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Biden Eyes September For First In-Person Summit With Japan, Australia, India

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JAKARTA POST
 
The US administration of President Joe Biden has proposed to Japan, Australia and India that the first in-person "Quad" meeting of the countries' leaders be held in Washington in late September, according to diplomatic sources. The face-to-face meeting will follow the first-ever Qu...

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Celtic Sign Japan Forward Furuhashi

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FRANCE 24
 
Celtic announced on Friday the signing of Japan forward and J1-League top scorer Kyogo Furuhashi from Vissel Kobe on a four-year contract.
Furuhashi, who played alongside Kobe captain Andres Iniesta in Japan, is the Hoops' fourth summer signing following the arrivals of Liam Shaw and ...

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Lawson Japan Serves Up Carbs On Carbs With Their New French Fry Bread

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SORA NEWS
 
Finally, a competitor for yakisoba bread has arrived.
Coming from the UK, I find it interesting how many strange things my birth country has in common with Japan. We both drive on the left, for one thing. We both drink a lot of tea. We have prime ministers.
But one of the little thing...

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Airlines To Put On Special Flights Home For Japanese From Virus-Hit Indonesia

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JAKARTA POST
 
Japanese airlines plan to put on special flights to allow Japanese residents in Indonesia to return home amid a surge of infections of the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus, the Japanese Embassy in Jakarta said Wednesday night.
The embassy has started contacting re...

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Japan Gives Nod to Future IPO of Massive Tokyo Subway Operator

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BLOOMBERG
 
 
Japan’s Transport Ministry approved the idea of a share sale of Tokyo’s subway-system operator, setting the stage for one the country’s largest privatizations and exchange listings in recent years.
A report supporting the government divesting part of its stake in Tokyo Metro Co., wh...

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Foreign Olympic Athlete Tests Positive In Japan

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NHK
 
The Tokyo Games organizing committee said on Thursday that a foreign athlete who is in Japan for the Olympics has tested positive for the coronavirus.
The committee says the athlete in question tested positive on Wednesday. The athlete was observing a 14-day period of self-isolation and has...

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Suga Apologizes For Asking Wholesalers To Facilitate Alcohol Ban

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga apologized Wednesday for his administration's controversial request that drinks wholesalers stop supplying liquor to restaurants and bars that have defied an alcohol sales ban aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus.
"I offer my apologies for cau...

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Japan For First Time Mentions Taiwan Stability In Defense Paper

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BLOOMBERG
 
Japan for the first time referred to the importance of stability around Taiwan in its annual defense report, ratcheting up its concerns over the island that has been a flashpoint in tensions between China and the U.S.
The wording in the “Defense of Japan” white paper released Tuesday ...

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Jill Biden Will Travel To Japan For The Olympics

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CNN
 
First lady Jill Biden will travel to Tokyo later this month for the 2021 Olympic Summer Games, her office announced Tuesday after questions as to whether the trip could happen due to Covid-19 restrictions at the Games.
Last week, it was announced that spectators would be banned from the Gam...

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Japan To Give More COVID Vaccine Doses To Taiwan, Indonesia, Vietnam

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KYODO NEWS
 
Japan will donate 1 million additional doses of a COVID-19 vaccine each to Taiwan, Indonesia and Vietnam later this week, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said Tuesday.
The provision of Britain's AstraZeneca Plc vaccine manufactured in Japan under license to Taiwan from Thursday co...

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