REUTERS
 
Japan's Fumio Kishida will formally take office as prime minister on Monday, with a government that includes numerous allies of former premier Shinzo Abe, whose conservative base is thus assured of retaining influence over the new cabinet.
Kishida, 64, a former foreign minister with an ...

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NHK
 
In Japan, this is the first weekend since a state of emergency covering much of the country has been lifted. And people are making up for lost time.
Since Friday, restaurants and bars have resumed serving alcohol.
A man said, "I'm really happy. I've needed a break from feeling stressful. I ...

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KYODO NEWS
 
Japanese prefectural governors on Saturday called on the new central government to strengthen the health care system, as the easing of COVID-19 restrictions could cause another resurgence of infections.
The National Governors' Association want sufficient hospital beds, tests and trea...

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CNN
 
Japan's Princess Mako and her commoner fiance Kei Komuro announced Friday they will be married on October 26, public broadcaster NHK reported -- a controversial union that requires her to give up her royal status.
The 29-year-old granddaughter of former Emperor Akihito and Komuro first anno...

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AP NEWS
 
Japan fully came out of a coronavirus state of emergency for the first time in more than six months as the country starts to gradually ease virus measures to help rejuvenate the pandemic-hit economy as the infections slowed.
At Tokyo’s busy Shinagawa train station, a sea of mask-wearing...

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NAVAL NEWS
 
The UK and Japan have agreed to commence formal negotiations on a Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA) to deepen the defence relationship between the two countries.
Japan is a vital and like-minded partner for the UK in the Indo Pacific region. This Agreement, when concluded, will help ...

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PHARMACEUTICAL TECHNOLOGY
 
The companies stated that stainless steel particles in the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine do not pose risk to patients.
Takeda (Tokyo, Japan) has recalled 1.63 million doses of Moderna’s (Cambridge, MA, US) Covid-19 vaccine in Japan after three lots were found to have been c...

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NHK
 
Violent winds from Typhoon Mindulle are pounding parts of the Izu Islands, south of Japan's main island of Honshu.
The Japan Meteorological Agency says that as of 5 a.m. on Friday, the large and very strong typhoon was located over waters 260 kilometers south of Hachijojima, one of the Izu ...

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SORA NEWS
 
Jellyfish and Halloween go together like peanut butter and jellyfish.
With the concept of Halloween still in its relative infancy in Japan, it’s interesting to see what directions people take it here, such as with the creatively uncreative “Mundane Halloween” contests. Sometimes the i...

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BBC
 
Fumio Kishida has won a race to lead Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), putting him on course to become the next prime minister.
Mr Kishida will succeed Yoshihide Suga, who decided to step down after just one year in office.
His first mission as prime minister will be to lead t...

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