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Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba Hails Tsuneo Watanabe as ‘Great Journalist’
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JAPAN NEWS
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Thursday hailed Tsuneo Watanabe, editor-in-chief of The Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings, as a “great journalist.”
Watanabe had died of pneumonia in the small hours of the day aged 98.
“He was a great journalist,” Ishiba told reporters at the Prime Minister’s...
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Thursday hailed Tsuneo Watanabe, editor-in-chief of The Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings, as a “great journalist.”
Watanabe had died of pneumonia in the small hours of the day aged 98.
“He was a great journalist,” Ishiba told reporters at the Prime Minister’s...
- December 19, 2024
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Japanese Space Startup Aborts 2nd Satellite Launch Attempt Minutes After Liftoff
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AP NEWS
A Japanese space startup said its second attempt to launch a rocket carrying satellites into orbit had been aborted minutes after liftoff Wednesday, nine months after the company’s first launch attempt ended in an explosion.
Space One’s Kairos No. 2 rocket lifted off from a site in the ...
A Japanese space startup said its second attempt to launch a rocket carrying satellites into orbit had been aborted minutes after liftoff Wednesday, nine months after the company’s first launch attempt ended in an explosion.
Space One’s Kairos No. 2 rocket lifted off from a site in the ...
- December 18, 2024
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Japan Police To Use Fake Ids, Go Undercover To Fight "Dark Job" Crime
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KYODO NEWS
The Japanese government said Tuesday it plans to introduce fake IDs for police to conduct undercover investigations as part of emergency measures to tackle "dark part-time work."
Under the countermeasures due to be introduced early next year, police will also request social media ope...
The Japanese government said Tuesday it plans to introduce fake IDs for police to conduct undercover investigations as part of emergency measures to tackle "dark part-time work."
Under the countermeasures due to be introduced early next year, police will also request social media ope...
- December 17, 2024
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Japan to Set up Expert Panel on New Foreign Worker System
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NIPPON
The Japanese government decided Tuesday to set up an expert panel for the introduction in 2027 of a new system to accept foreign workers.
The government hopes to incorporate expert opinions into the details of the new system to avoid criticism similar to the existing technical trainee sy...
The Japanese government decided Tuesday to set up an expert panel for the introduction in 2027 of a new system to accept foreign workers.
The government hopes to incorporate expert opinions into the details of the new system to avoid criticism similar to the existing technical trainee sy...
- December 17, 2024
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Japanese Films Tugging at Chinese Moviegoers' Heartstrings
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NIPPON
Japanese movies are riding on a wave of popularity in China, despite Beijing's restrictions on imported film.
Japanese anime director Hayao Miyazaki's "The Boy and the Heron," which hit theaters in China in April, became the 10th-highest grossing film of 2024.
Other popular Japanese movi...
Japanese movies are riding on a wave of popularity in China, despite Beijing's restrictions on imported film.
Japanese anime director Hayao Miyazaki's "The Boy and the Heron," which hit theaters in China in April, became the 10th-highest grossing film of 2024.
Other popular Japanese movi...
- December 16, 2024
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Stabbed Students in Kitakyushu Have No Defensive Wounds; Lack of Hand Wounds Demonstrates Attack’s Speed
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JAPAN NEWS
The two junior high school students who were stabbed by a man at a fast-food restaurant on Saturday have no defensive wounds, indicating that they were assaulted without any time to protect themselves, according to investigative sources.
The Fukuoka prefectural police said the incide...
The two junior high school students who were stabbed by a man at a fast-food restaurant on Saturday have no defensive wounds, indicating that they were assaulted without any time to protect themselves, according to investigative sources.
The Fukuoka prefectural police said the incide...
- December 16, 2024
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Golf: Japan Money Champ Takumi Kanaya Closes In On PGA Tour Card
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KYODO NEWS
Takumi Kanaya, this year's top money winner on the Japanese professional men's golf tour, is in contention for a U.S. PGA Tour card after moving up to third in the penultimate round of the final qualifying tournament on Saturday.
The top five and ties at the PGA Tour Q-School Final S...
Takumi Kanaya, this year's top money winner on the Japanese professional men's golf tour, is in contention for a U.S. PGA Tour card after moving up to third in the penultimate round of the final qualifying tournament on Saturday.
The top five and ties at the PGA Tour Q-School Final S...
- December 15, 2024
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Japan Post Starts Accepting New Year's Cards
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NIPPON
Japan Post Co. started accepting New Year's cards for 2025 on Sunday.
Postal rates in Japan were raised in October, with the price of a New Year's postcard, like a regular postcard, going up to 85 yen from 63 yen.
In anticipation of a drop in demand following the rate hikes, Japan Post c...
Japan Post Co. started accepting New Year's cards for 2025 on Sunday.
Postal rates in Japan were raised in October, with the price of a New Year's postcard, like a regular postcard, going up to 85 yen from 63 yen.
In anticipation of a drop in demand following the rate hikes, Japan Post c...
- December 15, 2024
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Police Searching For Man Following Deadly Knife Attack In Western Japan
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NHK
Police in western Japan are searching for a man who fled with a knife from the scene of a stabbing incident at a fast-food restaurant that left a teenage girl dead.
The incident took place Saturday night in the city of Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture. Police say a 15-year-old girl has been p...
Police in western Japan are searching for a man who fled with a knife from the scene of a stabbing incident at a fast-food restaurant that left a teenage girl dead.
The incident took place Saturday night in the city of Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture. Police say a 15-year-old girl has been p...
- December 15, 2024
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JR Kyushu May Withdraw from Japan-S. Korea Ship Route
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Kyushu Railway Co., or JR Kyushu, is considering withdrawing from a ship route between Japan and South Korea, over a scandal in which a subsidiary covered up a water leak incident on a high-speed passenger ship, it was learned Friday.
In August this year, JR Kyushu said that the subsidia...
Kyushu Railway Co., or JR Kyushu, is considering withdrawing from a ship route between Japan and South Korea, over a scandal in which a subsidiary covered up a water leak incident on a high-speed passenger ship, it was learned Friday.
In August this year, JR Kyushu said that the subsidia...
- December 13, 2024
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