SORA NEWS
 
Sip some sustainable sake soon.
With a lot of focus being put on products that are sustainable and ethical, the Japanese alcohol known as nihonshu in Japan, or just sake abroad, really has a lot going for it.
For centuries, it has been an all-natural, additive-free, and vegan alcoholi...

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ASIA TIMES
 
 
Reports say two sides jointly aim to make leading-edge 2-nm chips by 2025 in state-led bid to hedge their mutual exposure to TSMC
 
A top-level meeting has confirmed earlier reports that the US and Japan will work together to develop leading-edge 2-nanometer (nm) semiconductor proc...

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NHK
 
Ghanaian authorities have detained a man wanted by Japanese police on suspicion of leading an international romance scam group.
Investigative sources say Morikawa Hikaru was detained in Ghana last month for allegedly staying in the country illegally.
Japanese police say Morikawa and other m...

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TODAYS CHRONIC
 
Aiming to further rev up Japan’s startup scene and facilitate innovation, investment and the growth of young enterprises, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Monday appointed Daishiro Yamagiwa to a new ministerial post overseeing the promotion of startup policies, which will be in ad...

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THE GUARDIAN
 
A maternity clothes maker in Tokyo is marketing portable fans to help dogs and cats cope with oppressive summer weather
Dog owners in Japan can now buy wearable fans to keep their pets cool during the country’s sweltering summer.
Comprising a battery-operated, 80-gram fan attached ...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
A diving shop in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa apologized after a photograph online that showed its customers posing on the shipwreck of a U.S. warship from World War II sparked a protest from a member of an organization comprised of family members and friends of former c...

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NHK
 
A Japanese man has been detained by security forces in Myanmar. Local media outlets say he was at a demonstration that was being held to protest against the country's military.
The media outlets say three people were taken into custody in the largest city of Yangon on Saturday. They say Kub...

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JAPAN NEWS
 
Iwanami Hall, a pioneering Tokyo movie theater closed its doors Friday after 50 years.
Many fans gathered to bid farewell to the Chiyoda Ward-based theater, which had been at the forefront of the so-called mini-theater boom and helped support Japanese movie culture for half a century...

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YAHOO NEWS
 
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has taken a prominent position in Japan’s latest defense whitepaper, with the government warning the conflict represents “a new period of crisis” in this century.
The document, released last week in Japanese with an accompanying English-language digest...

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SORA NEWS
 
Introducing Japan to a new world of fruit flavour.
Japan is a country with a myriad of regions, and with that comes a myriad of local specialties and flavours. Swiss chocolatier Lindt is now bringing one of those local specialties to our attention with their latest limited-time releas...

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