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Japan Aims To Double Foreign Tourists Despite Overtourism Concerns

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CNA
 
Japan's tourism chief said on Thursday (Jun 20) its ambitious goal of luring 60 million foreign tourists a year - more than double the current level - is well within reach, despite surging overtourism concerns.
Japan last year attracted over 25 million tourists from abroad, in part buoyed b...

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Koike, Rival Renho Clash Over Child Policies In Tokyo Governor Race

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Tokyo Gov Yuriko Koike and her biggest rival, opposition-backed lawmaker Renho, clashed over how to tackle the declining birthrate as they finally unveiled their pledges for next month's gubernatorial election on Tuesday, just two days before official campaigning starts.
Koike, a co...

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Heavy Rain Hits Wide Areas Of Japan, Disrupts Bullet Train Services

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KYODO NEWS
 
Heavy rain battered wide areas of Japan on Tuesday, disrupting bullet train services between Tokyo and Osaka and prompting the weather agency to urge caution for landslides and floods.
An eastward-moving front and a low-pressure system on the Pacific Ocean side of the Japanese archip...

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Japan's Kishida to Visit Germany in July

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NIPPON
 
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is seen visiting Germany in July for talks with Chancellor Olaf Scholz, informed sources said Tuesday.
The trip is aimed at strengthening bilateral cooperation in economic security, including protecting supply chains for critical minerals and semicon...

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'Totto-Chan' Anime Wins Award At Prestigious Annecy Film Festival

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JAPAN TIMES
 
"Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window," directed by Japan's Shinnosuke Yakuwa, received an award at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival in France on Saturday.
The Paul Grimault Award, a special award for a feature film, was given to the Japanese work at the film fe...

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Father’s Day Custom In Japan Developed In Own Way

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ARAB NEWS
 
The custom of Father’s Day in Japan has a unique history and has developed in its own way.
Many people give red carnations to their mothers for Mother’s Day. Meanwhile, sunflowers have been becoming a popular gift for Father’s Day in recent years. But the situation had been different ...

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Japan Team Succeeds in Muon Reacceleration in Major Breakthrough

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NIPPON
 
A Japanese research team has succeeded in reaccelerating muons, a type of elementary particle, after artificially cooling them, in the first such breakthrough in the world.
The achievement is expected to help better re-examine the standard theory of physics that explains the movements of...

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Japan Tight-Lipped On Report Of Meeting With North Korea In Mongolia

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RFA
 
 
South Korean media reported that Japanese and North Korean representatives met in secret in Mongolia last month.
The Japanese government declined to comment on a South Korean media report that officials from Japan and North Korea had a secret meeting in Mongolia last month, saying it was ...

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Japan Enacts Legislation on Foreign Worker Training

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JAPAN NEWS
 
Japan’s parliament enacted legislation on Friday to create a new skill development program for foreign workers to ease serious labor shortages in the country.
The government plans to introduce the program as early as 2027 to replace the current technical intern training scheme for fo...

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Japan Enacts Laws For New Foreign Worker Scheme Amid Labor Crisis

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KYODO NEWS
 
Japan's parliament on Friday enacted revised laws to replace a controversy-plagued foreign trainee program with a new system that encourages workers from abroad to stay longer, as authorities look to address the serious labor shortage created by the country's demographic crisis.
The ...

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