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New Sony Building In Tokyo's Ginza District Completed; To Open 2025

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JAPAN TODAY
 
The newly completed Ginza Sony Park, a renovation project on the former site of the iconic Sony Building in Tokyo, was unveiled to the press Friday, with the new complex promising to be a modern space that carries on the vision of its predecessor.
Scheduled to open to the public in ...

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TICAD Ministerial Meeting Adopts First Joint Statement

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JAPAN TIMES
 
A two-day ministerial meeting of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development, or TICAD, ended Sunday with the adoption of a joint communique aimed at strengthening collaboration toward next year's summit.
The first joint statement issued in a TICAD ministerial meeting ...

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Taiwanese President Meets Japan's LDP Youth Division Members

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NIPPON
 
Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te has met with members of the Japanese ruling Liberal Democratic Party's Youth Division, including its director, Takako Suzuki, at the president's office in Taipei.
According to the office, Lai said at the meeting, held Tuesday, that Japan and Taiwan both f...

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Japan’s Two-Month Shut-In Pilgrimage – A 1,200-Year-Old Way To Deal With A Modern Issue

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Hikikomori is the Japanese term used to refer to shut-ins, individuals who have withdrawn from educational, professional, and social life.
Entirely dependent on others, usually family members, to put a roof over their head, clothes on their back, and food in their stomach, hikikomor...

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Football: Nadeshiko Japan Manager Ikeda Leaves Upon Contract Expiry

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KYODO NEWS
 
Manager Futoshi Ikeda has parted ways with the Japan women's national football team upon the expiry of his contract, the Japan Football Association said Wednesday.
The 53-year-old took Nadeshiko Japan's reins in October 2021 and guided them to the quarterfinals both at the 2023 World...

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Japanese Government Considers Taking Precautions Against Mpox

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Government officials considered taking action against mpox on Friday, following the World Health Organization's declaration earlier that week of a public health emergency due to outbreaks in Africa.
The officials reviewed strategies for response, including methods for gathering and ...

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Flights Cancelled In Japan After Scissors Go Missing

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BBC
 
Thirty six flights were cancelled and 201 delayed at a Japanese airport on the weekend after a pair of scissors went missing in a store near the boarding gates.
Security checks at Hokkaido’s New Chitose Airport domestic terminal were suspended for about two hours on Saturday morning, leavin...

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Heatstroke Sufferers in Japan Climb in July

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NIPPON
 
The number of people in Japan who were sent to hospital due to heatstroke climbed by some 20 pct in July from a year before to 43,195, the second highest level for the month since records began in 2008, the Fire and Disaster Management Agency said Tuesday.
The country saw scorching weath...

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Ishiba to Announce Candidacy for LDP Presidential Election; Kobayashi 1st to Throw Hat into Ring

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JAPAN NEWS
 
Former LDP Secretary General Shigeru Ishiba has expressed his intention to announce this week his candidacy for the Liberal Democratic Party’s presidential election in September.
Speaking to reporters in Tokyo on Sunday, Ishiba, 67, stressed that he was “on track” to securing endorse...

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Department Stores, Malls In Japan Set Up Prayer Rooms As Muslim Visitors Increase

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JAPAN TODAY
 
 
Department stores and shopping malls in Japan are increasingly setting up prayer rooms to meet the need for Muslims amid a growing number of visitors from Islamic countries on the back of a weak yen.
At the Matsuya Ginza department store in Tokyo's upscale shopping district, a num...

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