CNA
 
Japan and China became embroiled in a new spat on Monday (Mar 24) with Tokyo accusing Beijing of misrepresenting its position after high-level weekend talks also involving South Korea.
The discussions in Tokyo were billed as a chance to improve historically frosty relations against a backdr...

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REUTERS
 
The top diplomats from Japan, China and South Korea met in Tokyo on Saturday, seeking common ground on East Asian security and economic issues amid escalating global uncertainty.
"Given the increasingly severe international situation, I believe we may truly be at a turning point in hist...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Japan on Tuesday marked 14 years since a devastating earthquake and tsunami rocked the country's northeast and triggered a nuclear crisis, with residents in one of the hardest-hit areas again reeling from the impact of a natural disaster.
The commemoration came at a particularly har...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
An explosion at an auto parts factory on Thursday in the city of Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, killed one person, local broadcaster CBC reported.
A dust collector inside Chuo Spring's Fujioka plant exploded shortly after 8 a.m., prompting a male employee to call the fire department, CBC...

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NIPPON
 
The U.N. Development Program said Thursday it has picked Japanese actress Mana Ashida as domestic goodwill ambassador, a post newly set up by the organization to focus on efforts in the Asian nation.
At a press conference in Tokyo the same day, Ashida, 20, said, "I hope to work so that w...

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CNN
 
 
 
Japan’s Prince Hisahito, the second in line to the throne, held a debut news conference on Monday, telling reporters he would try to balance official duties and his university studies and research about the dragonfly.
Hisahito turned 18 last September, becoming the first male royal fami...

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CNA
 
Nearly 1,700 firefighters are battling Japan's biggest forest fire in three decades, officials said Monday (Mar 3), as some 4,600 residents remain under an evacuation advisory.
One person died last week in the blaze in the northern region of Iwate, which follows record low rainfall in the a...

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JAPAN NEWS
 
The Ground Self-Defense Force, the U.S. Marine Corps and other forces conducted a joint drill in the U.S. military’s Blue Beach training field in Kin, Okinawa Prefecture, on Saturday.
The drill, part of the Iron Fist exercises being held in Kyushu and Okinawa, simulated landing from ...

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NIPPON
 
The Japanese government on Friday expressed caution over U.S. President Donald Trump's proposal to return to the Group of Eight framework by reuniting Russia with the Group of Seven major democracies.
"We value the bond of the G-7," Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi stressed at a...

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KYODO
 
Japan on Sunday successfully launched a flagship H3 rocket and put into orbit a quasi-zenith satellite, aiming to improve the accuracy of global positioning data for various applications.
The No. 5 H3 rocket marked its fourth consecutive successful liftoff following a failed debut in 2023...

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