REUTERS
 
The United States, Australia, Japan, New Zealand and the United Kingdom launched an informal group aimed at boosting economic and diplomatic ties with Pacific island nations, the White House said on Friday.
The Biden administration has vowed to commit more resources to the Indo-Pacific ...

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CNA
 
The Japanese government warned on Sunday (Jun 26) that electric power supplies would be strained in the Tokyo area on Monday, calling on people to save energy as scorching summer heat batters the capital.
In Tokyo and eight nearby prefectures in eastern Japan, excess generating capacity wil...

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MOTO GP
 
 The FIM, IRTA and Dorna Sports are obliged to announce changes to the Friday schedule at the Grand Prix of Japan.  
Due to the logistical challenges posed by the Grand Prix being staged back-to-back with the Grand Prix of Aragon, as well as potential delays caused by the ongoing confli...

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BBC
 
For many, after-work drinks are a common way of relaxing after a busy week.
But one worker in Japan could be nursing a protracted hangover after he lost a USB memory stick following a night out with colleagues.
Why? It contained the personal details of nearly half a million people.
The unna...

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CNN
 
At least eight Russian and Chinese warships have been spotted in the seas near Japan this week, another sign of the apparent pressure the two partners have been putting on Tokyo as relations deteriorate over Ukraine and Taiwan respectively.
Japan's Defense Ministry on Tuesday said its force...

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ANTARA NEWS
 
Indonesian Defense Minister, Prabowo Subianto, expressed keenness to continue cooperation in the development and technology transfer for the main weapon system equipment (alutsista) with Japan during a meeting with his Japanese counterpart, Nobuo Kishi.
During their meeting in Phnom...

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NHK
 
The organizing committee of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics says the total cost of the Games was 1.4238 trillion yen, or about 10.5 billion dollars.
The committee reported the figure at the final meeting of the executive board on Tuesday. The Games went ahead in 2021 after a one-year del...

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TEMPO
 
Indonesia's Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi arrived in Japan today, June 21.
He is there to meet a number of Japanese government officials and the private sector to discuss the acceleration of construction and completion of a number of transportation projects in Indonesia.
Mi...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida vowed Tuesday to prioritize policy aimed at surging energy and food prices exacerbated by Russia's war in Ukraine as the nation gears up for next month's upper house election.
In a policy debate involving party leaders ahead of the July 10 House...

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KYODO NEWS
 
Three more regional airports in Japan will reopen for international flights in July as the nation further eases COVID-19 border controls, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Monday.
The addition of Sendai, Hiroshima and Takamatsu airports comes after the government decided on the resum...

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