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U.S. Consulted Japan, Netherlands On Curbing Chip-Related Exports To China

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REUTERS
 
The United States has spoken with its partners, including Japan and the Netherlands, on tightening exports to China of equipment used to make semiconductors, Jake Sullivan, the White House national security adviser, said on Monday.
The Biden administration aims to cut China off from cer...

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Japan Eyes Higher Corporate, Tobacco Taxes To Fund Defense Spending

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Japan will likely boost its defense spending to around 6.5 trillion yen in fiscal 2023 from the current 5.2 trillion yen, sources close to the matter said Monday, in a five-year effort to double the expenditure to better respond to the changing security environment surrounding the n...

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Video Game Hub Japan Confronts Problem Of Addiction

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CNA
 
From Super Mario to Final Fantasy, Japan has long been synonymous with gaming, but some experts and parents fear a growing addiction problem is going unaddressed.
While nearby nations like China and South Korea have imposed drastic restrictions on youth gaming in recent years - with mixed r...

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Japanese Lawmaker In Taiwan Says China Threat Needs More Military Spending

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Japan needs to increase its military spending in the face of the "grim reality" of the threat from China and North Korea, a senior member of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party said on Sunday during a visit to Taiwan.
Although Chinese-claimed and democratically-governed Taiwan a...

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Ichiro Mizuki, ‘King Of Anime Songs,’ Dies At 74

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JAPAN NEWS
 
Singer Ichiro Mizuki, known as the “king of anime songs,” died from lung cancer on Dec. 6, his agency announced Monday. He was 74.
Born in Tokyo as Toshio Hayakawa, Mizuki made his debut in 1968 as a singer of popular songs, then switched to anime songs in 1971.
He sang more than 1,2...

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Japan Picks 'War' As Kanji Character Of The Year

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CNA
 
Japan chose the kanji character for "war" on Monday (Dec 12) as the symbol for 2022 after a year marked by Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the assassination of former leader Shinzo Abe.
The public votes in the annual event for the written character they think best represents the past year....

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Japan Will Vow "Counterstrike Capability" In Key Security Documents

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KYODO NEWS
 
The Japanese government will vow in key security documents to be revised this month to acquire "counterstrike capability" but exclusively for defense purposes under the war-renouncing Constitution, a government source said Friday.
The revision to Japan's National Security Strategy an...

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Japan’s Climate Policy ‘Failed To Build On The Legacy Of Kyoto’

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THE GUARDIAN
 
More than two decades on from the protocol, country shows enthusiasm for nuclear restarts over renewables
Apart from the distant buzz of a gardener’s strimmer, all is quiet at the Kyoto International Conference Center, its grey concrete walls matched by the sky on an afternoon in e...

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Kishida, Obama Call For Nuclear-Free World At International Forum In Hiroshima

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and former U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday called for a world without nuclear weapons amid Russian threats to use nuclear weapons in the war in Ukraine and North Korea's pursuit of a nuclear arsenal.
They made the call in separate messages sent t...

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UK, Italy And Japan Team Up For New Fighter Jet

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BBC
 
 
Rishi Sunak is set to announce a collaboration between the UK, Italy and Japan to develop a new fighter jet that uses artificial intelligence.
The prime minister says the joint venture aims to create thousands of UK jobs and strengthen security ties.
The nations will develop a next genera...

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