success At Winter Olympics, “So Da Ne” Chosen As Top Buzzword In Japan For 2018
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JAPAN TRENDS
The top buzzword for 2018 has been announced as “so da ne,” meaning roughly “Yeah, that’s it” and made popular by the Japanese women’s curling team during the PyeongChang Winter Olympics in February.
Although a common affirmative response in everyday vocabulary, the curling team’s ...
The top buzzword for 2018 has been announced as “so da ne,” meaning roughly “Yeah, that’s it” and made popular by the Japanese women’s curling team during the PyeongChang Winter Olympics in February.
Although a common affirmative response in everyday vocabulary, the curling team’s ...
- December 8, 2018
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Downtown Tokyo Set To Open Its Most Important Train Station In 50 Years, And Now It Has A Name
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ROCKET NEWS
Did the planners take our readers’ suggestion for the new Yamanote Line stop?
Trains are important in public transportation-reliant Japan, and none are more important than the ones that run on the Yamanote Line. Encircling central Tokyo, the Yamanote loop includes such vital comme...
Did the planners take our readers’ suggestion for the new Yamanote Line stop?
Trains are important in public transportation-reliant Japan, and none are more important than the ones that run on the Yamanote Line. Encircling central Tokyo, the Yamanote loop includes such vital comme...
- December 6, 2018
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Japanese Horror Stories: 5 Scary Video Games For Long Winter Nights
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JAPAN TODAY
TOKYO - Without trying to sound like a "Game of Thrones" promo — winter is coming.
As we enter this year’s season of cold, dark skies and shortened periods of sunlight, it almost seems fitting to spend some of that extra time off over the holiday break binging a chilling horror game...
TOKYO - Without trying to sound like a "Game of Thrones" promo — winter is coming.
As we enter this year’s season of cold, dark skies and shortened periods of sunlight, it almost seems fitting to spend some of that extra time off over the holiday break binging a chilling horror game...
- December 6, 2018
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Much ‘Recycled’ Plastic Burned, Raising CO2 Emission Concerns
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THE JAPAN NEWS
Nearly 70 percent of plastic sent to be recycled in Japan is burned in a method called “thermal recycling” or “heat recovery,” prompting specialists to call for a review of the system, which they say contributes to global warming.
The thermal recycling method, which involves burn...
Nearly 70 percent of plastic sent to be recycled in Japan is burned in a method called “thermal recycling” or “heat recovery,” prompting specialists to call for a review of the system, which they say contributes to global warming.
The thermal recycling method, which involves burn...
- December 3, 2018
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Curious Cats Bring Fame to Japanese Museum That Won't Let Them In
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THE GUARDIAN
Two cats that have spent the past two years trying to enter an art museum in western Japan – only to be politely turned away at the door – have become online celebrities with a global following willing them on in their attempts to see at least one exhibit up close.
Ken-chan, a blac...
Two cats that have spent the past two years trying to enter an art museum in western Japan – only to be politely turned away at the door – have become online celebrities with a global following willing them on in their attempts to see at least one exhibit up close.
Ken-chan, a blac...
- December 1, 2018
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