KYODO NEWS
 
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida plans to hold talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping in mid-November on the sidelines of an international gathering in Southeast Asia, diplomatic sources said Monday.
If realized, it would be the first summit between the political leaders of Jap...

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ARSENAL.COM
 
Takehiro Tomiyasu has been named in Japan’s squad for the 2022 World Cup - the first of our players to be selected for the tournament.
The defender is part of his nation’s 26-man squad, marking the first time the 24-year-old has been selected for world football’s global showpiece ha...

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AP NEWS
 
Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said at an international fleet review Sunday that his country urgently needs to strengthen its military capabilities as security risks increase including threats from North Korea’s nuclear and missile advancement and Russia’s war on Ukraine.
Eighteen...

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NHK
 
Japan's Imperial Household Agency has announced that the imperial family will offer the traditional public New Year's greetings, for the first time in three years.
The agency says Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and other family members plan to appear on the balcony of the Imperial Palace ...

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KYODO NEWS
 
North Korea fired a barrage of artillery projectiles including short-range ballistic missiles Wednesday, the South Korean military said, with one falling on the south side of the de facto maritime border for the first time since the Korean Peninsula was divided.
An air raid alarm was...

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BBC
 
Tokyo has begun rolling out a partnership certificate scheme to same-sex couples - allowing them to be treated as married couples for certain public services for the first time, but falling short of marriage equality.
Some hope this may be a step towards the whole of Japan embracing equalit...

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ANTARA NEWS
 
 
 
A pharmaceutical company from Japan, Takeda, has donated 200 vials of acute kidney injury (AKI) antidote, Fomepizole, to Indonesia, Health Ministry spokesperson Mohammad Syahril informed at a press conference here on Thursday.
“The drug will arrive next week. We will directly di...

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JAPAN NEWS
 
The Emperor and Empress visited Okinawa Saturday to attend the opening ceremony of the 37th National Cultural Festival and the 22nd National Art and Cultural Festival for Persons with Disabilities. They departed from Haneda Airport in Tokyo for Okinawa Prefecture on a special plane.
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JAPAN NEWS
 
The creator of the official mascots for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games has voiced his disappointment over the bribery scandal that has tainted the event.
Prosecutors on Wednesday re-arrested Haruyuki Takahashi — a former executive board member of the Games’ organizing co...

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COLORS OF INDIA
 
Japan’s main tech commerce present CEATEC returned to an in-person format on Tuesday for the primary time in three years, with corporations seizing the prospect to straight work together with guests and showcase their newest choices.
Over the previous two years, the occasion was...

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