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Lindt Japan Keeps The Sakura Sweets Coming With New Cherry Blossom Dessert Drink, Macarons

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SORA NEWS
 
Swiss chocolatier’s Japan branches keep the pedal/petal to the metal for sakura sweets season.
Last month, we tried Swiss chocolatier Lindt’s first-ever sakura-flavor Lindor chocolates, and we can still taste how delicious they are (partly because we’re constantly thinking about desse...

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Osaka, Kyoto Among 17 Prefs. To Remain Under Japan's COVID Quasi-Emergency

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KYODO NEWS
 
Japan will extend COVID-19 quasi-emergency measures until March 6 in 17 other prefectures including Osaka, Kyoto and Fukuoka to curb coronavirus infections, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Thursday.
But the measures will be lifted Sunday in five other prefectures -- Yamagata, Shima...

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Japan Plans Targeted COVID-19 Curbs As New Cases Fall But Deaths Hit Record

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CNA
 
A Japanese health panel approved on Friday (Feb 18) a plan to bring in more targeted COVID-19 curbs across much of the nation, as overall new infections decline but fatalities rise to a record level.
The government will let infection restrictions on mobility and commerce lapse on Sunday in ...

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Japan Confirms Details Of F-15J Upgrade Program Worth $5.6 Billion

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DEFENSE NEWS
 
 
Japan has confirmed that it will put 68 license-built Mitsubishi F-15J Eagle interceptors through an upgrade that will improve its radar, electronic warfare, weapons carriage capacity and stand-off weapon capabilities.
A document released by the Japanese Ministry of Defense’s Acq...

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Last Fukushima Town To Reopen Welcomes Back Its First Residents

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THE GUARDIAN
 
Three people have moved back to Futaba, which aims to attract about 2,000 over the next five years
Late last month, Yoichi Yatsuda slept in his own home for the first time in more than a decade.
As a resident of Futaba, a town in the shadow of the wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear ...

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Burger King Releases The King Yeti On Japan

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SORA NEWS
 
No Yetis were harmed in the making of this burger…we think. 
For the past year or so, Burger King has been upsizing some of their limited-release burgers in a BIG way. So far, they’ve given us the Maximum Super One-Pound Beef Burger, the Extreme One Pound Beef Burger, the Tokyo Teriya...

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Japan Takes Bronze In Team Nordic Combined

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Japan took the bronze medal in the team Nordic combined event at the Beijing Olympics on Thursday.
The squad featuring Hideaki Nagai, 38, Ryota Yamamoto, 24, Yoshito Watabe, 30, and Akito Watabe, 33, secured Japan’s first team Nordic combined medal since the 1994 Lillehammer Olym...

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It's Official: Japan Eases Entry Restrictions For Foreign Students, Business Travelers And Other Nontourists

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Thursday that Japan will allow new entries of foreign nationals who are entering the nation for reasons other than tourism, such as foreign students and business travelers, starting March as part of an exit strategy of the sixth wave.
“We are gradua...

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New Warplane Sensor Team Boosts UK-Japan Defense Agenda

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DEFENSE NEWS
 
Britain and Japan have extended their defense-technology partnership, announcing a tie-up Feb. 15 to undertake joint research on a key combat jet sensor.
The two sides have signed a letter of arrangement to jointly conduct research into what the British Ministry of Defence describe...

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Japan To Shorten Or Drop Quarantine Requirements For Most Arrivals From March

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Japan plans to shorten the period of quarantine for all arrivals — both Japanese and foreign nationals — from the current seven days to three days starting in March, when it opens the border for travelers other than tourists.
For some arrivals, the government is considering to drop ...

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