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Japan’s Nagoya City Fire Bureau orders Airbus H160

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AIRBUS
 
Japan’s Nagoya City Fire Bureau placed an order for an Airbus H160. The helicopter will be deployed for fire fighting, search and rescue missions, as well as disaster response operations, including reconnaissance of affected areas.
Japan’s Nagoya City Fire Bureau placed an order for an A...

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Japan Launches Government Body To Address Concerns Over Foreigners

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STAR ADVERTISER
 
Japan today set up an administrative body aimed at easing citizens’ concerns over the rapid rise in the number of foreigners in recent years, as policies concerning non-Japanese residents emerge as a key issue in Sunday’s national election.
The body would serve as a cross-agency...

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Students in Japan Struggle with Japanese Language, Math Exams

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NIPPON
 
The average correct answer rates in Japanese language and math sections of a national achievement test for students in Japan in fiscal 2025 fell from the previous year, the education ministry said Monday.
The correct answer rate for the Japanese language section dropped to 67.0 pct from ...

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Number Of Arab Residents In Japan Reaches 10,413

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ARAB NEWS
 
The number of Arab residents in Japan totals 10,413 as of the end of December 2024, according to data obtained by Arab News Japan from the Ministry of Justice’s Immigration Agency. 
In the previous survey four years ago, there were only 6,356 Arab residents officially registered in Ja...

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Japan Emperor, Empress Return from Trip to Mongolia

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NIPPON
 
Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako returned from their eight-day state visit to Mongolia on Sunday.
A Japanese government plane carrying the Imperial couple arrived at Tokyo's Haneda Airport in the afternoon after leaving Chinggis Khaan International Airport in Ulaanbaatar, the...

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Japan Local Govts Leverage Osaka Expo to Lure Tourists

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NIPPON
 
Local governments in Japan have been enhancing tourism promotion at the ongoing World Exposition in the city of Osaka in western Japan as three months will have passed as of Sunday since the six-month event began on April 13.
Officials of local governments are generally confident in thei...

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Sumo Wrestler-Sized Wheelchair Deployed Ahead Of Nagoya Tournament

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JAPAN TODAY
 
With the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament set to open Sunday, a medical center near the competition venue has taken possession of a heavy-duty wheelchair built to transport the sport's heftiest wrestlers.
The chair, designed to accommodate patients weighing up to 300 kilograms, was pres...

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Same-Sex Marriage, Surname Support Get Japan Election Tech Leg-Up

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KYODO NEWS
 
Voters in Japan now can find out whether candidates support same-sex marriage and separate surnames for married couples by simply pointing a smartphone camera at campaign posters for the upcoming national upper house election.
The system, launched Thursday, was developed by advocacy ...

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Japan-New Zealand Foreign Ministers’ Meeting

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MOFA
 
On July 10, commencing at 10:30 a.m. local time (11:30 a.m. on July 10, JST) for approximately 30 minutes, Mr. IWAYA Takeshi, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, held a Japan-New Zealand Foreign Ministers’ Meeting with Rt. Hon.
Winston Peters, Minister of Foreign Affairs of New Zealand,...

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Japan To Set Up 'Control Tower' For Crimes By Foreign Residents

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Japan will set up an organization at the Cabinet Secretariat next week that will serve as the "control tower" to coordinate government efforts to deal with crimes by foreign residents, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Tuesday.
"We will promote various policies comprehensively with...

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