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Man Held After Attack Leaves At Least 17 Hurt On Tokyo Train

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JAPAN TIMES
 
A man wielding a knife attacked passengers and lit a fire aboard a train in Tokyo on Sunday, leaving at least 17 people injured, one seriously, reports said.
Police later arrested a 24-year-old man who was carrying a knife.
The attack, which occurred on a Keio Line train running nea...

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Voters Voice Hope, Concern As Japan Holds General Election

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KYODO NEWS
 
Japanese voters expressed their hopes and concerns over issues such as addressing income disparities and bringing COVID-19 infections under control, as the country held a general election Sunday.
"Politicians speak of redistributing wealth, saying only what is nice to hear, but it ma...

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Japanese Local Governments Going Extra Mile To Get Shots Into Arms

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
At the entrance to a mass vaccination site in Tokyo’s Adachi Ward, posters on the wall declared “Vaccination available without appointment” and “Non-ward residents OK.”
“I’m grateful that I could just walk in and get vaccinated when I had some free time,” said Masatoshi Hasegawa ...

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Mcdonald’s Japan Asks That You Please Be Careful With Its New Extra-Spicy Rice Burger

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SORA NEWS
 
McDonald’s wants you to be aware that the Gohan Kara Dabuchi really is kara.
McDonald’s Japan took its sweet time getting into the rice burger business, basically letting its rivals have that section of the Japanese fast food market to themselves for decades.
Burgers with rice replaci...

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Kishida Vows To Strengthen Ties With ASEAN

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Wednesday vowed to strengthen cooperation with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in realizing a free and open Indo-Pacific region in response to China's assertive territorial claims and military buildup.
The Japan-ASEAN summit, held ...

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Face Mask Row In Japan Over Cost Of 80m Left In Storage Unused

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THE GURADIAN
 
Government facing ridicule over ‘Abenomasks’ as it denies wasting large amounts of taxpayers’ money
Wearing masks may be near-ubiquitous in Japan, but the government has come under fire after it was revealed that more than 80m face coverings it procured at the start of the coronavi...

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Japan To Open Up COVID-19 Booster Shots To All Residents

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JAPAN TIMES
 
A health ministry panel agreed Thursday to offer COVID-19 booster shots to anyone who has already received two doses.
Japan had initially considered giving booster shots to front-line health workers and others who required priority.
But panel members agreed that all people who wish ...

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Raising Middle-Class Wages Main Goal Of ‘New Capitalism’

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida chaired the first meeting of a council for the realization of a new form of capitalism Tuesday, kicking off discussions on a “virtuous cycle of growth and distribution [of wealth]”, a concept he promotes. The council’s main topic of discussion will be...

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Kishida Tells Panel To Come Up With 'Urgent' Economic Proposals

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Tuesday he instructed a government economic policy panel to compile “urgent proposals” by early November to flesh out his signature “new capitalism” vision.
The proposals will include promoting the development of advanced technology for digitalizati...

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Japan's Orix To Sell Software Firm Yayoi For More Than $1.75 Bln -Bloomberg

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REUTERS
 
Japanese financial services group Orix Corp (8591.T) is likely to sell software business Yayoi Co for more than 200 billion yen ($1.75 billion), Bloomberg reported on Tuesday.
Bain Capital, KKR (KKR.N) and Blackstone Inc (BX.N) are among the bidders, it said, adding that the second roun...

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