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Biden Seeks Closer Ties With Japan As The U.S. Prepares To Challenge China

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CNBC
 
Key PointsU.S. President Joe Biden will meet with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Friday,China’s rise on the global stage will feature highly on the two leaders’ meeting agenda, political analysts say.One possible outcome of the summit is a U.S.-Japan infrastructure plan focusing...

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Japan Official Opens Door to Canceling Olympics on Virus

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BLOOMBERG
 
A senior official in Japan’s ruling party indicated canceling the Tokyo Olympics was an option as the country struggles with a surge in coronavirus cases less than 100 days before the Games are due to begin.
Toshihiro Nikai, secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party, said that...

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Japan Bets On Hydrogen To Lift Its Ambitious Carbon-Neutral Plans

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WASHINGTON POST
 
NAMIE, Japan — Japan has ambitious plans to be entirely carbon-neutral by 2050. Trouble is: It has no clear vision of how to get there.
Japan’s nuclear industry was gutted by the 2011 tsunami in Fukushima and may never fully recover given widespread public concern over safety.
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Japan To Start Releasing Treated Fukushima Water Into Sea In 2 Years

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CNN
 
Japan will start releasing more than 1 million metric tons of treated radioactive water from its destroyed Fukushima nuclear plant into the ocean in two years, the government said Tuesday -- a plan that faces opposition at home and has raised "grave concern" in neighboring countries.
The de...

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Olympic Torchbearers Run Through Empty Osaka Park As Virus Surge Tops 1,000

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Torchbearers for this summer's Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday ran through an empty park in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, after the flame relay in the western prefecture was rerouted from public roads due to a sharp rebound in coronavirus infections.
Daily coronavirus cases in the prefecture w...

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Hideki Matsuyama Masters Japan’s Golfing Nerves To Lift Pre-Olympic Spirits

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THE GUARDIAN
 
TV commentators ‘could hardly speak’ as 29-year-old becomes first Japanese man to win a major
Hideki Matsuyama has recorded one of Japan’s greatest international sporting successes after winning the US Masters golf , months before Tokyo is scheduled to host the summer Olympics.
His...

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Tokyo Adopts Tougher Virus Rules, Starts Vaccinating Elders

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AP NEWS
 
Tokyo adopted tougher measures against the coronavirus Monday as Japanese authorities struggle to curb the spread of a more contagious variant ahead of the Olympics in a country where less than 1% of people have been vaccinated.
Japan started its vaccination drive with medical workers a...

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Japan Set To Release Fukushima Plant Water Into Sea

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KYODO NEWS
 
The Japanese government is poised to release treated radioactive water accumulated at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea despite opposition from fishermen, sources familiar with the matter said Friday.
It will hold a meeting of related ministers as early as Tuesday to ...

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Ikee Wins 4th Title At Japan Swimming Championship

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Rikako Ikee won the women’s 50-meter butterfly in 25.56 seconds, a personal best since returning to the sport since her fight against leukemia, at the Japan swimming championships on Saturday at the Tokyo Aquatics Center. Ikee is the Japan record holder in the women’s 50-meter bu...

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Japan Imposes New Virus Measures In Tokyo Ahead Of Olympics

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COAST REPORTER
 
Japan announced Friday that it will raise the coronavirus alert level in Tokyo to allow tougher measures to curb the rapid spread of a more contagious variant ahead of the Summer Olympics.
Japan's national vaccination drive has lagged and most people in the capital still have not...

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