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Asia On High Alert For Monkeypox As Cases Reported From India To Japan

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CNN
 
Countries across Asia are on high alert for monkeypox, screening travelers and scrambling teams of medics, as they report their first cases of the virus, now identified as a global health emergency by the World Health Organization (WHO).
Japanese authorities on Monday announced the first de...

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Japan To Join 'Garuda Shield' Military Drills For First Time

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REUTERS
 
Japanese defence forces will participate for the first time in military exercises in Indonesia next month alongside the United States and Australia, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Wednesday after talks with Indonesian President Joko Widodo.
Japan's involvement comes as Wa...

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Japan Monkeys: Member Of Gang Terrorising Locals Caught And Killed

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BBC
 
A member of a gang of monkeys that has terrorised residents of a Japanese city for weeks has been caught and killed, officials say.
The macaques have injured almost 50 people in Yamaguchi.
The male primate was found in the grounds of a high school on Tuesday evening by specially commission...

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More Restaurants In Japan Offer Plant-Based Dishes

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NHK
 
Restaurants in Japan are increasing their offerings of dishes made only with plant-based ingredients. That's as more consumers express concern about their health and the environment.
Noodle-soup chain Ippudo started selling bowls of ramen without any animal-derived ingredients from early Ju...

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Japan's Emperor Emeritus Akihito Diagnosed With Heart Failure, Condition Improved

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CNA
 
Japan's Emperor Emeritus Akihito, father of the current emperor, received a diagnosis of heart failure last month, but his condition has improved under treatment, an official at the Imperial Household Agency (IHA) said on Tuesday (Jul 26).
Akihito, 88, stepped down in 2019 in the first abdi...

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Japan Executes Man Over Tokyo Stabbing Rampage – Reports

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THE GUARDIAN
 
Tomohiro Kato, who killed seven people in 2008, was hanged on Tuesday in Japan’s first execution this year
A man convicted of stabbing seven people to death during a frenzied attack in Tokyo 14 years ago has been executed, Japanese media said.
The public broadcaster NHK and other n...

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Marauding Monkeys Injure 42 In Japanese City

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CNA
 
Local authorities in Japan's Yamaguchi city said on Monday (Jul 25) they are turning to tranquiliser guns to confront marauding monkeys that have injured 42 people in recent weeks.
Japanese macaques are seen commonly across large parts of the country, and are a pest in some areas, eating cr...

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Japan's Sakurajima Volcano Erupts, Prompting Highest Alert

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CNN
 
Japan's Sakurajima volcano, located on the island of Kyushu, erupted on Sunday, prompting evacuations in the region.
The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said the volcano erupted around 8:05 p.m. local time (7:05 a.m. ET). Footage from the agency's surveillance camera showed a cloud of smo...

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Popular Grave Desserts Return Just In Time For Japan’s Days Of The Dead

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Halloween may be in October, but when August rolls around in Japan, it's a time of ghosts. Every August (the 12th this year), Japan observes Obon -- a holiday festival to honor the spirits of departed ancestors, who are said to enter the realm of the living and visit their families ...

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Japan Government Approves State Funeral Date For Abe, Plan Sparks Protests

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REUTERS
 
The Japanese government said on Friday it would hold a state funeral for former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Sept. 27, amid street and social media protests that the state shouldn't fund ceremonies for Japan's longest-serving, but divisive, premier.
Abe, prime minister for more than eig...

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