JAPAN TODAY
 
Two men have been arrested for allegedly faxing a bomb threat to a Tokyo college, police said Wednesday, adding that the pair are suspected of sending over 300,000 similar faxes to other schools, firms and local governments across Japan.
Sho Okuma, 26, and Nao Sato, 22, were arreste...

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CNN
 
Japan will begin releasing treated radioactive water from Fukushima into the ocean as early as Thursday, officials announced on Tuesday, following months of heightened public anxiety and pushback from many neighboring countries.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said authorities would go forward...

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ARAB NEWS
 
Tokyo aims to strengthen its ties with oil-producing countries to ensure stable energy supplies from the Middle East
Japan will next month attend a meeting of foreign ministers from Gulf Cooperation Council member states.
A GCC source told Arab News Japan on Monday that the gathering ...

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JAPAN NEWS
 
Nizo Yamamoto, an art director renowned for his work on animated films, died at the age of 70 on Saturday.
Yamamoto was the art director for animated TV series “Mirai Shonen Konan” (“Conan the Boy in the Future”), directed by Hayao Miyazaki.
He demonstrated a talent for depicting nat...

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KYODO NEWS
 
Competition is heating up in the Japanese market for remote control claw machine games after playing the popular arcade game on smartphones quickly caught on during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Since the online form of the game was first introduced around 2011, game companies, including Se...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Sunday during a visit to the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant that he has urged the operator to prioritize safety ahead of the planned release of treated radioactive water stored at the facility into the sea.
With fishermen remaining concer...

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JAPAN NEWS
 
The leaders of Japan, the United States and South Korea have made clear their intention to enhance cooperation in the fields of defense and economic security, amid China’s increasingly hegemonic actions.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, U.S. President Joe Biden and South Korean Presiden...

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KYODO NEWS
 
Japan, the United States and Australia are considering sending their vessels carrying aircraft to the Philippines to conduct a trilateral naval drill next week in the South China Sea, sources close to the matter said Friday.
The planned exercise set for Wednesday comes amid mounting ...

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NHK
 
American billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk is currently visiting Japan, marking his first known trip to the country in nine years.
Musk wrote on X, previously known as Twitter, that he had just arrived in "amazing" Japan. The post was dated Thursday night.
Musk did not give a reason for hi...

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KYODO NEWS
 
Over 50 percent of those aged 60 through 74 years old in Japan over recent years have remained unemployed despite wishing to be in work, a recent survey by a human resources company has found, even as the country faces a labor shortage.
It also found that around two-thirds of the com...

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