KOREA JOON GANG DAILY
 
New Japanese Ambassador to Korea Koichi Mizushima stressed the importance of cooperation between Korea and Japan, promising to develop the relationship further as he arrived in Seoul on Friday.
 
“Relations between Korea and Japan have been steadily developing under the le...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
apan welcomed more than 3 million visitors for a second straight month in April, official data showed on Wednesday, setting the stage for a potential record year for tourism.
The number of foreign visitors for business and leisure was 3.04 million last month, edging down from the mo...

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CNA
 
The 55-year-old officer from Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs returned from Tokyo in mid-April.
 
Japan authorities have asked the Singapore Embassy in Tokyo to help bring back a diplomat for questioning over suspicions that he took nude images of a teen at a public bath in Tokyo. 
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KYODO NEWS
 
The number of foreign visitors to Japan totaled over 3.04 million in April, up 56.1 percent from a year earlier and exceeding the 3 million mark for the second consecutive month, amid the weak yen, government data showed Wednesday.
It was the second-highest monthly figure on record a...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Japan doesn’t have wedding gift registries. That’s because the expectation is that when guests come to celebrate the newlywed couple, they’ll give cash instead of, say, a toaster or coffeemaker. On the one hand, this saves you the trouble of having to go shopping if you get invited ...

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NHK
 
Tokyo police have raided the main office of a political group named "Tsubasa no To," or Tsubasa party, on suspicion that it obstructed campaigning by other candidates during a Lower House by-election in April.
Police on Monday initiated the raid on the office in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward and rel...

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CNA
 
An online booking system for Mount Fuji's most popular trail was announced on Monday (May 13) by Japanese authorities trying to fight overtourism on the active volcano.
Japan's highest mountain has become increasingly crowded during the summer hiking season, raising concerns over safety and...

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GEOS PATIAL WORLD
 
ispace, a space robot development company, supports Japan’s participation in the Artemis Agreement. The agreement between Japan and the US for the Artemis mission will benefit the country.
The chief executive of the Takeshi Hakamada ispace says that Japan’s joining the Artemis...

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ASIA NEWS.NETWORK
 
Akazawa earned his ticket to Paris in the 65-kilogram weight class with an emotional victory at the Africa-Oceania Qualifier held in March in Alexandria, Egypt.
 
Gaku Akazawa achieved his lifetime dream by qualifying in freestyle wrestling for the upcoming Olympics, but he wo...

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KYODO NEWS
 
The approval rating for Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's Cabinet has edged up by 0.4 percentage point to 24.2 percent, a Kyodo News survey showed Monday, with a political funds scandal still shaking his Liberal Democratic Party.
The telephone poll conducted for three days from...

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