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Japan – Taking Initiative In The Asia-Pacific Region

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GLOBAL RISK INSIGHTS
 
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga embarked on his first diplomatic visits last month, meeting the Vietnamese and Indonesian governments. Suga’s choice of Vietnam and Indonesia, both important members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), demonstrates h...

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Japan To Fund AI Matchmaking To Boost Birth Rate

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 BBC
 
Japan plans to boost its tumbling birth rate by funding artificial intelligence matchmaking schemes to help residents find love.
From next year it will subsidise local governments already running or starting projects that use AI to pair people up.
Last year the number of babies born in J...

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Japan's Capsule With Asteroid Samples Retrieved In Australia

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PHYS.ORG
 
A Japanese capsule carrying the world's first asteroid subsurface samples shot across the night atmosphere early Sunday before landing in the remote Australian Outback, completing a mission to provide clues to the origin of the solar system and life on Earth.
The spacecraft Hayabusa2 r...

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AKB48's Kashiwagi Yuki, Minegishi Minami And More Quarantined After NMB48's Shiroma Miru Tests Positive For COVID-19

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TOKYO HIVE
 
It's been reported that 15 members of the AKB48 Group have been placed on quarantine and monitoring their health at home after NMB48's Shiroma Miru tested positive for COVID-19 on November 30.
The members who worked with Shiroma are AKB48's Okada Nana, Okabe Rin, Oguri Yui, Kashiwagi...

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Sanrio Puroland Kicks Off 30th Anniversary With Livestreamed Show And Global-Scale Promo Video

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Sanrio Puroland is celebrating its 30th Anniversary from Dec 7. To commemorate the occasion, they will have a retrospective live-streamed show on the eve of the festivities on their official YouTube channel, and they've already put up a special video promoting the festivities (see b...

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Tokyo Reports Record-High Coronavirus Infections

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NHK WORLD
 
Tokyo's daily tally of coronavirus infections reached an all-time high of 570 cases on Friday. The previous record was 539, reported last Saturday.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government says the newly confirmed cases involve people aged under 10 to over 100.
Officials say the daily figure...

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Japan Spacecraft Carrying Asteroid Soil Samples Nears Home

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AP NEWS
 
A Japanese spacecraft is nearing Earth after a yearlong journey home from a distant asteroid with soil samples and data that could provide clues to the origins of the solar system, a space agency official said Friday.
The Hayabusa2 spacecraft left the asteroid Ryugu, about 300 million k...

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Japan And Australia Seek To Align On Defence As China's Influence Grows

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JAKARTA POST
 
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and his Australian counterpart, Scott Morrison, may agree an historic defense pact on Tuesday that will closely align two key US allies in Asia as a counter to China's growing influence in the region.
Morrison arrives in Japan on Tuesday where...

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Record Coronavirus Cases Reported In Japan For 3 Days In Row

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THE MAINICHI
 
Japan logged 1,737 daily new coronavirus cases on Saturday, renewing a record for a third consecutive day, as Tokyo, Osaka and other major cities continued to see high rates of infection.
The latest Kyodo News tally based on data released by local governments followed 1,704 cases o...

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Japan, US To Negotiate Cost Of Hosting US Forces

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AA.COM
 
Washington seeking more money from allies for deploying American troops on their soilJapan and the US later this week will begin negotiations over cost-sharing of 55,000 American troops based in Japan.
“We will appropriately engage in the negotiations by taking into account the increasin...

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