KYODO NEWS
 
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Friday confirmed to strengthen cooperation toward realizing a free and open Indo-Pacific amid China's growing assertiveness in the region and Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Widodo said Indonesia and the Asso...

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CNN
 
Japan located on Friday (Apr 29) the hull of a tour boat off its northern coast, the coast guard said, six days after the vessel disappeared in an accident that killed at least 14 people on a sightseeing trip.
The hull of the "Kazu I" was found on the seabed at a depth of about 120m off the...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
West Japan Railway Co (JR West) officials, survivors and relatives of victims of a train derailment in 2005 in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on Monday placed flowers at a memorial site.
Since the accident, a memorial service has been held each year, attended by relatives of victims a...

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BBC
 
At least 10 people have been killed after a tourist boast went missing off the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido, the Japan Coast Guard says.
They say the search is continuing in frigid waters for 16 others who were on board the Kazu 1 vessel.
Contact with the boat was lost after it said...

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SORA NEWS
 
Metaversity?
Spring is the time for new beginnings in Japan, especially for students, many of whom are entering the workforce or new schools for the first time.
In the case of schools, that makes this the season for large-scale entrance ceremonies all over Japan, but the lingering pan...

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NHK
 
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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KYODO NEWS
 
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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