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Empress Masako Turns 60, Hopes to Move on with New Feeling

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JAPAN NEWS
 
 
Japan’s Empress Masako turned 60 on Saturday as she hopes to take a step forward with a new feeling.
“I feel it is incredible,” Empress Masako said in a written comment released by the Imperial Household Agency.
She expressed her deep gratitude to all those who have helped her and ...

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Kishida Plans To Replace Chief Cabinet Secretary Matsuno

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida plans to replace Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno amid media reports he received undeclared political funds, the Yomiuri newspaper said on Saturday, citing government and ruling party sources.
Kishida and his ruling Liberal Democratic Pa...

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Japan Is Ready To Provide $4.5 Billion For The Reconstruction Of Ukraine

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YAHOO NEWS
 
Japan is ready to provide $4.5 billion for the recovery of Ukraine, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced during an online G7 meeting on Dec. 6.
Japan has already offered Ukraine support amounting to $1 billion, consisting of humanitarian aid and funds for recovery.
Kishida...

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Japan PM Kishida Resigns As Ruling Party Faction Head Amid Funds Scandal

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KYODO NEWS
 
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Thursday that he decided to step down as chief of his faction in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, with its political funds scandal taking a further toll on his already flagging government.
The LDP has recently faced criticism amid allega...

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Oppenheimer To Finally Be Released In Japan After ‘Barbenheimer’ Backlash

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THE GUARDIAN
 
Internet references conflating the two films drew anger in Japan, which was twice attacked by nuclear weapons during the second world war
Audiences in Japan will finally get to see Oppenheimer – Christopher Nolan’s hit biopic about the creator of the nuclear bomb – following critic...

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Japan To Host Online G7 Summit Later Dec. 6, Zelenskyy To Join

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KYODO NEWS
 
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will host an online summit of the Group of Seven industrialized nations later Wednesday as the Asian nation wraps up its role as this year's rotating chair, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy set to join them.
The G7 leaders are expecte...

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Divers Have Found Wreckage, 5 Remains From Osprey Aircraft That Crashed Off Japan, US Air Force Says

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AP NEWS
 
U.S. and Japanese divers have discovered wreckage and the remains of five crew members from a U.S. Air Force Osprey aircraft that crashed last week off southwestern Japan, the Air Force announced Monday.
The CV-22 Osprey carrying eight American personnel crashed last Wednesday off Yakus...

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Nvidia Plans Research Base In Japan

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NHK
 
Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang met Japanese Trade and Industry Minister Nishimura Yasutoshi in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Nishimura called generative AI an epoch-making project that will change industry, the economy, and society. He said Japan is pouring efforts into its development.
He asked N...

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Japan Lower House Oks Bill To Stop Unification Church Moving Assets

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KYODO NEWS
 
Japan's House of Representatives passed a bill on Tuesday to prevent the outflow of the Unification Church's assets as concerns grew that the controversial religious group would try to hide its funds overseas as it faces compensation demands.
The bill is designed to ensure there will...

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Members Of LDP Abe Faction May Have Over ¥10 Million In Kickbacks

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JAPAN NEWS
 
Some members belonging to Seiwa Seisaku Kenkyukai, or Seiwaken, former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s faction in the Liberal Democratic Party, are suspected to have pooled more than ¥10 million by receiving off-the-books kickbacks over the past five years from fundraising parties, accor...

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