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Tokyo High Court Dismisses Dual Citizenship Case
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NHK
The Tokyo high court has dismissed a case challenging rules that ban dual citizenship. It upholds a lower court ruling.
The eight plaintiffs were forced to give up their Japanese nationality after they gained citizenship in Switzerland or Liechtenstein.
They argue this violated their consti...
The Tokyo high court has dismissed a case challenging rules that ban dual citizenship. It upholds a lower court ruling.
The eight plaintiffs were forced to give up their Japanese nationality after they gained citizenship in Switzerland or Liechtenstein.
They argue this violated their consti...
- February 22, 2023
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Tokyo May See Japan’s Earliest Sakura Blooms of the Year
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JAPAN NEWS
Weather companies have started releasing their bloom forecasts for the “cherry blossom front,” which is expected to begin next month.
Traditionally, cherry trees start flowering in warmer parts of Japan and gradually move northward.
This year’s forecast for Tokyo, however, says the t...
Weather companies have started releasing their bloom forecasts for the “cherry blossom front,” which is expected to begin next month.
Traditionally, cherry trees start flowering in warmer parts of Japan and gradually move northward.
This year’s forecast for Tokyo, however, says the t...
- February 21, 2023
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North Korea Fires 2 Missiles, Warns Of More Launches Over Japan
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KYODO NEWS
North Korea fired two ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan on Monday, the Defense Ministry said, with Pyongyang warning of more launches over the Japanese archipelago as the United States and its East Asian allies held joint exercises.
The two missiles appear to have fallen outsi...
North Korea fired two ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan on Monday, the Defense Ministry said, with Pyongyang warning of more launches over the Japanese archipelago as the United States and its East Asian allies held joint exercises.
The two missiles appear to have fallen outsi...
- February 21, 2023
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China Urges Japan To ‘Make Independent Choices’ Amid Balloon Row
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SCMP
Top diplomat Wang Yi tells Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi that unilateralism and decoupling aren’t in the interests of any partyThe pair met in Munich on Saturday, after Japan last week said Chinese spy balloons may have entered its airspace in recent years
Beijing has urged T...
Top diplomat Wang Yi tells Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi that unilateralism and decoupling aren’t in the interests of any partyThe pair met in Munich on Saturday, after Japan last week said Chinese spy balloons may have entered its airspace in recent years
Beijing has urged T...
- February 21, 2023
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An American Submarine That Went Missing In World War II Is Found Off Of Japan's Coast
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NPR
The wreckage of a U.S. submarine from World War II was found off the coast of Hokkaido in northern Japan — after disappearing almost 80 years ago.
The USS Albacore, credited with sinking at least 10 enemy vessels during the war, was found by the University of Tokyo's Tamaki Ura and positive...
The wreckage of a U.S. submarine from World War II was found off the coast of Hokkaido in northern Japan — after disappearing almost 80 years ago.
The USS Albacore, credited with sinking at least 10 enemy vessels during the war, was found by the University of Tokyo's Tamaki Ura and positive...
- February 20, 2023
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Japan To Invite Ukraine President To G-7 Online Summit Feb. 24: PM
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KYODO NEWS
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Monday that he will invite Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to a Group of Seven online summit on the first anniversary of Russia's invasion of the country later this week.
Kishida said at a meeting of the ruling Liberal Democratic Par...
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Monday that he will invite Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to a Group of Seven online summit on the first anniversary of Russia's invasion of the country later this week.
Kishida said at a meeting of the ruling Liberal Democratic Par...
- February 20, 2023
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French Illustrator Starts Farm to Bring Tourists to Fukushima
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JAPAN NEWS
French illustrator Emilie Bouquet-Nanko wants to experience Japanese farm life, and in doing so, help revitalize a town in Fukushima Prefecture hit hard by the 2011 disaster.
Bouquet-Nanko, 34, was to make a move Saturday from Iwaki in the prefecture to Okuma, one of the towns devast...
French illustrator Emilie Bouquet-Nanko wants to experience Japanese farm life, and in doing so, help revitalize a town in Fukushima Prefecture hit hard by the 2011 disaster.
Bouquet-Nanko, 34, was to make a move Saturday from Iwaki in the prefecture to Okuma, one of the towns devast...
- February 20, 2023
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Japan, South Korea Foreign Ministers Meet On Sidelines Of Munich Security Conference
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CNA
Japan's foreign minister Yoshimasa Hayashi met his South Korean counterpart Park Jin on Saturday (Feb 18) and reiterated the need for continued communications between the two countries to return to a "healthy relationship".
Meeting on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, the two...
Japan's foreign minister Yoshimasa Hayashi met his South Korean counterpart Park Jin on Saturday (Feb 18) and reiterated the need for continued communications between the two countries to return to a "healthy relationship".
Meeting on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, the two...
- February 19, 2023
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Japan Strives For Sea Order, Pushes Free, Open Indo-Pacific
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ANTARA NEWS
Japan is seeking to control the sea to promote maritime sovereignty and a free and open Indo-Pacific policy, a top diplomat said.
"The ASEAN region is in Japan's vital shipping lanes. To control the sea, we need cooperation," Deputy Director of the Second Division of Southeast Asia,...
Japan is seeking to control the sea to promote maritime sovereignty and a free and open Indo-Pacific policy, a top diplomat said.
"The ASEAN region is in Japan's vital shipping lanes. To control the sea, we need cooperation," Deputy Director of the Second Division of Southeast Asia,...
- February 19, 2023
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Japan Hopes To Attract Highly Skilled Professionals With New Residency Program
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NHK
The Japanese government will launch a new residency program in a bid to attract talented professionals from other countries. Qualified foreign nationals would be given preferential immigration treatment.
The plan was decided at a meeting of relevant Cabinet ministers on Friday.
A new spec...
The Japanese government will launch a new residency program in a bid to attract talented professionals from other countries. Qualified foreign nationals would be given preferential immigration treatment.
The plan was decided at a meeting of relevant Cabinet ministers on Friday.
A new spec...
- February 19, 2023
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