NHK
 
Japan's health ministry says 10,114 new coronavirus cases were confirmed in Tokyo on Wednesday.
The daily tally is up 1,102 from a week ago. It is the second day in a row that the figure has exceeded 10,000 since September 14.
The ministry also confirmed seven deaths.
Meanwhile, 107,186 new...

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KYODO NEWS
 
The estimated number of foreign visitors to Japan in October increased 22.5-fold from a year earlier to 498,600, government data showed Wednesday, as the country removed almost all COVID-19 entry restrictions in that month.
The figure was down 80.0 percent from October in the pre-pan...

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NHK
 
NHK has learned that police in Osaka, western Japan, plan to send officers to Brazil to pursue their search for a Brazilian man suspected of murdering his wife and daughter when they lived in Japan.
Investigative sources say officers could fly out as early as Saturday.
Barbosa Anderson Robs...

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BBC
 
Japan's economy has unexpectedly shrunk for the first time in a year as the rising cost of living hit consumer spending growth.
Gross domestic product (GDP) fell by an annualised 1.2% in the three months to the end of September.
People reined in spending amid fears of a global slowdown and ...

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KYODO NEWS
 
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.1 struck off the coast of central Japan on Monday, although tremors were felt strongest in the eastern prefectures of Fukushima and Ibaraki, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.
The quake occurred around 5:09 p.m., measuring 4 on Japan...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
The Tokyo High Court on Monday temporarily banned entry into its building and canceled some scheduled trial sessions after receiving a bomb threat, the court said.
The building, which also houses the Tokyo District Court, was not accessible from the outside starting noon until 2 p.m...

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SCMP
 
 ·Meeting on Asean summit sidelines marks first exchange with a senior Chinese leader since Prime Minister Kishida took office in October last year·Chinese President Xi Jinping and Kishida will be at Bali G20 summit and Apec talks in Bangkok, but no meeting has been officially confirmed ye...

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REUTERS
 
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday, Japan's top government spokesman said, for talks that come as tensions in Asia have risen over Taiwan and North Korea.
"It's necessary to build constructive and stable Japan-China relations through...

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TITTLE PRESS
 
Japan and China are working to arrange talks between Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and leader Xi Jinping, with Thailand envisioned for their venue but Indonesia remaining a possibility, according to sources familiar with the move.
Kishida told reporters early Saturday that Japan is ...

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TIME OUT
 
This new website replaces the MySOS app and lets travellers pre-register the required documents before entering Japan
Japan is finally reopened to the world and tourists are able to come in and explore all the new attractions that have opened since the pandemic.
Thankfully, Japan has d...

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