JAPAN TIMES
 
 Suspect still at large after professor found on Tokyo Metropolitan University campus with multiple neck wounds
Shinji Miyadai, a Japanese sociologist known for his research on the trend of girls dating for money and the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult, was seriously wounded Tuesday in ...

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NHK
 
Japan's health ministry says it confirmed 14,399 new cases of the coronavirus in Tokyo on Wednesday.
That is up 1,549 from a week ago, marking a sixth straight day of week-on-week increases.
The ministry also confirmed 11 deaths.
There are 18 seriously ill patients who are on ventilators or...

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REUTERS
 
A Tokyo court upheld a ban on same-sex marriage on Wednesday but said a lack of legal protection for same-sex families violated their human rights, a comment welcomed by plaintiffs as a step towards aligning Japan with other G7 nations.
Japan is the only G7 nation that does not allow sa...

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CNA
 
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's public support slipped to a new low in a poll published on Sunday (Nov 27), as a series of cabinet resignations has compounded anger over the ruling party's ties to a controversial religious group.
Support for Kishida's cabinet fell to 33.1 per cent f...

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NIPPON
 
The Tokyo Metropolitan Board of Education on Sunday held its first English speaking test that forms part of the entrance examinations of metropolitan high schools.
About 69,000 applicants, mainly students of public junior high schools in the Japanese capital, took the test, introduced in...

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AP NEWS
 
The number of babies born in Japan this year is below last year’s record low in what the the top government spokesman described as a “critical situation.”
Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno promised comprehensive measures to encourage more marriages and births.
The total of 599,63...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Japanese prosecutors and a fair trade watchdog on Monday searched offices including the headquarters of major advertising agency Hakuhodo Inc on suspicion of rigging bids for contracts related to test events for last year's Tokyo Olympics, just days after raiding another ad giant ov...

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JAPAN NEWS
 
The government has launched a nationwide survey into the use of “doctor cars,” rapid response vehicles that transport doctors to accident and disaster scenes.
Doctor cars are deployed at medical institutions and some fire departments across the nation, but their staffing and equipmen...

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JAPAN NEWS
 
Liberal Democratic Party members have been putting their weight behind the Defense Ministry’s calls to increase defense spending, fending off the Finance Ministry’s desire to rein in the budget.
Chiefly for this reason, the defense expenditures related to the equipment and other cost...

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NHK
 
Japan's soccer squad is preparing for its next match against Costa Rica on Sunday in the FIFA World Cup.
Japan ranks 24th in FIFA standings, while Costa Rica is 31st.
The Central American country has appeared in the World Cup six times, and qualified for three consecutive events.
The Costa ...

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