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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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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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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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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JAPAN TIMES
 
Tokyo police arrested a 65-year-old American man Wednesday on suspicion of property damage after he allegedly carved letters into the wooden pillar of a torii gate at the Meiji Shrine in Tokyo’s Shibuya Ward.
The suspect, identified as Steve Lee Hayes, whose address and occupation a...

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ANTARA
 
Indonesia is ready to implement the Mutual Recognition Arrangement (MRA) on carbon trading with Japan, Indonesian Special Envoy for the UN Climate Change Conference (COP 29) Hashim S. Djojohadikusumo stated.
"The Indonesian government is ready to execute any agreement signed in the MRA,"...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Yuichiro Tamaki, the head of the Japanese opposition party that has emerged as kingmaker as lawmakers select the next prime minister on Monday, said a tabloid report about his extramarital affair with a model was "basically true".
Tamaki said he would ask his party members if he sho...

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AP NEWS
 
Japan’s parliament reelected Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Monday after his governing coalition suffered the worst election loss in more than a decade, forcing the struggling leader to form his second Cabinet in just over a month since taking office.
Ishiba’s ruling Liberal Democrati...

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KYODO NEWS
 
A Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force minesweeper that caught fire in waters off the country's southwestern coast capsized and sank Monday, according to the local coast guard office.
One crewman remains unaccounted for after the Ukushima went up in flames on Sunday. The fire was ext...

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MLB
 
Ace Japanese right-hander Roki Sasaki appears headed to the Majors next season.
Sasaki, the consensus top young pitcher in Japan, was made available by the Chiba Lotte Marines of the NPB, the team announced.
"Since I joined [the Marines], I have continued to listen to my future MLB challeng...

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