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Japan Deploying Longer-Range Missiles To Counter China

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ASAHI SHINBUN
 
 
Japan is introducing longer-range missiles to counter China’s maritime expansion, but acquiring the potential to attack enemy bases could contravene the nation’s exclusively defensive posture.
Defense Minister Takeshi Iwaya described Miyakojima island in Okinawa Prefecture as “J...

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LDP Loses 2 Lower House By-Elections

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Candidates of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party lost in both of Sunday’s House of Representatives by-elections, in Osaka Constituency No. 12 and Okinawa Constituency No. 3, according to preliminary reports by The Yomiuri Shimbun.
The results could serve as a harbinger of the Ho...

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Trump Will Be New Japanese Emperor's First Foreign Guest

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CNN
 
(CNN)Japan's new emperor has yet to ascend the throne, but he already has his first foreign guest lined up: United States President Donald Trump.
Current Emperor Akihito, 85, will step down at the end of this month, becoming the first Japanese emperor to abdicate in modern history. He will ...

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Japan-China Ties Can Improve: Japan News

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THE STRAITS TIMES
 
TOKYO (THE JAPAN NEWS/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - It is important for Japan and China to accumulate achievements resulting from bilateral cooperation in a wide range of fields, thereby raising their mutually beneficial relations to a new stage.
The two nations have held a meeting of ...

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Fukushima: Japan Begins Removal Of Nuclear Fuel From Reactor Site

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BBC
 
The operator of Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant has begun removing nuclear fuel from a building housing one of the reactors that melted down after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
Remotely controlled equipment is lifting fuel rods from a storage pool near reactor number three.
The delicate ...

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First Exam Held In Japan For Foreigners Seeking Working Visas Under New System

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JAPAN TIMES
 
 
 
Japan, gearing up to accept more foreign workers under its new visa system launched earlier this month, held a qualification exam for applicants for the first time Sunday.
The exam, which took place at several locations across the country, focused on checking knowledge and skill...

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Special Bus Promotes Tokyo Paralympics

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
With Saturday marking 500 days before the opening of the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, a promotional bus featuring Someity, the mascot for the Tokyo Paralympics, and pink Someiyoshino cherry tree flowers, drove around the construction site for the new National Stadium in Shinjuku Ward,...

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Japan's Yoshitaka Sakurada resigns as Olympics minister

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BBC
 
Japan's Olympics Minister Yoshitaka Sakurada has resigned over comments that offended people affected by a huge tsunami and earthquake in 2011.
At a fund-raising event, he suggested that backing the governing LDP member of parliament for the region was more important than its economic reviv...

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Wreckage Of Crashed Japanese F-35 Fighter Jet Found

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BBC
 
Wreckage from a Japanese F-35 stealth fighter jet has been found, a day after it disappeared from radar over the Pacific Ocean.
The pilot of the plane, however, is still missing, Japanese military officials said.
Parts of the plane have been recovered during search operations at sea.
It is ...

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A Japanese F-35A Fighter Jet Is Missing; Remaining 12 Are Grounded

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DEFENSE NEWS
 
MELBOURNE, Australia — A Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-35A fighter jet went missing off the coast of northern Japan on Tuesday, with a search mission now underway.
Local media reported that contact with the Lockheed Martin-made stealth fighter was lost just before 7:30 p.m. local ...

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