BENAR NEWS
 
Japan and Southeast Asian nations have agreed to “promote a rules-based Indo-Pacific region that is free and open” amid China’s growing assertiveness.
Tokyo and the ASEAN bloc have held special summit over the past two days to celebrate 50 years of friendship and bilateral cooperatio...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Sunday pitched Japanese scallops at a dinner with ASEAN leaders in Tokyo, as producers of the bivalve mollusks have been hit hard by China's blanket import ban on seafood from the neighboring nation.
"We used ingredients representative of Japan, such ...

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ANTARA NEWS
 
ASEAN and Japanese leaders encouraged the widest access to humanitarian aid for Gaza residents affected by the Israel-Hamas conflict during a summit chaired by Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.
The leaders are attending the Commemor...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Nissan said on Sunday it would sell China-developed electric vehicles (EVs) globally as it struck a deal with the country's top university to leverage local resources to accelerate research and development on electrification.
The Yokohama-based automaker is considering exporting the...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
On one hand, the government is speeding up its efforts to enhance deterrence by deciding to move up the planned introduction of long-range missiles that can directly attack military hubs of other nations.
But on the other, decisions on key defense issues have been pushed back as the...

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JAPAN NEWS
 
The Bank of Japan announced Tuesday that it will begin issuing three new banknotes on July 3 next year.
The ¥10,000 bill will feature industry tycoon Eiichi Shibusawa, the ¥5,000 will have Umeko Tsuda, founder of Tsuda University, and bacteriologist Shibasaburo Kitasato will be on th...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Japanese scientists said they have succeeded in creating the world's first mental images of objects and landscapes from human brain activity by using artificial intelligence technology.
The team of scientists from the National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology, another n...

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JAPAN NEWS
 
The Pokémon Company, Yomiuri Land Co. and The Yomiuri Shimbun will form a new company on Tuesday called PokéPark KANTO LLC to build a Pokémon-themed entertainment venture in the Yomiuriland amusement park.
The new business enterprise aims to establish “PokéPark KANTO,” a theme park w...

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CNA
 
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will make a four-day working visit to Tokyo to attend a summit commemorating relations between Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). 
Mr Lee will visit the Japanese capital from Dec 15 to Dec 18 to attend the Commemorative Summit for th...

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REUTERS
 
Embattled Japanese premier Fumio Kishida dropped four cabinet ministers on Thursday, as he tried to limit the fallout from the biggest financial scandal his ruling party has faced in decades.
The ousted ministers included chief cabinet secretary Hirokazu Matsuno and industry minister Ya...

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