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Russia's defense ministry says two of its submarines have successfully test-fired cruise missiles in the Sea of Japan. The move apparently aims to check an ongoing Japan-US joint exercise in the Sea of Japan.
The ministry said Kalibr missiles launched from the two diesel-powered submarines ...

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KYODO NEWS
 
Japan has confirmed its first case of the Omicron XE derivative strain of the novel coronavirus in a woman upon arrival at Narita airport near Tokyo, the health ministry said Monday.
The woman in her 30s, who has stayed in the United States and showed no symptoms, arrived at the airp...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Japan has canceled the purchase of about 40 million Astrazeneca PLC COVID-19 vaccine doses it agreed to buy last year, a health ministry official said in parliament on Monday.
The contract allowed the government to cancel a portion of the supply if it was unneeded, the official said...

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Japan will lift its entry ban on nonresident foreign nationals from 106 countries including Britain, India and the United States starting from Friday, the government said, as part of procedures to gradually ease COVID-19 restrictions.
The policy change, however, will not drastically ...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Famed Japanese manga artist Fujiko Fujio A, known for beloved children's cartoons including "Ninja Hattori" and "Little Ghost Q-Taro", has died aged 88, local media reported on Thursday.
The artist, whose real name was Moto Abiko, was found collapsed outside his home in Kawasaki on ...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
 
“Oshikatsu,” a Japanese word meaning the act of enthusiastically supporting someone like an idol singer or actor that one feels particular devotion to, is increasingly taking hold in Japan.
Such activities — long monopolized by otaku, or people with an obsessive interest in Japane...

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KYODO NEWS
 
Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi on Sunday observed a border checkpoint in Medyka in southeastern Poland, where Ukrainian refugees have been arriving as Japan prepares to bolster humanitarian aid for the Eastern European country besieged by Russian aggression.
Having arriv...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi held talks with his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba on Saturday, assuring him of Tokyo's "firm resolve" to assist Ukraine.
During their meeting in the Polish capital of Warsaw, Hayashi said Japan is with the Ukrainian people and prepar...

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KHALEEJ TIMES
 
Japan’s government on Friday approved fresh sanctions against North Korea over its recent test-firing of an intercontinental ballistic missile, following Washington’s calls for tougher international punishment for the nuclear-armed state.
Japan already has bans on trade and vessel...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
On Monday, news went out that the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries is asking that everyone in Japan drink more milk at the behest of the Japan Dairy Association. The reason is that a large amount of surplus of milk is at risk of going unused and therefore disposed of....

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