NHK
 
 
The Japanese government will launch a new residency program in a bid to attract talented professionals from other countries. Qualified foreign nationals would be given preferential immigration treatment.
The plan was decided at a meeting of relevant Cabinet ministers on Friday.
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CNN
 
 
Japan’s H3 rocket, the country’s first new medium-lift launcher in three decades, failed to lift off on Friday because two secondary booster engines strapped to the side of the space vehicle didn’t ignite.
During the live-streamed event, the H3’s main engine cut off after the launch count...

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THE GUARDIAN
 
Company says vessel’s construction will help ‘pass on our whaling culture to the next generation’ A Japanese company is building a new whaling ship designed to travel as far as Antarctica, sparking fears commercial operations could resume in the Southern Ocean.
Australia’s environm...

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ANTARA
 
Japan has asked Indonesia to establish closer cooperation with related partner countries in order to overcome the issues faced in the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) region.
"To solve a very important problem, we need to cooperate more closely with related partner countrie...

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KYODO NEWS
 
The Japanese government plans to criminalize sex with children under age 16 by raising the legal age of consent from 13, part of the country's Penal Code reforms, which critics say are long overdue and urgently needed to protect vulnerable minors from sexual offenses.
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TIME OUT
 
Sakura season is coming to Starbucks with a special collection of merchandise, including mugs, tumblers and stationery
With sakura season drawing near, Starbucks Japan has unveiled its annual collection of cherry blossom-themed mugs, tumblers and stationery.
The collection is available...

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KYODO NEWS
 
The estimated number of foreign visitors to Japan in January increased by some 130,000 from the previous month to almost 1.5 million entries, government data showed Wednesday, thanks to a boost from the Lunar New Year holiday and eased coronavirus measures for many countries.
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CNN
 
 
 
Japan said Tuesday it “strongly” suspects three Chinese spy balloons entered its airspace between 2019 and 2021.
Three “balloon-shaped flying objects” were detected between November 2019 and September 2021, the Japanese Ministry of Defense said, adding that these were “strongly presumed...

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TEMPO
 
Indonesian Ambassador to Japan Heri Akhmadi said Foreign Affairs Minister Retno Marsudi and her Japanese counterpart Hayasi Yoshima will meet to discuss bilateral cooperation, one of which is regarding the construction project of Indonesia’s new capital or IKN Nusantara.
“On February 24, ...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Shoichiro Toyoda, the honorary chairman of Toyota Motor who transformed the Japanese automaker into a leading global brand, died of heart failure on Tuesday, the company said. He was 97.
Toyoda, a third-generation scion of the founding family who inherited its stake in the business,...

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