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No Preferential Treatment Given Over Bid For Abe State Funeral: Matsuno

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Preferential treatment was not given to the Japanese company that won the bid to put on former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's state funeral later this month, the chief cabinet secretary said Monday.
Tokyo-based event organizer Murayama Inc, which has been involved in some controversial...

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Japan, South Korea Stress Need For Better Ties Before Key Court Decision

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KYODO NEWS
 
The Japanese and South Korean foreign ministers on Saturday underscored the need for improving bilateral relations strained over wartime issues, as South Korea's top court is expected to make a relevant decision soon.
"There has never been a time when progress in Japan-South Korea, J...

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Protest Against Abe State Funeral

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JAPAN TODAY
 
People protest outside the Diet against the state paying for former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's funeral in Tokyo on Wednesday.
 
 

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Japan’s PM Cuts Ties To Unification Church After Shinzo Abe Death

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THE GUARDIAN
 
The church had built close ties with Fumio Kishida’s ruling party and a host of conservative lawmakers
Japan’s prime minister, Fumio Kishida, has announced that his ruling party will cut ties with the Unification church after a widening scandal caused by the assassination of the pa...

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Japan Beat Cuba In Four Sets As Both Teams Progress

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VOLLEY BALL WORLD
 
Jesus Herrera and Yuji Nishida lead the match scorers
Both Japan and Cuba are now sure to play in the Round of 16 at the FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship 2022. Led by opposite Yuji Nishida in scoring, the Asian team claimed a 3-1 (25-18, 21-25, 25-15, 25-19) victory ov...

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Japan Falls To 12th Place In Cited Scientific Papers

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NHK
 
 
Japan has slipped to 12th place internationally in the number of scientific papers cited as references. The number of citations is often seen as an indicator of the quality of research papers.
Japan's National Institute of Science and Technology Policy analyzed scientific papers covering ...

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Ukraine War Caused Food Crisis: Japan, African Leaders

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KYODO NEWS
 
Leaders from Japan and African nations on Sunday said the ongoing Russian war in Ukraine has caused a food crisis on the fast-growing continent, without referring to Moscow by name.
"We underscore with deep concern the negative socio-economic impact of this (Ukraine) crisis, which ha...

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Japan To Spend $1.83m On Ex-PM Abe’s State Funeral

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AL JAZEERA
 
Opinion polls show majority of Japanese opposed to state funeral for longest-serving premier.
Japan will spend $1.83m on a state funeral for slain former leader Shinzo Abe, the government has said, despite growing opposition from a public angered by revelations of the ruling party’s ...

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Phishing Cases Hit New Record In Japan

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NHK
 
The number of reported phishing cases in Japan topped 100,000 for the first time in July. The scammers use emails and other means to direct Internet users to fake websites to steal their personal information.
The Council of Anti-Phishing Japan says there were 107,948 such reports last month...

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2 Dead, 7 Injured After Bus-Car Collision On Expressway In Central Japan

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Two people died and seven others were injured after a bus overturned and caught fire on an expressway in Nagoya in central Japan on Monday, local authorities said.
It is believed the bus hit a concrete divider at around 10:15 a.m. near the Toyoyama-Minami interchange on the Nagoya E...

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