JAPAN NEWS
 
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department on Friday arrested actor Kento Nagayama, 34, on suspicion of violating the Cannabis Control Law, according to an individual involved in the investigation.
Nagayama is suspected of having cannabis at his apartment in Meguro Ward, Tokyo.
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KYODO NEWS
 
The approval rating for Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's Cabinet plunged to 40.8 percent, a Kyodo News poll showed Sunday, with many in the public wary of the government's push to expand the use of the national identification card, plagued with privacy concerns.
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NHK
 
Japan's Emperor Naruhito says he hopes his upcoming visit to Indonesia will help develop friendly relations between the two countries.
The Emperor and Empress Masako are expected to leave for the Southeast Asian nation on Saturday. It will be their first goodwill trip abroad since the Emper...

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UCA NEWS
 
The rise in unmarried people, due to factors such as unstable employment and low incomes is a major cause, says an analyst
The Japanese government has approved a series of new measures, including increased financial support to families, aiming to reverse the alarming decline in the bir...

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BBC
 
Japan has passed laws that redefine rape and raise the age of consent in a landmark overhaul of sex crime laws.
The definition of rape was broadened to "non-consensual sexual intercourse" from "forcible sexual intercourse", aligning Japanese law's definition with other countries.
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CNN
 
Japan on Friday passed a much-contested bill to promote understanding of the LGBT community amid criticism that the legislation provides no human rights guarantees and may tacitly encourage some forms of discrimination.
Japan, the only Group of Seven (G7) nation with no legal protection for...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Osamu Tezuka is known as the God of Manga, and with good reason. No other single artist did as much to advance the art form of comics in Japan, and nearly 35 years after his death, he remains a figure of reverence among anime/manga fans and professionals alike.
So it’s a big develop...

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KYODO NEWS
 
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Thursday ruled out dissolving the lower house during the ongoing Diet session through next week, after an opposition party voiced readiness to submit a no-confidence motion against his Cabinet.
His government's role is to "address challenges t...

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ENGLISH NEWS
 
The number of people who got stranded in the mountains in Japan hit a record high of 3,506 in 2022, police data showed Thursday.
Japan's National Police Agency (NPA) data showed that the number increased by 431 from a year earlier, as COVID-19 restrictions were eased and hiking tra...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
A Self-Defense Force member was arrested Wednesday after allegedly killing two other personnel with a rifle at a Ground Self-Defense Force shooting range in the city of Gifu. Another victim was seriously injured.
The 18-year-old male suspect — who is a new GSDF recruit — was arreste...

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