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China's Wang, Japan Security Adviser Agree To Keep Bilateral Dialogue

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KYODO NEWS
 
China's top diplomat, Wang Yi, and Takeo Akiba, Japan's chief national security adviser, held marathon talks in Beijing on Monday and agreed to maintain dialogue at various levels, including between their leaders and foreign ministers, Akiba told reporters.
Their meeting was intended...

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Japan Successfully Launches 4th H3 Rocket

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NIPPON
 
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, on Monday successfully launched the fourth of its H3 rocket carrying an X-band defense communication satellite.
The Kirameki-3 geostationary satellite was put into orbit after the rocket lifted off from Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshim...

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Volleyball: Japan's SV.League Targets Top Players, World No. 1 Status

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KYODO NEWS
 
As it bids to become the world's most competitive and popular volleyball league by 2030, Japan's rebranded SV.League is gradually lifting foreign player quotas originally intended to nurture local talent, but which its leadership now considers counterproductive in the long term.
It h...

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Man Held For Allegedly Assaulting Japanese Celebrity Haruna Kojima

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JAPAN TIMES
 
A 42-year-old man believed to be a student from Taiwan has been arrested in Tokyo for allegedly assaulting Japanese celebrity Haruna Kojima, the Metropolitan Police Department said Tuesday.
The man is suspected of hugging and pushing Kojima, a former member of pop group AKB48, onto ...

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Japan Posts Record Number of Heatstroke Patients in May-Sept.

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NIPPON
 
The number of people who were sent to a hospital over heatstroke in Japan from May to September came in at 97,578, the highest level for the five-month period since 2008 when the statistics began, the Fire and Disaster Management Agency said Tuesday.
The figure jumped by 6,111 from the s...

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Energy Challenges / High Electricity Bills Overshadow Digitalization in Japan

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JAPAN NEWS
 
Recent events have shaken global energy markets and affected Japan, which relies on imports for most of its fuel. This is the third and final installment of a series examining potential challenges for the nation’s electric power industry.
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Despite a desperate need for data centers...

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Japan Calls For Restraint After Israel Strikes Iran In Retaliation

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JAPAN TODAY
 
The Japanese government expressed concerns over Israel's attack on military facilities in Iran on Saturday and called for all parties concerned to exercise "maximum restraint" amid fears of an all-out regional war.
Touching on Israel's strikes on military targets in Iran as a retali...

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Japan Opposition Sees Change On Horizon After Strong Election Results

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KYODO NEWS
 
Japan's main opposition party said strong results in the general election Sunday have made a change of government an achievable target, as smaller parties surged and the ruling coalition failed to maintain its majority in the House of Representatives.
Yoshihiko Noda, the head of the ...

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Japan’s Politics Gets A Rare Dose Of Upheaval After Snap Election

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BBC
 
Japanese elections are normally steady and boring affairs - but this snap election was neither.
The dramatic vote follows a political funding corruption scandal that was revealed last year, which implicated senior lawmakers and cabinet members from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP),...

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Japan General Election To Test Ruling Party, May Bring Uncertainty

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REUTERS
 
Japan's voters could end more than a decade of Liberal Democratic Party dominance on Sunday, forcing the ruling party into power-sharing deals that could undermine the country's leadership.
The general election, nine days before the U.S chooses a new president, adds uncertainty to an al...

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