THE JAPAN NEWS
 
A squirrel and spring flowers present a fairy tale-like scene in Urausu, Hokkaido. Katakuri, or Japanese dogtooth violets, and Ezo engosaku, or corydalis, are now at peak bloom. Ezo risu squirrels frequently drop by the carpet of blue and mauve flowers on the grounds of Urausu Sh...

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KYODO NEWS
 
Some Japanese nationals have started evacuating from Sudan by land, likely joining a United Nations convoy, a government source said Sunday, as fighting between the country's military and a paramilitary force continues to escalate and triggers a humanitarian crisis.
The convoy appear...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, headed by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, secured four of the five Diet seats up for grabs in by-elections on Sunday, boding well for him amid speculation that he might dissolve the lower house in the near future.
The LDP won the Yamaguchi Nos....

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JAPAN TIMES
 
 
A health ministry panel on Friday approved the country’s first abortion pill, which would provide an alternative to a surgical procedure amid calls for progress in women’s reproductive rights and gender equality.
The ministry announced the move after a secondary panel reviewed 12,...

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CNN
 
Japan says it is prepared to shoot down a North Korean spy satellite rocket if it needs to.
Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada told the Japanese military on Saturday to make the “necessary preparations,” as he could potentially “order the destruction of ballistic missiles.”
The news follows a...

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JIJI
 
A Hong Kong student studying at a Japanese university was arrested last month while she was returning home, for social media comments made during her stay in Japan, it was learned Thursday.
   Authorities arrested the student on suspicion of violating the Hong Kong national security law in...

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Here’s a government policy many won’t be losing sleep over.
The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry will set a goal for 60% of the people in Japan to get sufficient sleep, defined as between six to eight or nine hours depending on age, by fiscal 2032.
This target will be included ...

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CNA
 
Striking the right balance on security for politicians is "very difficult", Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said in an interview on Thursday (Apr 20), days after he escaped an attack unharmed while campaigning.
Security around officials was tightened after the assassination of former p...

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YAHOO
 
A French tourist was arrested for physically assaulting a woman in Roppongi, Japan.
Charlie Evan, a 23-year-old French national, was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of punching a woman in the face and leaving her injured on the streets of Tokyo's Minato ward.
According to local reports,...

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BBC
 
Divers have recovered the wreckage of a missing military helicopter, along with the bodies of five of the 10 people on board, off the coast of Japan.
The UH60 helicopter, known as a Black Hawk, vanished from radar screens near the Miyako island last Thursday.
It was surveying the local area...

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