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Japan Further Eases Border Controls For Tourists, Allowing Non-Guided Package Tours

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CNA
 
From Sep 7, Japan will also raise its daily cap on the number of people allowed to enter the country to 50,000.
Tourists will be able to visit Japan from next week on package tours without a guide, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Wednesday (Aug 31), as the country moves to ease strict ...

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Japan Pledges To Coordinate With Other Creditors To Resolve Sri Lanka’s Economic Crisis

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REPUBLIC WORLD
 
Amid the ongoing crisis, the Japanese government promised to coordinate with other creditors to find a solution to the island nation's escalating financial woes
As Sri Lanka continues to reel under the unprecedented economic crisis, the Japanese government has promised to coordin...

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Japan Falls To 12th Place In Cited Scientific Papers

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NHK
 
 
Japan has slipped to 12th place internationally in the number of scientific papers cited as references. The number of citations is often seen as an indicator of the quality of research papers.
Japan's National Institute of Science and Technology Policy analyzed scientific papers covering ...

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Ukraine War Caused Food Crisis: Japan, African Leaders

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KYODO NEWS
 
Leaders from Japan and African nations on Sunday said the ongoing Russian war in Ukraine has caused a food crisis on the fast-growing continent, without referring to Moscow by name.
"We underscore with deep concern the negative socio-economic impact of this (Ukraine) crisis, which ha...

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Abe Murder Suspect Says Life Destroyed By Mother’s Religion

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AP NEWS
 
The brazen assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe with a handmade gun shocked a nation unused to high-profile political violence.
But there has been another surprise in the weeks since the murder as details have emerged about an alleged assassin who was well-off unti...

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Japan To Pledge Around $30 Billion In African Aid At Conference: Report

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Japan is set to promise some $30 billion in aid for African development at a conference to be held in Tunisia this weekend, the Sankei Shimbun daily reported on Friday.
The aid, which will center around developing human resources in order to promote economic growth, will be announce...

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Japan To Spend $1.83m On Ex-PM Abe’s State Funeral

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AL JAZEERA
 
Opinion polls show majority of Japanese opposed to state funeral for longest-serving premier.
Japan will spend $1.83m on a state funeral for slain former leader Shinzo Abe, the government has said, despite growing opposition from a public angered by revelations of the ruling party’s ...

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Japan Eyes Return To Nuclear Power More Than A Decade After Fukushima Disaster

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THE GUARDIAN
 
Move designed to secure energy supplies would mark a dramatic shift in Japan’s policy stance held since 2011 reactor meltdown
Japan is considering building next-generation nuclear reactors and restarting idled plants in a major policy shift, 11 years after the triple meltdown at th...

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Japan Police Chief To Resign Over Abe Shooting, Citing 'Fresh Start'

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REUTERS
 
Japan's National Police Agency chief said on Thursday he will resign to take responsibility for the murder of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, citing the need for a "fresh start" for the organisation and its security duties.
Itaru Nakamura is the most senior official to step down in co...

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Japan Moving To Allow Individual Tourists In Again

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NHK
 
The Japanese government is moving to start accepting overseas tourists who do not want to take guided tours in a bid to address a decline in the numbers of foreign travelers visiting Japan.
The country reopened to foreign holidaymakers in June with the easing of anti-coronavirus border cont...

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