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United States And Japan Sign Space Cooperation Framework Agreement

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SPACE NEWS
 
The United States and Japan signed an agreement Jan. 13 to enable further cooperation between the two countries in space exploration, but without announcing any new initiatives.
During a brief ceremony at NASA Headquarters attended by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and other o...

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Japan's COVID-Related Death Toll Continues To Surge

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NHK
 
The number of people who died after contracting the coronavirus in Japan is rising at a faster pace in the country's eighth wave of the pandemic.
The total death toll since January 2020 had reached 62,264 by Saturday.
The health ministry says 12,620 of them have died since December last yea...

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Japan University Exams Begin With Stricter Rules To Prevent Cheating

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Japan’s unified nationwide university entrance exams started Saturday, as organizers implemented stricter rules to prevent cheating after a photographed image of a question was leaked during the test last year.
Organizers have also implemented coronavirus measures, such as requestin...

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Japan Mulls Lifting Anti-COVID Recommendation To Wear Masks Indoors

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KYODO NEWS
 
 
The Japanese government is considering no longer asking the public to wear masks indoors in principle unless they have symptoms, a government source said Saturday, possibly changing the public's daily anti-coronavirus practice drastically.
The policy change has been floated as the ...

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Medvedev Says Japanese PM Should Disembowel Himself

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REUTERS
 
Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev accused Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Saturday of shameful subservience to the United States and suggested he should ritually disembowel himself.
It was the latest in a long line of shocking and provocative statements from Medvedev, wh...

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Japan: Passenger Plane Turns Back To Airport After Cockpit Window Crack Found Mid-Air

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SKY NEWS
 
All Nippon Airways Flight 1182 was headed to Toyama before it was forced to return to the Sapporo-New Chitose airport.
A passenger plane has returned to its departure airport in Japan after a crack was found on the cockpit window of the Boeing 737-800 aircraft mid-air.
All Nippon Airwa...

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Japanese Divers Shoot Rare Video Of A Giant Squid Swimming Along Coast

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NHK
 
A couple diving near the Sea of Japan coast have captured rare images of a giant squid.
Tanaka Yosuke and his wife Miki spotted the creature on the water surface near the Nekozaki Peninsula in the city of Toyooka, Hyogo Prefecture, in western Japan last Friday evening.
The couple are scuba-...

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Fukushima Nuclear Disaster: Japan To Release Radioactive Water Into Sea This Year

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BBC
 
 
Japan says it will release more than a million tonnes of water into the sea from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear power plant this year.
After treatment the levels of most radioactive particles meet the national standard, the operator said.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) sa...

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Japan, UK Sign ‘Hugely Significant’ Defence Deal

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AL JAZEERA
 
Kishida and Sunak sign deal in London as Japan seeks to bolster ties with G7 nations amid China worries.
Japan and the United Kingdom have signed a “hugely significant” new defence deal as Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who recently unveiled his country’s biggest military bui...

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15 People Injured In 20-Vehicle Expressway Pileup In Western Japan

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Around 15 people were taken to hospital following a major pileup on Thursday involving around 20 vehicles near an exit of an expressway in western Japan, local authorities said.
The accident occurred around 9:45 a.m. in the city of Kashihara, Nara Prefecture, near an exit onto a sub...

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