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Local Infections, Fear Hamper Japan’s Domestic Travel Progress

  • Category:Tourism
TTG ASIA
 
Japan’s Go To Travel domestic travel stimulus, which partially covers residents’ transport and accommodation expenses, has met with mixed reception and lukewarm uptake in its first weeks, attracting only two million users in its first month.
The programme was launched on July 22 by the...

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Japan Drafts Proposals To Reduce Mobile Fees

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NHK WORLD
 
A Japanese government panel has come up with a set of proposals to spur competition and lower charges for mobile-phone services. Japan has some of the highest cell phone rates in the world.
The proposals focus on the procedures and fees for changing providers.
Carriers currently charg...

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Downtown Tokyo Hotel Makes Its Rooms Absolutely Free In Exchange For One Small Favor

  • Category:Other
SORA NEWS
 
All it takes is a few seconds to earn a free night, and they’ll even give you complimentary beer and sashimi.
Just a few minutes’ walk from Yotsuya Station in Tokyo, the Hotel New Shohei has a pretty great location. It’s near the very center of the city, with both the excitement of th...

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Kono Backs Suga For Prime Minister, But Still Has His Eye On Top Job

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Japanese Defense Minister Taro Kono on Thursday said he supports Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga as the country's next leader to provide continuity in tackling the coronavirus crisis but also predicted he will one day be prime minister.
Identified early by local media as a po...

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New Cup Noodle Rolling Stock Automatically Resupplies You With Ramen For Disaster Preparedness

  • Category:Other
SORA NEWS
 
Because you never know when disaster will strike, and if it does, you know you’ll want to eat ramen.
A lot of people who aren’t too handy in the kitchen will tell you that instant ramen isn’t just convenient, but a survival aid. In certain situations, though, that can legitimately be ...

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Panel: Japan’s Next Prime Minister Will Continue to Grow Self-Defense Force, Military Ties with U.S.

  • Category:Event
USNI NEWS
 
Japan’s next prime minister is expected to follow Shinzo Abe’s path in tightening Tokyo’s military ties with the United States and expanding the nation’s definition of “self-defense” to counter China’s and North Korea’s threats, four Indo-Pacific security experts said Tuesday.
Michael...

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Japan’s New Leadership

  • Category:Event
JAKARTA POST
 
The COVID-19 pandemic has not only crushed Japan’s economy, but also its hopes of staging a glorious 2020 Summer Olympics. Amid these gloomy circumstances, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced his resignation, citing deteriorating health.
 
He has led Japan since 2012, making him th...

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Olympic Flame Out On Display In Japan Olympic Museum

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YAHOO.COM
 
TOKYO (AP) -- The Olympic flame is going on display in Tokyo, just a short walk from the new National Stadium where it was supposed to be burning a month ago.
The flame arrived in Japan from Greece in March and has been largely hidden away in Tokyo since the Olympics were postponed un...

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Japan's Ruling LDP To Hold Leadership Vote On Sept 14

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AL JAZEERA
 
Four candidates in frame to replace Shinzo Abe as PM, but public favourite Shigeru Ishiba lacks support within party.
Opinion polls show former Defence Minister Shigeru Ishiba is the most popular choice among the public to be Japan's next prime minister, as four hopefuls jockey to su...

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Coronavirus Puts Japan's Teachers Under Pressure

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NHK
 
Japan's teachers already work some of the longest hours of educators anywhere. Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development figures show that junior high school teachers in Japan worked an average of 56 hours per week in 2018.
That put them at the top of a list of 48 countries and ...

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