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No Preferential Treatment Given Over Bid For Abe State Funeral: Matsuno

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Preferential treatment was not given to the Japanese company that won the bid to put on former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's state funeral later this month, the chief cabinet secretary said Monday.
Tokyo-based event organizer Murayama Inc, which has been involved in some controversial...

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Japan, South Korea Stress Need For Better Ties Before Key Court Decision

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KYODO NEWS
 
The Japanese and South Korean foreign ministers on Saturday underscored the need for improving bilateral relations strained over wartime issues, as South Korea's top court is expected to make a relevant decision soon.
"There has never been a time when progress in Japan-South Korea, J...

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Japan Revises Guidelines For Overseas Tourists

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NHK
 
The Japan Tourism Agency has revised its guidelines for overseas tourists as the county prepares to reopen to individual tourists next week.
Starting on Wednesday, the government will allow tourists from all countries to enter Japan without joining a guided tour.
Travelers will be able to p...

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Taiwan Set For Talks With Japan To Evacuate 20,000 Of Its Citizens If China Invades

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TAIWAN NEWS
 
 'Pre- and post-Chinese invasion-related evacuation scenarios' to be discussed behind closed doors
Japanese lawmakers last week agreed to begin talks with Taiwan's government on contingencies for the evacuation of its citizens from Taiwan if China invades.
Furuya Keiji, chairman of ...

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Typhoon Hinnamnor Forecast To Re-Approach Okinawa On Sunday

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NHK
 
Typhoon Hinnamnor is expected to re-approach Japan's southern prefecture of Okinawa on Sunday.
The Japan Meteorological Agency says that as of 3 a.m. on Friday, the "very strong" typhoon was almost stationary over waters about 390 kilometers south of Okinawa's Miyakojima Island.
Hinnamnor w...

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Japanese Bath Houses Find New Ways To Stay Afloat

  • Category:Experience
JAPAN TODAY
 
Just before it opens each afternoon, elderly residents gather outside one of Tokyo's last remaining old-style bath houses carrying flannels, soap and shampoo for their regular soak.
With its communal naked tubs, bright mural of Mount Fuji and sliding wooden entrance under a pointed ...

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Protest Against Abe State Funeral

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JAPAN TODAY
 
People protest outside the Diet against the state paying for former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's funeral in Tokyo on Wednesday.
 
 

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Zii Jia crashes out of Japan Open

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THE STAR
 
PETALING JAYA: National No. 1 men's singles shuttler Lee Zii Jia suffered a shock first-round exit from the Japan Open in Osaka, losing to India's K. Srikanth on Wednesday (Aug 31).
The world No. 4 was edged 20-22, 21-23 by the world No. 14 in 38 minutes.
The defeat added to Zii Jia's ...

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Japan’s PM Cuts Ties To Unification Church After Shinzo Abe Death

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THE GUARDIAN
 
The church had built close ties with Fumio Kishida’s ruling party and a host of conservative lawmakers
Japan’s prime minister, Fumio Kishida, has announced that his ruling party will cut ties with the Unification church after a widening scandal caused by the assassination of the pa...

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Super Typhoon Near Japan's Okinawa Is Year's Strongest Storm

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BUSINESS STANDARD
 
 Super typhoon Hinnamnor, currently several hundred kilometers to the east of Okinawa, is expected to skirt the Japanese islands this weekend, according to a forecast from Japan Meteorological Agency
The strongest global storm of 2022 is barreling toward the East China Sea, th...

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