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Tokyo Begins Issuing Same-Sex Couples Partnership Certificates

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BBC
 
Tokyo has begun rolling out a partnership certificate scheme to same-sex couples - allowing them to be treated as married couples for certain public services for the first time, but falling short of marriage equality.
Some hope this may be a step towards the whole of Japan embracing equalit...

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AKI: Indonesia To Receive 200 Antidote Vials From Japan

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ANTARA NEWS
 
 
 
A pharmaceutical company from Japan, Takeda, has donated 200 vials of acute kidney injury (AKI) antidote, Fomepizole, to Indonesia, Health Ministry spokesperson Mohammad Syahril informed at a press conference here on Thursday.
“The drug will arrive next week. We will directly di...

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Emperor And Empress Make First Visit To Okinawa Since Enthronement

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JAPAN NEWS
 
The Emperor and Empress visited Okinawa Saturday to attend the opening ceremony of the 37th National Cultural Festival and the 22nd National Art and Cultural Festival for Persons with Disabilities. They departed from Haneda Airport in Tokyo for Okinawa Prefecture on a special plane.
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Tokyo Games Scandal Disappoints Official Mascot Creator

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JAPAN NEWS
 
The creator of the official mascots for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games has voiced his disappointment over the bribery scandal that has tainted the event.
Prosecutors on Wednesday re-arrested Haruyuki Takahashi — a former executive board member of the Games’ organizing co...

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Major Japan Tech Show Returns In Person, But Focus Is On The Metaverse

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COLORS OF INDIA
 
Japan’s main tech commerce present CEATEC returned to an in-person format on Tuesday for the primary time in three years, with corporations seizing the prospect to straight work together with guests and showcase their newest choices.
Over the previous two years, the occasion was...

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Japan Warns Of Intervention As Yen Falls, BOJ Chief Rejects Criticism

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KYODO NEWS
 
Japan warned Tuesday of "appropriate" action to counter excessive volatility in the currency market after the yen hit a 32-year low against the U.S. dollar amid jitters over further possible intervention and its impact on the economy.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said in parliament t...

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Yuta Watanabe Likely To Make Nets Even Bigger In Japan

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NETS DAILY
 
With Yuta Watanabe now seemingly secure on the Nets roster, expect Brooklyn to be an even bigger hit in Japan than in the past ... and they were already No. 2 behind Watanabe’s Raptors in jersey sales last year and Watanabe the clear No. 1 among all NBA players, ahead of Steph Curry....

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Japan Unveiled As First Hosts Of Olympic Qualification Tournaments

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VOLLEY BALL WORLD
 
Teams head to Japan to compete for a ticket to Paris and to contest the country’s ‘World Cup’ in 2023
Volleyball World and the FIVB can announce that Japan is the first country to be confirmed as a host for one of the eagerly anticipated FIVB Road To Paris Volleyball Qualifier...

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Ukrainian Lawmakers Visit Japan, Call For More Pressure On Russia

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NHK
 
A Ukrainian parliamentary delegation visiting Japan is calling on countries to put more pressure on Russia. This is the first time that a delegation from Kyiv has visited Japan since Moscow's invasion of Ukraine began in February.
The group consists of five members of the Ukrainian parliame...

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Indonesia, Japan Discuss Cooperation On Boosting Coastal Defense

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ANTARA NEWS
 
Commander of the Indonesian National Armed Forces General Andika Perkasa and Chief of Staff of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force General Yoshida Yoshihide have discussed cooperation in the military sector, including strengthening coastal defense.
"Several Indonesia-Japan cooperati...

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