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Japan Mulls Lifting Anti-COVID Recommendation To Wear Masks Indoors

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KYODO NEWS
 
 
The Japanese government is considering no longer asking the public to wear masks indoors in principle unless they have symptoms, a government source said Saturday, possibly changing the public's daily anti-coronavirus practice drastically.
The policy change has been floated as the ...

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Medvedev Says Japanese PM Should Disembowel Himself

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REUTERS
 
Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev accused Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Saturday of shameful subservience to the United States and suggested he should ritually disembowel himself.
It was the latest in a long line of shocking and provocative statements from Medvedev, wh...

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Japan: Passenger Plane Turns Back To Airport After Cockpit Window Crack Found Mid-Air

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SKY NEWS
 
All Nippon Airways Flight 1182 was headed to Toyama before it was forced to return to the Sapporo-New Chitose airport.
A passenger plane has returned to its departure airport in Japan after a crack was found on the cockpit window of the Boeing 737-800 aircraft mid-air.
All Nippon Airwa...

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Japanese Divers Shoot Rare Video Of A Giant Squid Swimming Along Coast

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NHK
 
A couple diving near the Sea of Japan coast have captured rare images of a giant squid.
Tanaka Yosuke and his wife Miki spotted the creature on the water surface near the Nekozaki Peninsula in the city of Toyooka, Hyogo Prefecture, in western Japan last Friday evening.
The couple are scuba-...

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Fukushima Nuclear Disaster: Japan To Release Radioactive Water Into Sea This Year

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BBC
 
 
Japan says it will release more than a million tonnes of water into the sea from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear power plant this year.
After treatment the levels of most radioactive particles meet the national standard, the operator said.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) sa...

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Japan, UK Sign ‘Hugely Significant’ Defence Deal

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AL JAZEERA
 
Kishida and Sunak sign deal in London as Japan seeks to bolster ties with G7 nations amid China worries.
Japan and the United Kingdom have signed a “hugely significant” new defence deal as Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who recently unveiled his country’s biggest military bui...

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15 People Injured In 20-Vehicle Expressway Pileup In Western Japan

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Around 15 people were taken to hospital following a major pileup on Thursday involving around 20 vehicles near an exit of an expressway in western Japan, local authorities said.
The accident occurred around 9:45 a.m. in the city of Kashihara, Nara Prefecture, near an exit onto a sub...

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Japan, France Vow More Security Cooperation In Asia-Pacific

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CNA
 
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday pledged more security cooperation in the Asia-Pacific as Kishida made his first visit to France since taking office.
Japan holds the 2023 presidency of the Group of Seven industrialised countries, and Kishi...

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China Blocks S Korea And Japan Visitors Over Covid Rules

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BBC
 
China has stopped issuing short-term visas to individuals from South Korea and Japan in retaliation for Covid restrictions on Chinese travellers.
Visas for South Koreans entering China as tourists have been suspended, Beijing's embassy in Seoul said.
Japanese media reported China was imposi...

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Japan To Restart Scaled-Down Domestic Travel Discount Program

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JAPAN TIMES
 
The Japan Tourism Agency will restart its domestic travel discount program on a smaller scale starting Tuesday after a suspension during the year-end and New Year holidays.
The move is part of efforts to support the domestic tourism industry, which has been battered by the COVID-19 ...

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