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International Students Giving Up On Japan Due To COVID-19 Restrictions

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
The number of international students coming to Japan to study has plummeted amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Some international students who had hoped to enroll in courses in Japan have even changed their study destinations because of Japan’s strict entry restrictions.
Japan is the on...

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US Lifts Import Ban On Japanese Foods

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NHK
 
The United States has lifted import restrictions it placed on some Japanese food products following the 2011 nuclear power plant accident in Fukushima.
The US Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday that it is deactivating an import alert covering 100 food items from Fukushima and 13 othe...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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,...

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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 ...

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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...

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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 ...

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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...

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