JAPAN TODAY
 
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was unhurt after a man threw a cylindrical object which exploded ahead of a stump speech he was due to make during his visit to western Japan on Saturday, less than a year after a former premier was fatally shot during election campaigning.
Kishida immed...

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CNN
 
Japan on Wednesday said it plans to offer friendly nations financial assistance to help them bolster their defenses, marking Tokyo’s first unambiguous departure from rules that forbid using international aid for military purposes.
Japan’s Overseas Security Assistance (OSA) will be operated ...

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KYODO NEWS
 
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Wednesday the rule of law is the absolute minimum that the international community needs to maintain for durable peace, as he took part in a virtual summit on democracy led by the United States, by recounting his recent visit to Ukraine.
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AP NEWS
 
Shoma Uno prevailed in a quad showdown in the free skate on Saturday to become the first Japanese man to defend his title at the figure skating world championships.
Uno, skating to selection of music that included Bach, attempted five quadruple jumps at Saitama Super Arena. He landed al...

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JAPAN NEWS
 
The official campaign period for gubernatorial elections in nine prefectures began Thursday, in the first half of the unified local elections.
Voting in the gubernatorial races, as well as races for mayor in certain majors cities, is to take place on April 9.
While the gubernatorial ...

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CNN
 
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is making a surprise trip to Ukraine on Tuesday to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky – a day after Chinese leader Xi Jinping met his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Moscow.
Kishida has already left India, where he met with Prime Minister...

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CNA
 
The smiles and screams at Tokyo Disneyland may be more obvious on Monday (Mar 13) as the amusement park and much of Japan relax face mask norms that have defined the three-year COVID-19 pandemic.
Disney park operator Oriental Land, East Japan Railway and cinema operator Toho are among the m...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Over 86 percent of people polled in a Japanese government survey released Tuesday said they see a danger of the country being involved in a war, a figure that is slightly up from the previous poll in 2018.
In the Cabinet Office survey, conducted between Nov 17 and Dec 25, 86.2 perce...

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CNA
 
One person is dead and six missing, Japan's coastguard said Monday (Mar 6), after a boat capsized and was spotted in waters off the Tokyo-controlled Senkaku islets, which are also claimed by China.
It was unclear where the boat had initially capsized but on Sunday a Japanese navy patrol spo...

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CNA
 
For 335 passengers, what was meant to be a straightforward two-hour domestic flight became a 16-hour journey, all because a deadline was missed by minutes. 
On Sunday (Feb 19), a Japan Airlines flight bound for Fukuoka was forced to return to Tokyo's Haneda Airport after it missed a 10pm cu...

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