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Japanese Man Reportedly Detained In Myanmar

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NHK
 
A Japanese man has been detained by security forces in Myanmar. Local media outlets say he was at a demonstration that was being held to protest against the country's military.
The media outlets say three people were taken into custody in the largest city of Yangon on Saturday. They say Kub...

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Curtain Falls On Pioneering Tokyo Movie Theater After 50 Years

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JAPAN NEWS
 
Iwanami Hall, a pioneering Tokyo movie theater closed its doors Friday after 50 years.
Many fans gathered to bid farewell to the Chiyoda Ward-based theater, which had been at the forefront of the so-called mini-theater boom and helped support Japanese movie culture for half a century...

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Japan Warns Of ‘Aggressor Nation’ Russia, Threats To Taiwan In New Whitepaper

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YAHOO NEWS
 
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has taken a prominent position in Japan’s latest defense whitepaper, with the government warning the conflict represents “a new period of crisis” in this century.
The document, released last week in Japanese with an accompanying English-language digest...

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Lindt’s New “Nagano Purple” Celebrates A Rare Luxury Japanese Grape Variety

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SORA NEWS
 
Introducing Japan to a new world of fruit flavour.
Japan is a country with a myriad of regions, and with that comes a myriad of local specialties and flavours. Swiss chocolatier Lindt is now bringing one of those local specialties to our attention with their latest limited-time releas...

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Japan Confirms 2nd Case Of Monkeypox

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AA
 
 30-year-old man who recently returns from abroad tests positive for virus in Tokyo hospitalJapan confirmed its second case of monkeypox on Thursday, three days after reporting the first case, local media said.
A 30-year-old man who recently returned from abroad tested positive for the virus...

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Japan Looks To Regions To Mount COVID-19 Fight As Variant Spreads

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CNA
 
Japan is encouraging regional authorities to take their own counter-measures against the spread of a new coronavirus variant that has sent cases surging to record levels but there is no plan for any sweeping national measures.
A seventh wave of COVID-19 pushed the daily tally of new cases i...

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Japan Reports 233,094 Coronavirus Cases; Record High 40,406 For Tokyo

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JAPAN  TODAY
 
Japan on Thursday reported 233,094 coronavirus cases, a record high for the second straight day. Eighteen prefectures also recorded their highest numbers.
The Tokyo metropolitan government reported a record high 40,406 new coronavirus cases, up 11,370 from Wednesday.
Kyodo News rep...

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COVID 7th Wave Strains Japan Medical Services

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NHK
 
In Japan, doctors and nurses are having a tough time dealing with surging coronavirus cases. July's trend of record-breaking daily case counts continues with health authorities across the country reporting yet another new high.
Japan confirmed nearly 210,000 new cases on Wednesday. Twenty-f...

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Indonesia Invites Japan To Invest In Health, Food Sectors

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ANTARA NEWS
 
Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto invited Japan to invest in the health and food sectors during his meeting with Governor of the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) Nobumitsu Hayashi.
"The health sector has developed health services in the Spe...

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Japan Tops Global New COVID Cases In Week To Sunday: WHO

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Japan had the world's highest number of new coronavirus cases in the week to Sunday with more than 969,000, the World Health Organization said Wednesday.
It was followed by the United States at around 860,000 new infections and Germany at about 570,000, the WHO said.
Japan is seeing...

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