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How Xi and Abe can bridge China-Japan divide

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ASIA TIMES
 
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe have much more in common than they may realize. Both come from elite political families with great influence within their respective countries.
Xi is considered a princeling within China because he is the son of Xi Z...

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Japanese Space Startup Aims To Compete With US Rivals

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PHYS
 
A Japanese startup that launched a rocket into space earlier this month plans to provide low-cost rocket services and compete with American rivals such as SpaceX, its founder said Wednesday.
Interstellar Technology Inc. founder Takafumi Horie said a low-cost rocket business in Japan is wel...

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UNESCO Panel Recommends Osaka Tombs For World Heritage Status

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
A UNESCO advisory panel has recommended adding a group of ancient tombs in Osaka Prefecture to the World Cultural Heritage list, Japan’s Cultural Affairs Agency announced Tuesday.
Collectively called the Mozu-Furuichi tumulus clusters, the sites are expected to be officially appr...

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Japan Day Celebrated Despite Rain

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NY1
 
Thousands endured the rain Sunday morning to race four miles around Central Park for the 13th Annual Japan Run.“You know something, runners run regardless of the conditions. It’s a little windy, but overall we’ll get out here and run and people like to celebrate too,” said Michael Capiraso,...

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Japan Uses Turtle Divination For Emperor Enthronement Rites

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STARS AND STRIPES
 
TOKYO  — Japanese palace officials used an ancient turtle-shell divination Monday to choose sites to harvest sacred rice to be used in an upcoming harvest ritual — the most important one new Emperor Naruhito will perform after enthronement.
Naruhito succeeded the Chrysanthemum...

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Japan Looks To Prevent Water Shortage During Tokyo Olympics

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - Plans are in place to increase water levels in reservoirs serving Tokyo and surrounding areas in a bid to meet demand during the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic games.
With over 10 million people expected to arrive for the games, the central government and seven prefecture...

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Japan Tests World's Fastest Bullet Train

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CNN
 
 (CNN) — Japan has started testing its fastest-ever bullet train -- capable of reaching 400 kilometers per hour (249 mph) -- as it continues to develop the revolutionary mode of travel.
The ALFA-X version of the Shinkansen train began three years' worth of test runs on Friday.
Once it enter...

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Japan Space Agency Finds 10 Other Artificial Craters Made On Asteroid

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Japan’s space agency said Thursday 10 other smaller man-made craters had been found on an asteroid after its Hayabusa2 space probe produced an artificial crater last month as part of its mission to explore the origin of life and the evolution of the solar system.
When the asteroid e...

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Pieces Of Lost Japanese Stealth Fighter Found

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CNN
 
Tokyo (CNN)Wreckage from a Japanese F-35 stealth fighter that crashed into the Pacific almost a month ago has been recovered, Japan's defense minister said Tuesday, but the reason for the loss of one of the world's most advanced warplanes remains a mystery.
Pieces of the jet's flight record...

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With Little Fanfare, Japan Just Changed The Way It Uses Its Military

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FOREIGN POLICY
 
A new era may have dawned in Japan, but it has nothing to do with the country’s next emperor. Instead, without much fanfare, the government took a small but significant step in the security domain. On April 26, in a move unlike any since 1945, it deployed its Self-Defense Forces ...

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