JAPAN TODAY
 
The foreign ministers of Japan and Australia agreed Sunday that their cooperation with the United States and India under the Quad grouping should continue to ensure stability in the Indo-Pacific region.
The meeting between Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya and his Australian c...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba visited the venue of the World Exposition in Osaka on Sunday to bring attention to the event that is experiencing slower advance ticket sales than organizers expected.
It is the first time since becoming Japan's leader in October that Ishiba has visited...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Senior Defense Ministry and Self-Defense Forces officials have conveyed their serious concerns to a delegation from China's military over its increasing activities near Japan, Defense Minister Gen Nakatani has said.
The move came at Tuesday's meeting between Japanese defense officia...

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EURO NEWS
 
NATO has deepened its links with Japan and three other Indo-Pacific partners, Australia, New Zealand and South Korea, though not as part of the military alliance.
Japan has formally inaugurated an independent mission to the NATO military alliance as Tokyo and NATO seek to bolster coop...

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FRANCE 24
 
Kobe (Japan) (AFP) – Thousands of people marked on Friday the 30th anniversary of an earthquake that claimed more than 6,400 lives and levelled much of the Japanese city of Kobe.
The 7.2-magnitude quake on January 17, 1995, sparked a major review of quake preparedness in the island na...

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EAST ASIA FORUM
 
 
In Brief
After three ‘lost decades’ of economic performance, wages in Japan showed signs of positive growth in 2024. To deliver sustained increases to real wages, Japan must improve labour productivity growth. Whether the ‘new trinity’ of labour market reforms will successfull...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Speculation over Nintendo's new console, a successor to the wildly popular Switch, reached a fever pitch Thursday with specialist media predicting an imminent announcement from the Japanese gaming giant.
The Eurogamer website said it had heard "industry whispers" that the new gadget...

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CNA
 
The probability of a "megaquake" in Japan in the next 30 years has marginally increased, a government panel said Thursday, with a 75-82 percent chance of it happening.
Such a jolt could potentially have a devastating 8 to 9 magnitude, trigger colossal tsunamis, kill several hundred thousand...

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KYODO NEWS
 
Disney-themed bullet trains adorned with characters from hit films such as "Frozen" will run on the Tokaido Shinkansen Line connecting Tokyo and Osaka from Feb. 21 for a limited time, the operators of the railway and Tokyo Disney Resort said Wednesday.
The "Wonderful Dreams Shinkanse...

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AEROSPACE SPACE
 
The National Police Agency (NPA) of Japan has taken delivery of two Airbus H160 helicopters, making it the first para-public operator of the type in Japan.
The National Police Agency (NPA) of Japan has taken delivery of two Airbus H160 helicopters, making it the first para-publi...

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