NIPPON
 
European leaders have celebrated in social media posts the inauguration of new Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae.
"Congratulations...on your historic vote as Japan's first female prime minister," British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said.
"I look forward to working together" with the...

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VOI.ID
 
Japanese authorities will take stricter steps to control their bear population, Japan's Environment Minister said Friday, after a recent record of death from a bear attack.
Japan set bears on a list of species in population control in April 2024, but sightings and attacks have soared, wi...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Princess Aiko is scheduled to make an official six-day visit to Laos starting on Nov. 17, according to a plan approved by the government at a Cabinet meeting on Friday.
Marking the 70th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Japan and Laos this year, the princess will attend a ...

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NIPPON
 
The 2025 World Exposition in the western Japan city of Osaka attracted a total of 25,578,986 visitors during its 184-day run through Monday.
According to the data released by the Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition, the event’s organizer, on Tuesday, 207,889 people visited th...

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FRANCE 24
 
Coach Hajime Moriyasu said Japan's first win over Brazil had been decades in the making and backed his players to use it as a springboard to World Cup success.
Japan stunned Brazil with three second-half goals to claim a 3-2 friendly victory in Tokyo on Tuesday, their first win over t...

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NIPPON
 
The Diet, Japan's parliament, will elect a new prime minister to replace Shigeru Ishiba on Oct. 21, a senior official at the ruling Liberal Democratic Party said Tuesday.
Yoshihiko Isozaki, the LDP's Diet affairs chief in the House of Councillors, told his counterpart from the opposition...

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NHK
 
Japan has lodged a protest with China after a Chinese marine survey ship was suspected of carrying out a survey again in Japan's exclusive economic zone.
The Japan Coast Guard says a patrol ship saw the Chinese vessel extending a pipe-like object in waters roughly 400 kilometers west of Ama...

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NIPPON
 
Japanese police Wednesday launched special teams to reinforce their fight against "tokuryu" ad hoc crime groups made up of anonymous members.
The National Police Agency and Tokyo's Metropolitan Police Department took the action with no sign of decline seen for crimes by tokuryu groups, w...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
The cumulative number of general visitors to the World Expo in Osaka has topped 22 million, which is regarded as the event's breakeven point, its organizers said.
As of Sunday, 22,277,717 people had visited the Osaka Expo since its April 13 opening, the Japan Association for the 202...

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ANTARA NEWS
 
The Japanese Embassy in Jakarta officially opened Jak‑Japan Matsuri 2025 on Saturday, offering a variety of Japanese cultural performances and immersive experiences designed to make visitors feel as though they are in Japan.
“Omikoshi (portable shrine) is also featured at this festi...

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