KYODO NEWS
 
Japan's top currency diplomat Masato Kanda warned Wednesday of market intervention to rectify excessive yen moves, led by speculators, saying that he does not see any limits to the country's potential forays amid market chatter of official yen-buying in recent days.
Kanda, the vice f...

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VOA NEWS
 
North Korea and China are watching for possible regional impacts from Japan's recent enhanced security cooperation with Germany.
This weekend, Japan will hold joint drills with Germany around the Chitose Air Base in Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost main island. Spain is slated to join th...

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BBC
 
Fourteen high school students in Tokyo were admitted to hospital after eating "super spicy" potato crisps, police said.
Around 30 students ate the fiery snacks after one of them brought them to school on Tuesday, Japanese local media reported.
Soon, some of them started complaining of nause...

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CNN
 
Measuring about half the length of a Ford F-150, Kei trucks look almost like toys in comparison to your standard pickup truck. But for a car so tiny, you might be surprised at the massive following that they command.
Kei trucks, built to satisfy Japanese light automobile regulations and kno...

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ABC NEWS
 
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Japan’s defence ministry and forces are under scrutiny over allegations members of the navy violated the sensitive information protection law, falsely claimed allowances for special assignments, and wrongfully claimed free meals at base cafeterias. 
Of the 218 people discip...

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KYODO NEWS
 
The Japanese government has recently adopted a policy against the development of fully autonomous lethal weapons, stressing that the use of such arms should never be allowed across the world.
The Foreign Ministry submitted a paper stating Japan's stance on lethal autonomous weapons s...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Japan on Friday disciplined more than 200 defence personnel, including the military's top brass and senior bureaucrats, for mishandling classified material and other incidents.
The information security problems have occurred as Japan seeks closer cooperation with the U.S. and other ...

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BBC
 
A woman who went swimming in Japan has been rescued after being swept 80km (50 miles) away from the beach she was on with her friend.
The Chinese national in her 20s, who was wearing a rubber ring, spent 36 hours in the water before being spotted by a cargo ship off a peninsula south of Tok...

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JAPAN NEWS
 
A Japanese court Wednesday ruled in favor of changing the sex of a transgender person on the family register from male to female without gender reassignment surgery, according to a lawyer for a petitioner.
Hiroshima High Court made the decision after the Supreme Court in October last...

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KYODO NEWS
 
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida left for Washington on Wednesday to attend a NATO summit to confirm cooperation with the alliance in addressing the increasingly severe security challenges posed by Russia and China.
During his five-day overseas trip through Sunday, Kishida is al...

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