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Japan To Bar All New Foreign Visitors As Omicron Fears Grow

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JAPAN TIMES
 
The government announced Monday that it will ban all incoming foreign travelers for one month effective Tuesday in an effort to prevent the omicron variant from spreading domestically.
New restrictions will encompass all new entries — including foreign exchange students, interns and...

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Japan Adds $6.75 Billion To Military Budget In Rush To Bolster Air And Sea Defenses

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CNN
 
apan plans to add $6.75 billion to its already record annual military spending in a rush to bolster air and maritime defenses as it becomes more concerned about threats posed by China and North Korea.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's government on Friday approved the outlay as part of a suppl...

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New Covid-19 Variant Prompts Japan To Tighten Border Controls On Three More African Countries

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Japan added Mozambique, Malawi and Zambia to its list of nations subject to tighter entry rules on Sunday, bringing the total on the list to nine, following the discovery of a new coronavirus variant in South Africa.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told reporters Saturday his governmen...

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Japan Gov't Aware Of Sinking Ground Ahead Of U.S. Base Landfill Work

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KYODO NEWS
 
The Japanese government was aware that a portion of the seabed at the planned relocation site for a U.S. military base in Okinawa, southern Japan, was weak in 2015, three years before controversial landfill work got under way there, official documents showed Saturday.
A geological su...

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Terunofuji Caps Perfect Run At Kyushu Sumo Tournament

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Yokozuna Terunofuji tied a perfect bow on his sixth tournament title with a lengthy and slap-filled victory over ozeki Takakeisho in the final day of action at the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament on Sunday.
Terunofuji, who the previous day clinched his second straight tourney title ...

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Japan Apology Needed To Solve Wartime Labor Issue: S Korean Presidential Candidate

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JAPAN TODAY
 
The presidential candidate of South Korea's ruling Democratic Party says that a solution to wartime labor compensation issues can be found if Japan makes a "sincere apology," but did not offer a concrete plan to solve the issues that have aggravated bilateral relations.
At a news co...

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Japan’s First-Ever Tarot Card Museum Opens In Tokyo; Perfect For Art And Occult Lovers

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Whether or not you believe in the fortune-telling and self-discovery powers of tarot cards, you have to admit that they can be beautiful works of art.
Tarot cards have been made in a huge range of art styles, including some that even incorporate popular anime like "Sailor Moon" and ...

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Number Of New Cancer Patients In Japan Decreased For First Time In 2020

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JAPAN TIMES
 
The National Cancer Center said Friday that the number of people in Japan newly diagnosed with cancer in 2020 fell for the first time since it started collecting such data in 2007.
The number dropped 5.9% from the previous year, with a significant drop marked in May 2020, when Japan...

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Horie Plans Repeat Of Solo Sailing Adventure, In Opposite Direction

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Sixty years after earning fame with a nonstop transpacific solo voyage from Japan to San Francisco, adventurer Kenichi Horie plans to head back the other way.
Horie will make the trip — which will make the 83-year-old the oldest in history to complete the journey — next year from...

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Japan To Monitor Children's School Progress And Family Finances In New Database

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Japan's government has decided to create a database that will store various information about the country's children, such as their academic abilities and their family's economic conditions, in an attempt to prevent child poverty and abuse, a source familiar with the plan said Tuesd...

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