JAPAN TODAY
 
Casio Computer Co Ltd has announced the release of new additions to the G-SHOCK brand of shock-resistant watches. The three new GW-B5600CD watches are the brand’s latest collaboration with the Charles Darwin Foundation, an organization that engages in environmental conservation acti...

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NHK
 
Japanese government narcotics agents have inspected a factory in Osaka City, western Japan, over the production of gummy candies allegedly containing a substance with a toxicity similar to that of a designated drug like cannabis.
On Tuesday, officials from the health ministry's Narcotics Co...

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KYODO NEWS
 
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was grilled in parliament on Tuesday over allegations that his and four other major factions of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party have underreported their incomes from fundraising parties.
In an extraordinary Diet session, Kishida explained tha...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
The health ministry said Monday that it is planning to ban HHCH, a synthetic substance that mimics the effects of cannabis, as soon as this week after people who consumed gummies containing the cannabinoid had to go to the hospital earlier this month.
Once HHCH, or hexahydrocannabih...

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EAST ASIA FORUM
 
On 26 August 2023, the Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh, Iwama Kiminori, announced that Tokyo had incorporated Dhaka into its ‘Official Security Assistance (OSA)’ framework to enhance defence cooperation.
The OSA, which came into effect in April 2023, is Japan’s new security in...

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AL JAZEERA
 
Japan has approached Yemeni rebels in a bid to secure the release of the Galaxy Leader, hijacked in Red Sea.
Japan says it is “directly approaching” the Houthi rebels who have hijacked a cargo ship in the Red Sea.
Tokyo said on Monday that it is also “communicating with Israel” as it...

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SORA NEWS
 
Tokyo’s long-time-coming long goodbye to the Ueno monorail.
Japan is a country crisscrossed by a seemingly limitless number of train and subway lines.
Monorails, though, are harder to find, and they’re going to get a little harder still following an announcement from the Tokyo Metropo...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Thursday he has been invited by U.S. President Joe Biden to make a state visit early next year, an announcement made as the two countries step up cooperation bilaterally and trilaterally with South Korea in the face of increasing security c...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
A man crashed a car into a barricade near the entrance of the Israel Embassy in Tokyo on Thursday, injuring a police officer.
Police arrested the 53-year-old driver at the scene. He was identified as Shinobu Sekiguchi, a member of a right-wing group, local media reported.
Israel's a...

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BBC
 
A prestigious Japanese all-female theatre company has admitted it feels responsible for the death of a young actress whose suspected suicide was reportedly caused by overwork.
Executives from Takarazuka Revue apologised for "loss of life" but did not announce a compensation package for the ...

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