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Minister Calls For Expanding Indonesia-Japan Cooperation

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ANTARA NEWS
 
Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Arifin Tasrif, during the commemoration of Japanese Emperor Naruhito's 63rd Birthday, here, Thursday, expressed Indonesia's keenness to expand cooperation with Japan in new areas.
"I believe that several opportunities still exist that can be sei...

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Toyota And Honda Announce Biggest Pay Rises In Decades

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BBC
 
Japanese motor industry giants Toyota and Honda say they have agreed to give their workers in the country the biggest pay rises in decades.
They are the latest firms in the world's third largest economy to increase wages as prices jump.
Official figures published last month showed Japan's r...

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Japan's Emperor Expresses Sorrow For People Suffering In War

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ABC NEWS
 
Japan’s Emperor Naruhito has expressed deep sorrow for the suffering of people in conflicts around the world and stressed the importance of dialogue and cooperation in remarks released for his 63rd birthday Thursday
Japan's Emperor Naruhito expressed deep sorrow for the suffering of pe...

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A Mysterious, Large Metal Ball Was Discovered On A Beach In Japan, Prompting Investigation

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CBS NEWS
 
A mysterious iron ball nearly 5 feet wide was found on a beach in Hamamatsu City, Japan, this week. Officials scrambled to ensure the giant ball was not a bomb, according to Japanese broadcaster NHK, which released video of police examining it. 
The ball is not a bomb, officials said –...

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Japan Seeks G-7 Endorsement On Discharge Of Fukushima Treated Water

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KYODO NEWS
 
 
Japan will seek the endorsement of the Group of Seven nations for its plan to discharge treated water from its crippled nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture into the Pacific Ocean when it hosts a meeting of the group's energy ministers in April, government sources said Wedne...

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Japan Has Discovered 7,000 New Islands

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TIME OUT
 
The country’s number of islands has doubled, with over 14,000 now included in its map
In an age of high-tech, AI, and satellites, it often feels like there is nothing left for us to discover.
The days when a sailor could voyage across the seas and bump into a whole new continent they’d...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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