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Passenger Refusing To Wear Mask Kicked Off Peach Aviation Flight

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Osaka – A Peach Aviation plane had to make an unscheduled landing midway through its flight after a male passenger refused to wear a face mask.
Before the plane’s takeoff from Kushiro Airport in Hokkaido, northern Japan, at 12:30 p.m. Monday, staff members of the Japanese budget air...

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Campaign For LDP Leadership Starts To Pick Abe's Successor

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - Official campaigning for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's presidential election began Tuesday, with outgoing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's right-hand man vowing to carry on Abe's policies and two former ministers calling for change as they vie to replace him.
The winner w...

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Typhoon Haishen: Four Missing In Japan As Storm Pounds South Korea

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THE GUARDIAN
 
Four people are missing and dozens more have been injured after a powerful typhoon battered south-western Japan on Monday before making landfall on the Korean peninsula.
Typhoon Haishen left 440,000 homes without power and damaged buildings on and near the island of Kyushu.
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Panel: Japan’s Next Prime Minister Will Continue to Grow Self-Defense Force, Military Ties with U.S.

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USNI NEWS
 
Japan’s next prime minister is expected to follow Shinzo Abe’s path in tightening Tokyo’s military ties with the United States and expanding the nation’s definition of “self-defense” to counter China’s and North Korea’s threats, four Indo-Pacific security experts said Tuesday.
Michael...

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Japan’s New Leadership

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JAKARTA POST
 
The COVID-19 pandemic has not only crushed Japan’s economy, but also its hopes of staging a glorious 2020 Summer Olympics. Amid these gloomy circumstances, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced his resignation, citing deteriorating health.
 
He has led Japan since 2012, making him th...

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Japan's Abe Announces Resignation for Health Reasons

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VOA NEWS
 
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has announced he is stepping down due to chronic health concerns. His departure ends a historic tenure in office, but the conservative leader’s resignation underscores his mixed accomplishments in regional relations.   
During a televised press confer...

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Japan’s Virus Wave Is Easing Despite Lack of Government Action

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BLOOMBERG
 
Japan’s most recent and largest wave of coronavirus infections is showing signs of subsiding, despite a lack of heavy intervention from the government to bring it under control.
After peaking at the start of August, the country is on track for a sixth consecutive day where new cases a...

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Japan Reports 718 New Coronavirus Cases On Tuesday

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NHK WORLD
 
Japanese authorities reported 718 new coronavirus cases nationwide on Tuesday, including 182 in Tokyo.
The total number of cases in Japan now stands at 64,714. That includes cases found during airport quarantine checks, as well as 712 from the Diamond Princess cruise ship that was doc...

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Japan's Shinzo Abe Returns To Hospital On Day He Becomes Country's Longest-Serving Prime Minister

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CNN
 
Tokyo (CNN)Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe returned to the hospital on Monday on the day he became the country's longest serving head of government in terms of consecutive days in office.
Abe, leader of the world's third-largest economy, has now served 2,799 consecutive days as Prime Min...

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Japan, Cambodia To Reopen Borders

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NHK
 
Japan and Cambodia have agreed to ease entry restrictions imposed in response to the coronavirus pandemic, and mutually admit long-term stayers, including expatriates, as soon as early next month.
Japan's Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu met Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen in the capital...

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