NIPPON
 
The number of foreign children of elementary or junior high school age living in Japan who were not or may not have been in education amounted to 8,432 as of May 2024, an education ministry survey showed Thursday.
This represents a decrease of 169 from the previous year’s survey.
The tot...

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OPEN AI
 
OpenAI and Japan’s Digital Agency today announced a strategic collaboration to explore how generative AI can be used safely and effectively to enhance public services in Japan.
Japan’s Digital Agency will make Gennai, a new AI tool powered by OpenAI’s advanced AI technology, available t...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Japan Airlines Co said Tuesday it will suspend high-risk pilots if their liver functions deteriorate beyond certain levels, as the troubled carrier announced stricter safety measures after international flights were delayed due to drinking incident involving a pilot.
JAL submitted a...

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NIPPON
 
Public hospitals across Japan ran a combined deficit of 395.2 billion yen in fiscal 2024, with 83.3 pct operating in the red, the internal affairs ministry said Tuesday.
Both the deficit and the proportion of loss-making hospitals, 703 out of 844, marked record highs.
The ministry attrib...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
The government announced on Monday the resumption of economic sanctions against Iran, after the United Nations reimposed sanctions on the country over its nuclear development.
Based on a U.N. Security Council resolution, the government designated the assets of 78 organizations and 4...

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GOV UK
 
The UK and Japan announce first tranche of activity under our Industrial Strategy Partnership.
During a meeting today [September 29] UK Department for Business and Trade Permanent Secretary Gareth Davies and Japan’s Ministry for Economy Trade and Industry Vice-Minister for International ...

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ENGLISH NEWS
 
Japan defended its title with an 11-0 victory over Chinese Taipei in the final of the 31st Asian Baseball Championship on Sunday in Pingtan, east China's Fujian Province.
The win marked Japan's 21st title in the history of the Asian Baseball Championship, reaffirming its dominance ...

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NIPPON
 
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake met in Tokyo on Monday and agreed that Japan will provide about 10 surveillance drones, worth about 500 million yen, to the South Asian nation's navy.
This will be Japan's first provision of defense ...

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NIPPON
 
The foreign ministers of Japan, Britain, France and nine other countries said Thursday that they have launched a coalition to support the Palestinian Authority financially.
Stabilizing the Palestinian Authority's finances is "indispensable to regional stability and to preserving the two-...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
There is a strong need to create a backup capital in Japan that can take over Tokyo's functions in an emergency, Yoshimasa Hayashi, a candidate in the Liberal Democratic Party's leadership election, said in a recent interview.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Hayashi is running against four ...

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