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Sakura-Studded Sky

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Cherry blossoms have arrived early this year, at least digitally, in a special event that began at the Konica Minolta Planetarium Tenku in Tokyo Skytree Town on Monday.
Photographs and computer-generated imagery of “someiyoshino” cherry blossoms have filled the planetarium’s dome...

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TEPCO Completes Removal Of Spent Fuel Rods From Fukushima No. 3 Reactor

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (TEPCO), the operator of the wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, said Monday it had successfully removed spent uranium fuel from a damaged reactor building in a key step in its clean up of the site after a nuclear disaster a decade ago.
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Japan Asks China To Stop Anal COVID-19 Tests On Japanese Citizens

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KYODO NEWS
 
The Japanese government has requested China not to subject Japanese citizens entering the country to anal COVID-19 tests after receiving complaints of "psychological distress" from some of them, the top government spokesman said Monday.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato said the...

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Japan To Begin Allowing Foreign Athletes' Entry Next Month

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EGYPT TODAY
 
Athletes participating in this year’s Olympic Games in Tokyo can begin entering Japan after it lifts its emergency declaration order next month, the Nikkei newspaper reported on Friday.
Nikkei reported that the emergency declaration is set to be lifted March 7 with the travel ban on...

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Japan’s Vaccine Strategy

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THE DIPLOMAT
 
A Look At Japan’s Thinking On COVID-19 Vaccines
COVID-19 is a once-in-a-century pandemic that has infected more than 110 million people worldwide and caused more than 2.4 million deaths. Many countries have implemented strict lockdowns to try to contain the infection, but the viru...

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50 LDP Lawmakers Urge Local Members To Oppose Separate Surnames

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - Lawmakers from Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party have urged local members to shun a move that supports a legal revision allowing separate surnames for married couples, party sources said.
In what could be construed as applying pressure, a group of LDP lawmakers sent a ...

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Oppo A54 5G Surfaces In Japan, Will Be Released In June

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GSM ARENA
 
Oppo's quest to launch as many affordable 5G phones as possible is still ongoing, and the latest device that has that honor is the A54 5G. This model has been listed by Japanese carrier au, and we have to say it looks a lot like the already announced Oppo A93 5G.
The key difference we...

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Japan Increases Protection For US Military Amid 'Severe Security Environment'

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CNN
 
Japan's military performed 25 missions in 2020 in defense of US ships or planes, a sign of the growing integration of two of Asia's most powerful armed forces.
The number of what Japan calls "asset protection" missions was up from 14 in 2019 amid a "severe security environment," according t...

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Japanese Ministry To Punish 11 Officials Over Dinner Scandals Involving Prime Minister’s Son

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
 
The Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry intends to take disciplinary action against 11 officials as early as Wednesday over allegations they violated an ethics code when they were treated to dinners by Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s eldest son and others who work for ...

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Japan Creates Minister Of Loneliness To Fight COVID-19 Suicides

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NY POST
 
Japan just appointed a Minister of Loneliness — to try to combat its exploding suicide rate amid COVID-19.
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga named Tetsushi Sakamoto, a cabinet member already trying to beef up the depressed country’s birthrate, to the post.
Suga noted earlier this m...

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