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Japan Ministry Worker On Night Out Loses Sensitive Files

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BBC
 
A Japanese finance ministry employee on a night out with colleagues lost documents containing the personal data of 187 people suspected of drug smuggling, local media say.
The employee, who has not been named, reportedly drank nine glasses of beer during a five-hour-long night out with co-w...

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Japan PM Gives Trump Golden Samurai Helmet As Gift

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KYODO NEWS
 
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba presented U.S. President Donald Trump with a golden samurai  helmet crafted by a company from his home prefecture in western Japan during his visit to Washington for their first summit on Friday, a Japanese government source said.
The idea stemm...

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Japan Exploring Drone Production Capabilities For Military Aid Program

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Tokyo has begun looking into the capabilities of Japanese firms to manufacture different dual-use drones for export as a growing number of countries involved in Japan’s military aid program express interest in the unmanned systems.
“Both ... partner and candidate countries have been...

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‘Japan’s Most Dangerous Zoo’ in Sapporo to Receive Closure Order

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ASIA NEWS
 
The zoo is popular because visitors can directly interact with animals. It is often introduced in TV shows and travel magazines as the “most dangerous zoo in Japan” for allowing visitors to enter a cage and feed the tigers.
The Sapporo municipal government plans to order a company ope...

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Japan Test-Fires New Ballistic Missile

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NEWS AZ
 
Japan has conducted a test launch of a domestically developed ballistic missile in the United States, the government in Tokyo announced.
The Chinese military and North Korea's embassy in Beijing did not immediately respond to requests for comment, News.Az reports, citing Newsweek. 
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Indonesian Navy to Receive Patrol Vessels From Japan

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NAVAL NEWS
 
On February 4, the Indonesian House of Representatives approved Japan's offer to donate two brand-new 18-metre patrol vessels to the Indonesian Navy (TNI AL) under Tokyo's Official Security Assistance initiative.
The decision shows growing maritime security cooperation between the tw...

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Sakai Knives A Cut Above For Foreign Visitors To Japan

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KYODO NEWS
 
The global popularity of blades forged in the western Japan city of Sakai is on the rise, with foreign tourists helping to boost sales of the city's native brand that is widely regarded as one of the country's top three traditional knives.
The Sakai Traditional Crafts Museum saw annu...

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Japan And US Leaders Warn China Over Taiwan

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NATION THAILAND
 
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and US President Donald Trump warned China over its behaviour related to Taiwan in a joint statement released after their meeting Friday.
The two leaders also confirmed their policy of enhancing their countries' alliance apparently with Chi...

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Infobip Partners With NTT Com Online To Provide Omnichannel Communications In Japan

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ANTARA NEWS
 
Global communications platform Infobip has partnered with NTT Com Online Marketing Solutions Corporation to support the launch of NTT's omnichannel communication platform, NTT CPaaS, in Japan.
The partnership provides businesses with an innovative communication solution integrating ...

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JAL-Delta Incident

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Workers on a lift check the area where the wing of a Japan Airlines jet hit the tail of a Delta Air Lines jet at the south end of a runway at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on Wednesday.
The JAL plane was taxiing on the tarmac when it struck the tail of a parked Delta aircraft...

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