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Utilisation Of Nuclear Power Needed For Decarbonisation

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ASIAN NEWS NETWORK
 
 
 
It is also essential to promote technological innovation related to renewable energy.
To achieve both decarbonization and a stable supply of electricity, there is a need to make use of nuclear power generation. It is also essential to promote technological innovation rela...

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Suspect Arrested In Teen Stabbings At Mcdonald's In Kitakyushu

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JAPAN TODAY
 
A 43-year-old unemployed man was arrested Thursday on suspicion of involvement in the stabbing of two junior high school students, one of whom died, at a McDonald's restaurant in Fukuoka Prefecture, police said.
The man lives near the fast-food restaurant in the city of Kitakyushu, ...

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Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba Hails Tsuneo Watanabe as ‘Great Journalist’

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JAPAN NEWS
 
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Thursday hailed Tsuneo Watanabe, editor-in-chief of The Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings, as a “great journalist.”
Watanabe had died of pneumonia in the small hours of the day aged 98.
“He was a great journalist,” Ishiba told reporters at the Prime Minister’s...

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Japan Police To Use Fake Ids, Go Undercover To Fight "Dark Job" Crime

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KYODO NEWS
 
The Japanese government said Tuesday it plans to introduce fake IDs for police to conduct undercover investigations as part of emergency measures to tackle "dark part-time work."
Under the countermeasures due to be introduced early next year, police will also request social media ope...

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Japan to Set up Expert Panel on New Foreign Worker System

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NIPPON
 
The Japanese government decided Tuesday to set up an expert panel for the introduction in 2027 of a new system to accept foreign workers.
The government hopes to incorporate expert opinions into the details of the new system to avoid criticism similar to the existing technical trainee sy...

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Stabbed Students in Kitakyushu Have No Defensive Wounds; Lack of Hand Wounds Demonstrates Attack’s Speed

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JAPAN NEWS
 
The two junior high school students who were stabbed by a man at a fast-food restaurant on Saturday have no defensive wounds, indicating that they were assaulted without any time to protect themselves, according to investigative sources.
The Fukuoka prefectural police said the incide...

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Golf: Japan Money Champ Takumi Kanaya Closes In On PGA Tour Card

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KYODO NEWS
 
Takumi Kanaya, this year's top money winner on the Japanese professional men's golf tour, is in contention for a U.S. PGA Tour card after moving up to third in the penultimate round of the final qualifying tournament on Saturday.
The top five and ties at the PGA Tour Q-School Final S...

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Japan Post Starts Accepting New Year's Cards

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NIPPON
 
Japan Post Co. started accepting New Year's cards for 2025 on Sunday.
Postal rates in Japan were raised in October, with the price of a New Year's postcard, like a regular postcard, going up to 85 yen from 63 yen.
In anticipation of a drop in demand following the rate hikes, Japan Post c...

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Police Searching For Man Following Deadly Knife Attack In Western Japan

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NHK
 
Police in western Japan are searching for a man who fled with a knife from the scene of a stabbing incident at a fast-food restaurant that left a teenage girl dead.
The incident took place Saturday night in the city of Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture. Police say a 15-year-old girl has been p...

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JR Kyushu May Withdraw from Japan-S. Korea Ship Route

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NIPPON
 
Kyushu Railway Co., or JR Kyushu, is considering withdrawing from a ship route between Japan and South Korea, over a scandal in which a subsidiary covered up a water leak incident on a high-speed passenger ship, it was learned Friday.
In August this year, JR Kyushu said that the subsidia...

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