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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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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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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THE GUARDIAN
 
People in Okinawa asked to avoid non-essential outings amid new wave of infections driven by highly transmissible BA.5
Japan’s government has urged people to exercise the “highest level of vigilance” after the country reported a record number of new Covid-19 cases in a new wave of ...

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CNA
 
Japan's defence ministry said on Friday (Jul 22) it was alarmed at fresh threats from Russia and had growing worries about Taiwan, in an annual report that comes as Tokyo weighs significantly increasing military spending.
The document includes a chapter on Russia's invasion of Ukraine, whic...

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JAPAN NEWS
 
The Akutagawa and Naoki literature prizes, which are given out twice annually, announced this year’s first winners on Wednesday in Tokyo.
Two women won the awards, as the five authors short-listed for the Akutagawa Prize for literary fiction were all women, and four women were among ...

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KYODO NEWS
 
 
 
The number of foreign visitors to Japan in June exceeded 100,000 for the third consecutive month following the easing of border control measures, preliminary government data showed Wednesday.
Arrivals in the month of 120,400 were more than 10 times those of June 2021, but still d...

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NHK
 
People in Japan are seeing coronavirus cases spike higher than ever before with no peak in sight.
Wednesday's tally topped 150,000. Thirty of Japan's 47 prefectures saw record-breaking counts. This seventh wave is growing fast.
Tokyo reported more than 20,000 new cases. It's not a record, b...

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RTE
 
Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida have agreed a joint statement on a roadmap to improving and strengthening ties between Ireland and Japan over the next number of years.
Mr Martin met Mr Kishida in Tokyo this morning, on the second day of his visit to Japan.
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NATURE
 
 
Universities are terminating workers on fixed-term contracts – but unions say the actions do not reflect the purpose of employment laws introduced 10 years ago.
Thousands of researchers and university staff members in Japan are at risk of losing their jobs next year because of apparent...

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