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Japan To Get New Prime Minister Oct. 4, General Election Seen In Nov.
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KYODO NEWS
Japan's parliament will elect a new prime minister on Oct. 4 at an extraordinary session, according to a Cabinet decision Tuesday, meaning a general election is likely to be held in November, coming after lower house members' terms expire for the first time in postwar history.
To hol...
Japan's parliament will elect a new prime minister on Oct. 4 at an extraordinary session, according to a Cabinet decision Tuesday, meaning a general election is likely to be held in November, coming after lower house members' terms expire for the first time in postwar history.
To hol...
- September 21, 2021
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Japanese Sisters Certified As World’s Oldest Twins At 107
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AP NEWS
Guinness World Records has certified two Japanese sisters as the world’s oldest living identical twins at 107, in an announcement Monday coinciding with Respect for the Aged Day, a national holiday in Japan.
Umeno Sumiyama and Koume Kodama were born the third and fourth of 11 siblings o...
Guinness World Records has certified two Japanese sisters as the world’s oldest living identical twins at 107, in an announcement Monday coinciding with Respect for the Aged Day, a national holiday in Japan.
Umeno Sumiyama and Koume Kodama were born the third and fourth of 11 siblings o...
- September 21, 2021
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Japan's Elderly Population Hits Record High
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NHK
A Japanese government survey shows the number of people aged 65 or older, and their ratio to the overall population, are both at record highs. The survey was conducted ahead of the Respect for the Aged Day national holiday on Monday.
The internal affairs ministry estimates that, as of Wedne...
A Japanese government survey shows the number of people aged 65 or older, and their ratio to the overall population, are both at record highs. The survey was conducted ahead of the Respect for the Aged Day national holiday on Monday.
The internal affairs ministry estimates that, as of Wedne...
- September 20, 2021
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A Hard-Line Conservative Hopes to Be Japan’s First Female Leader
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NEW YORK TIMES
If Sanae Takaichi wins, it would be a milestone for the country. But some feminists hope it doesn’t happen.
Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, often talked about creating a society in which women could “shine.”
Now, a year after he resigned because of ill health,...
If Sanae Takaichi wins, it would be a milestone for the country. But some feminists hope it doesn’t happen.
Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, often talked about creating a society in which women could “shine.”
Now, a year after he resigned because of ill health,...
- September 20, 2021
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Taiwan Firm Donates 1.24 Mil. Masks To Japan
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THE JAPAN NEWS
A Taiwan mask manufacturer has donated 1.24 million of its product to a soon-to-launched Japan-Taiwan federation of municipality heads nationwide in reciprocation for the free provision of coronavirus vaccines from the Japanese government.
A total of 82 municipalities across the ...
A Taiwan mask manufacturer has donated 1.24 million of its product to a soon-to-launched Japan-Taiwan federation of municipality heads nationwide in reciprocation for the free provision of coronavirus vaccines from the Japanese government.
A total of 82 municipalities across the ...
- September 18, 2021
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Tropical Storm Chanthu Batters Japan
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CNN
People across Japan are bracing for some potentially catastrophic weather.
Tropical storm Chanthu has brought driving rain and lashing winds to western and central parts of the country. It made landfall in Kyushu on Friday evening and is barreling to the east.
Officials urge people in the s...
People across Japan are bracing for some potentially catastrophic weather.
Tropical storm Chanthu has brought driving rain and lashing winds to western and central parts of the country. It made landfall in Kyushu on Friday evening and is barreling to the east.
Officials urge people in the s...
- September 18, 2021
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Japan To Reopen Borders For Some Visa Holders As Part Of Quarantine Policy Changes
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JAPAN TIMES
In a major change to border-control measures, Japan will from Monday allow re-entry to all returnees from six countries blacklisted over the spread of the highly contagious delta variant of the coronavirus.
The six countries — Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Nepal and Sri ...
In a major change to border-control measures, Japan will from Monday allow re-entry to all returnees from six countries blacklisted over the spread of the highly contagious delta variant of the coronavirus.
The six countries — Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Nepal and Sri ...
- September 18, 2021
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Message In A Bottle From Japan Washes Up On Hawaii Beach After 37 Years
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THE GUARDIAN
Discovery made by a local girl comes decades after the bottle was put into the sea by schoolchildren as part of an experiment to monitor ocean currents
A glass bottle that was released into the sea 37 years ago by high school students in Japan has been found on the island of Hawaii...
Discovery made by a local girl comes decades after the bottle was put into the sea by schoolchildren as part of an experiment to monitor ocean currents
A glass bottle that was released into the sea 37 years ago by high school students in Japan has been found on the island of Hawaii...
- September 17, 2021
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Japan Ruling Party Begins Race To Pick Suga Successor
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AP NEWS
The race is on for the next Japanese prime minister.
Official election campaigning kicked off Friday for the new head of Japan’s governing Liberal Democratic Party, a role that typically signals the next national leader.
Four candidates are competing in the Sept. 29 vote to replace outg...
The race is on for the next Japanese prime minister.
Official election campaigning kicked off Friday for the new head of Japan’s governing Liberal Democratic Party, a role that typically signals the next national leader.
Four candidates are competing in the Sept. 29 vote to replace outg...
- September 17, 2021
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Race For Japan's New Prime Minister Kicks Off
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FRANCE 24
The campaign to become Japan's next prime minister kicks off on Friday, with four candidates vying for leadership of the ruling party in an unusually close race.
The candidates include two women hoping to lead a country that has never had a female prime minister, though both are consi...
The campaign to become Japan's next prime minister kicks off on Friday, with four candidates vying for leadership of the ruling party in an unusually close race.
The candidates include two women hoping to lead a country that has never had a female prime minister, though both are consi...
- September 17, 2021
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