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Gunma Prefecture’s Mascot Brought In An Estimated ¥71.3 Billion Last Year

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JAPAN TODAY
 
here seems to be a mascot for almost everything in Japan–including train gap monsters–and besides looking cute, some of them can be pretty profitable. Gunma Prefecture’s Gunma-chan, an adorable horse character, is one of these. In the last year alone, all things Gunma-chan related w...

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More Deaths, Elderly Cases Fuel Concern About Japan's New COVID Wave

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KYODO NEWS
 
New coronavirus cases among the elderly are increasing while those with severe symptoms and deaths are also on the rise, an advisory panel of experts to the health ministry said Thursday, as Japan braces for its eighth wave of infections.
Nationwide infections reported in the week th...

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Foreign Visitors Flock To Japan After Tourism Reopening

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CNN
 
 
The number of foreign visitors to Japan rose to nearly 500,000 in October, the first month it fully reopened to overseas visitors after more than two years of Covid restrictions, more than doubling the volume from September.
Japan on October 11 ended some of the world's strictest border c...

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Naha Mayoral Election Duel Shows Cracks Forming In All Okinawa Group

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JAPAN NEWS
 
The race to decide the next mayor of Okinawa’s capital comes down to a head-to-head showdown between a former prefectural assembly member supported by the All Okinawa group and Naha’s former deputy mayor backed by the national ruling coalition.
Campaigning to become Naha mayor formal...

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Kishida Fails To Shine Enough At G20 Summit To Boost His Image At Home

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida appears to have failed to make the diplomatic impact he was hoping for at the just-ended Group of 20 summit to help turn around his declining political fortunes at home.
Kishida had envisioned pitching his vision of a "world without nuclear weap...

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Private Companies Race To The Moon: Japan Spacecraft Set To Take Early Lead

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NATURE
 
 
The mission, carrying the United Arab Emirates’ first rover, is aiming to be the first of several private ventures to land on the lunar surface next year.
A lunar craft made by a Japanese company is vying to become the first commercial mission to land on the Moon. ispace’s M1 lander is...

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Tokyo Confirms 10,114 New Coronavirus Cases On Wednesday

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NHK
 
Japan's health ministry says 10,114 new coronavirus cases were confirmed in Tokyo on Wednesday.
The daily tally is up 1,102 from a week ago. It is the second day in a row that the figure has exceeded 10,000 since September 14.
The ministry also confirmed seven deaths.
Meanwhile, 107,186 new...

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Japan Foreign Arrivals In Oct. Up 22.5-Fold From 2021

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KYODO NEWS
 
The estimated number of foreign visitors to Japan in October increased 22.5-fold from a year earlier to 498,600, government data showed Wednesday, as the country removed almost all COVID-19 entry restrictions in that month.
The figure was down 80.0 percent from October in the pre-pan...

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Japanese Investigators To Visit Brazil Over Osaka Murder Case

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NHK
 
NHK has learned that police in Osaka, western Japan, plan to send officers to Brazil to pursue their search for a Brazilian man suspected of murdering his wife and daughter when they lived in Japan.
Investigative sources say officers could fly out as early as Saturday.
Barbosa Anderson Robs...

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Cost Of Living: Japan Economy Unexpectedly Shrinks After Yen Slide

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BBC
 
Japan's economy has unexpectedly shrunk for the first time in a year as the rising cost of living hit consumer spending growth.
Gross domestic product (GDP) fell by an annualised 1.2% in the three months to the end of September.
People reined in spending amid fears of a global slowdown and ...

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