NHK
 
Isolation period reduced
As Japan experiences record infection numbers, the central government has shortened the isolation period for people classified as close contacts. The change is intended to reduce the impact the isolation rules are having on economic and social activities.
A close co...

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THE VERGE
 
Valve is expanding Steam Deck shipments to some regions that could take the handheld PC-meets-console to new heights.
The company just announced that reservations are now open in Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, and Taiwan through Komodo, a site that also sells Valve’s Index VR headset ...

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TODAY ONLINE
 
Japan and the United States agreed on Friday to work together on maintaining peace in the increasingly tense Taiwan Strait, amid unprecedented military drills by China including five missiles that landed in Japan's exclusive economic zone.
U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nanc...

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CNA
 
Ballistic missiles fired by China are believed to have landed in Japan's exclusive economic zone (EEZ) for the first time, Tokyo's defence minister said Thursday (Aug 4).
"Five of the nine ballistic missiles launched by China are believed to have landed within Japan's EEZ," Nobuo Kishi told...

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SORA NEWS
 
Sip some sustainable sake soon.
With a lot of focus being put on products that are sustainable and ethical, the Japanese alcohol known as nihonshu in Japan, or just sake abroad, really has a lot going for it.
For centuries, it has been an all-natural, additive-free, and vegan alcoholi...

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ASIA TIMES
 
 
Reports say two sides jointly aim to make leading-edge 2-nm chips by 2025 in state-led bid to hedge their mutual exposure to TSMC
 
A top-level meeting has confirmed earlier reports that the US and Japan will work together to develop leading-edge 2-nanometer (nm) semiconductor proc...

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NHK
 
Ghanaian authorities have detained a man wanted by Japanese police on suspicion of leading an international romance scam group.
Investigative sources say Morikawa Hikaru was detained in Ghana last month for allegedly staying in the country illegally.
Japanese police say Morikawa and other m...

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TODAYS CHRONIC
 
Aiming to further rev up Japan’s startup scene and facilitate innovation, investment and the growth of young enterprises, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Monday appointed Daishiro Yamagiwa to a new ministerial post overseeing the promotion of startup policies, which will be in ad...

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THE GUARDIAN
 
A maternity clothes maker in Tokyo is marketing portable fans to help dogs and cats cope with oppressive summer weather
Dog owners in Japan can now buy wearable fans to keep their pets cool during the country’s sweltering summer.
Comprising a battery-operated, 80-gram fan attached ...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
A diving shop in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa apologized after a photograph online that showed its customers posing on the shipwreck of a U.S. warship from World War II sparked a protest from a member of an organization comprised of family members and friends of former c...

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