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Japan To Regulate Digital Ads Under Law On Tech Giants

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JAKARTA POST
 
Japan plans to regulate online advertising as early as next April under the law requiring information technology giants to be more transparent following recommendations contained in a final government report on digital marketing released Tuesday.
The move could be the world's first...

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Latest Virus Emergency Could Dampen Japan's Economic Recovery Hopes

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Japan’s fresh state of emergency over the coronavirus pandemic threatens to nip hopes for an economic recovery in the bud by further weakening consumption, economists have warned.
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Friday declared a third state of emergency, effective from April 25 th...

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Japan Ruling Party Election Loss A Blow To Suga Government

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JAKARTA POST
 
 
Japan's ruling party suffered a triple blow at by-elections over the weekend, as voter frustration with scandals and government management of the coronavirus risked weakening the influence of Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's government.
Suga's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)...

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State Of Emergency Starts Sunday

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NHK
 
Japan's Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide has declared the nation's third state of emergency to contain the coronavirus pandemic. It takes effect on Sunday in Tokyo and the western prefectures of Osaka, Kyoto and Hyogo.
The declaration will remain in effect for just over two weeks through May 1...

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US-Japan Statement Raises Issue of Taiwan Defense Against China

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VOA NEWS
 
TAIPEI - A joint statement by U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga from their recent meeting at the White House has left officials and analysts in Taiwan wondering how far Japan might be willing to go to help defend the island against an attack from China...

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Japan To Host First Joint ‘War Games’ With US, France

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AL JAZEERA
 
Military exercise, running from May 11 to 17, will be the first large-scale drill in Japan involving ground troops from all three countries
Japan will hold a joint military drill with US and French troops in the country’s southwest next month, the defence minister has announced, as C...

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Japan's Schools To Stay Open Under COVID-19 Emergency

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JAPAN TIMES
 
The government plans to keep schools open in prefectures placed under a COVID-19 state of emergency in an effort to avoid interrupting education, officials have said.
Education ministry guidelines say that region-wide school closures due to the pandemic should be avoided from the vi...

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Britons Left Stranded By Japan’s Slow Vaccine Rollout

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THE GUARDIAN
 
Japan has vaccinated less than 1% of the population, leaving many expatriates frustrated London is not helping them.Japan’s troubled vaccination rollout has left British residents feeling “trapped” in their adopted home, preventing them visiting parents and children they haven’t se...

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Japan To Declare COVID Emergency For 4 Prefectures

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NHK
 
Japan's government is reportedly in the final stage of discussions on declaring a state of emergency in Tokyo, Osaka and two other populous prefectures amid rising COVID-19 infections.
Senior officials of the main governing Liberal Democratic Party told reporters on Thursday that they were ...

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Japan Raises Emissions Reduction Target To 46% By 2030

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DELTA OPTIMIST
 
 
TOKYO — Japan's prime minister announced on Thursday an ambitious new target for cutting greenhouse gas emissions, hours before he was to join a virtual climate summit hosted by U.S. President Joe Biden.
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said Japan will strive by 2030 to cut its em...

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