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Earthquake Hits Northern Japan’s Aomori Prefecture; No Tsunami Expected

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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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Japan on brink of reaching World Cup while Indonesia stuns Saudi Arabia

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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, UK To Hold Regular Economic Security Talks

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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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Japanese Police Arrest Four Alleged Fraudsters Based In Cambodia

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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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Ishiba Misses APEC Group Photo Session Due To Traffic Jam

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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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Police Track Down Unlikely Shoe Thief From Japanese Kindergarten

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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 School Absenteeism Hits Record 340,000 In FY2023, Up For 11th Year

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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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Japan, U.S., S. Korea Agree to Set Up Trilateral Secretariat

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NIPPON
 
The leaders of Japan, the United States and South Korea agreed Friday to establish a joint secretariat to expand security cooperation among the three countries.
In their meeting in Lima, Peru, Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, U.S. President Joe Biden and South Korean President Yoo...

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Japan's Ishiba, China's Xi Agree To Forge "Mutually Beneficial" Ties

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KYODO NEWS
 
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Friday he and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed to foster "mutually beneficial" and "stable" relations in their first in-person talks.
Following the meeting in Lima, held on the sidelines of this year's summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic...

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Japan Ruling Bloc, DPFP to Continue Economic Talks

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NIPPON
 
Policy chiefs from Japan's ruling bloc and the opposition Democratic Party for the People agreed to continue talks on a proposed economic package as they failed to reach agreement at a meeting on Friday.
The policy chiefs from the Liberal Democratic Party, its coalition partner, Komeito,...

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