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Japan Crown Princess Kiko's Father Tatsuhiko Kawashima Dies At 81

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KYODO NEWS
 
Tatsuhiko Kawashima, the father of Japan's Crown Princess Kiko and a professor emeritus at Gakushuin University, died on Thursday, according to the Imperial Household Agency. He was 81.
His death followed the marriage of his granddaughter former princess Mako Komuro to her commoner b...

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PM Meeting With Prime Minister Fumio Kishida Of Japan: 2 November 2021

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GOV.UK
 
Prime Minister Boris Johnson met with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida of Japan today at the COP26 Summit in Glasgow.
The Prime Minister met with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida of Japan today in Glasgow.
He congratulated him on his election as Prime Minister and looked forward to working close...

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Illumination Event Puts Himeji Castle In Limelight In Western Japan

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Himeji Castle is lit up by LEDs in an event called “Shiro no Hikari (white illumination) — egret shining night.”
The fortress is a World Heritage site located in Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture. The castle is illuminated in one of six different colors each day.
The event also features l...

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Kishida's Debut On World Stage Offers Few Clues About His Foreign Policy

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Tuesday made a smooth diplomatic debut at the U.N. climate talks in Britain, showing not only his commitment to issues of global importance but also networking with key countries that share concerns over China's assertiveness in the Indo-Paci...

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Japan's New Political Powerhouse Is A Young, Right-Wing Twitter-Friendly Governor Known For Advocating That People Gargle Iodine To Cure COVID-19

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YAHOO NEWS
 
 Japan's rising political star is a young governor from Osaka, who is the face of a right-wing, populist party.Hirofumi Yoshimura is known for his conservative views, and for once advocating that gargling iodine could prevent and cure COVID-19.His party, Nippon Ishin no Kai, nearly q...

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Japan Becomes First Non-American Operator Of KC-46A Tanker

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DEFENSE NEWS
 
Boeing has delivered the first of four KC-46A tankers to the Japan Air Self-Defense Force, marking the program’s first delivery to a customer outside the United States.
The aircraft, carrying the serial number 14-3611 and using the callsign REACH 46, made the trans-Pacific flight a...

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Japan May Reduce Quarantine To Three Days For Vaccinated Business Travellers

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TIME OUT
 
 
Reduced from the current ten days, the new Covid-19 quarantine rule could go into effect from Monday
Japan is slowly starting to open back up as opening-hour restrictions have finally been lifted on businesses in Tokyo amid a decline in nationwide Covid-19 cases over the past month.
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Japan Election: PM Fumio Kishida Declares Victory For Ruling LDP

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BBC
 
Japan's prime minister Fumio Kishida has declared victory for his ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP).
In a big win for Mr Kishida, who only became PM a month ago, his party secured more than 233 lower house seats - enough to govern without its coalition partner Komeito.
The LDP has domin...

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M5.2 Quake Hits Northeastern And Eastern Japan

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KYODO NEWS
 
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.2 struck northeastern and eastern Japan including Tokyo on Monday morning, but there was no threat of a tsunami, the weather agency said.
The quake occurred at 6:14 a.m., registering 4 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 in Fuk...

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Kishida Administration Back To Work After LDP Secures Controlling Majority

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who is also president of the Liberal Democratic Party, began work to launch what will officially be his second cabinet on Monday after the ruling coalition of the LDP and Komeito secured a majority of seats in the House of Representatives election th...

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