VOA NEWS
 
Fragile South Korea-Japan ties are being strained yet again after South Korean politicians accused Tokyo of inappropriately pressuring a South Korean company to sell its stake in Line, the do-it-all social media app that has come to dominate digital life in Japan.
Line – which started ...

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TRAVEL AND LEISURE ASIA
 
J-pop group Travis Japan will visit Bangkok for a concert this year as part of their first overseas world tour starting in September.
The septet announced their ‘Road to A’ World Tour during the final show of their national tour in Niigata, Japan. The upcoming tour comes...

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NIPPON
 
Hefei, Anhui, China, May 20 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Ambassador to China Kenji Kanasugi held talks with Anhui Governor Wang Qingxian on Monday during his visit to the eastern China province.
At the start of the meeting, Kanasugi expressed hopes of enhancing the two countries' ties in the f...

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TIME OUT
 
Initiated in 1977, the twinning of Rijeka and Kawasaki is being commemorated in Croatia with a six-week series of events dedicated to culture and technology
In an era when the concept of twin towns is often forgotten, Rijeka has decided to mark its long friendship with Kawasaki with a ...

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BBC
 
In the 17 years since it launched, the Assassin’s Creed series has taken fans all over the world, from Ancient Greece to Victorian London.
But despite many, many requests, it’s never tiptoed into Japan. Until now.
Assassin’s Creed: Shadows, previously codenamed Assassin’s Creed: Red, is a l...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa on Sunday retracted her remarks the previous day about the importance of women giving birth, saying her choice of words was liable to cause misunderstanding.
In a campaign speech in support of a Shizuoka gubernatorial election candidate backed...

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ANTARA
 
Indonesia's Trade Minister Zulkifli Hasan and Japan's Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Komura Masahiro discussed enhancing trade cooperation between the two countries including changes to the Indonesian-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (IJEPA).
In Hasan's statement rec...

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THE SUN
 
 
A recent survey by Japan’s National Police Agency (NPA) showed that 17,034 elderly people living alone died at home across the country from January to March, reported Xinhua.
The survey covered 60,466 dead bodies handled by Japanese police during the first three months of 2024.
Of the...

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AP NEWS
 
Japan and the United States on Wednesday signed an arrangement to jointly develop a new type of missile defense system as the allies seek to defend against the growing threat of hypersonic weapons, which are possessed by China and Russia and being tested by North Korea.
The project was ...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
On Thursday, U.S. information technology giant Meta Platforms' oversight board began soliciting public opinions about a post criticizing Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on its Threads platform.
The post was deleted once due to violent expressions, but Meta later restored it, concluding...

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