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South Korea Pres. Hopes To Move Forward With Japan, Not Focus On Past

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KYODO NEWS
 
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said Wednesday he hopes to cooperate with Japan and look "toward the future" after his government proposed a solution aimed at settling a long-running wartime labor compensation dispute with its neighbor.
South Korea "will faithfully implement" th...

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Japan, Britain, Italy Defence Ministers To Meet In Tokyo This Week

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SWISS INFO
 
Britain and Italy's defence chiefs will visit Japan this week to hold meetings with their local counterpart, Defence Minister Yasukazu Hamada, Japan said on Tuesday.
The three nations announced in December the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) venture to develop by 2035 a next-gener...

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Masatoshi Ito, 98, the King of Convenience Stores in Japan, Dies

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NEW YORK TIMES
 
He introduced the American chain 7-Eleven to the country, covering the landscape with thousands of outlets and starting a retail revolution there.
Masatoshi Ito, who built a Japanese retail empire and helped fundamentally change the country’s consumer culture with the introductio...

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Iwao Hakamada: Japan Retrial For World's Longest-Serving Death Row Inmate

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BBC
 
A Japanese man who was on death row for nearly half a century has been granted a retrial.
Iwao Hakamada, now 87, is the world's longest-serving death row inmate, according to Amnesty International.
He was sentenced to death in 1968 for murdering his boss, the man's wife and their two childr...

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Ex-Head Of Inn With Bacteria Exceeding Limit Dies In Apparent Suicide

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KYODO NEWS
 
The former head of the operator of a southwestern Japan inn, who came under fire for only changing hot spring bathwater twice a year, allowing legionella bacteria to proliferate beyond the allowable limit, has died in a suspected suicide, police said Sunday.
Makoto Yamada, 70, was fo...

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Japan Further Relaxes Mask Rules Amid Easing Of COVID-19 Guidelines

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CNA
 
The smiles and screams at Tokyo Disneyland may be more obvious on Monday (Mar 13) as the amusement park and much of Japan relax face mask norms that have defined the three-year COVID-19 pandemic.
Disney park operator Oriental Land, East Japan Railway and cinema operator Toho are among the m...

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Panel Refuses To Rule Out COVID Vaccine As Cause Of Woman's Death

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ASAHI SHINBUN
 
For the first time, a panel of experts advising the health ministry has not ruled out the possibility that a COVID-19 vaccine may have contributed to a 42-year-old woman's death in November 2022.
The panel has been assessing the causal relationship between the COVID-19 vaccine and...

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Japan Commissions Fourth Mogami-class Frigate ‘Mikuma’ 「みくま」

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NAVAL NEWS
 
Japanese shipbuilder Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Maritime Systems Co., Ltd. held a delivery ceremony and a "self-defense ship flag raising ceremony" today for the ‘Mikuma’ (みくま).
The event means the ship, the fourth Mogami-class FFM, was officially commissioned with the Japan Mari...

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Japan Police Make Arrests Over Condiment Bottle Licking In Sushi Restaurant

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KYODO NEWS
 
Police have arrested three people on suspicion of involvement in nuisance crimes such as licking a shared soy sauce bottle at a sushi restaurant and posting a video of the act online.
The move, made public by the police on Wednesday, is believed to be the first instance of customer a...

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The Female Mayor In Tokyo Fighting Japan's Sexist Attitudes

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BBC
 
Satoko Kishimoto finds running one of Tokyo's main districts to be a lonely job.
Back in June, the 48-year-old became the first female mayor in the history of Suginami.
The former environmental activist and democracy advocate managed to beat the conservative incumbent by just 200 votes - a ...

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