NHK
 
A major Japanese chocolate maker is shifting its focus towards sustainable sweets. Fuji Oil says it has started shipping products in Japan this month that are sustainably and ethically sourced.
The world's third largest industrial chocolate maker will boost its procurement of cacao beans fr...

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JAPAN NEWS
 
Daruma dolls painted in blue and yellow, the colors of the Ukrainian flag, await shipment from the Daruma no Koki manufacturer in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture.
The palm-sized daruma were made to support Ukraine as it fights against the Russian invasion, and the proceeds from their sale...

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NHK
 
Japan is ending a measure that suspended some work restrictions on foreign nationals prevented from returning home by the pandemic.
Immigration authorities introduced the temporary measure in 2020, allowing part-time work to maintain livelihoods. It covered people with a type of visa that w...

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KYODO NEWS
 
Japan plans to allow more regional airports to accept entrants from abroad, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Tuesday, as the country gradually relaxes stringent border controls implemented in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The government will also unveil guidelines on COVID-era ...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
International Olympic Committee officials on Tuesday began inspecting competition venues in Sapporo, seen as a frontrunner to host the 2030 Winter Games.
On their three-day visit, the IOC delegation will also look at road access in and around Sapporo, which was the first Asian city ...

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NHK
 Policy revision ahead of summerThe Japanese government has relaxed its recommendations for mask use as part of an overhaul of its coronavirus policy. To that end, it has announced a list of situations where people should continue to wear face coverings, and others where they no longer need t...

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Japan lodged a complaint Monday over a South Korean ship that was conducting a marine survey in waters near Japanese-claimed islands controlled by Seoul.
Government spokesperson Hirokazu Matsuno said it was “totally unacceptable” that a South Korean research ship was spotted trailing wh...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
The Nagasaki city government was ordered by a court Monday to pay around 19.75 million yen ($155,000) in compensation to a female journalist who was sexually assaulted by a male senior official in 2007 and suffered additional harm as a result of falsehoods spread by another official...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
The Tokyo metropolitan government on Sunday reported 2,194 new coronavirus cases, down 355 from Saturday and down 1,123 from last Sunday.
The number of infected people hospitalized with severe symptoms in Tokyo is three, unchanged from Saturday, health officials said. The nationwide...

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THE GUARDIAN
 
Fusako Shigenobu, who served 20 years for French embassy siege, believed to have masterminded deadly Tel Aviv attack
The founder of one of the most feared terrorist organisations of the 1970s has walked free from a Japanese prison after completing a 20-year sentence for the siege o...

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