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Japan Deploying Longer-Range Missiles To Counter China

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ASAHI SHINBUN
 
 
Japan is introducing longer-range missiles to counter China’s maritime expansion, but acquiring the potential to attack enemy bases could contravene the nation’s exclusively defensive posture.
Defense Minister Takeshi Iwaya described Miyakojima island in Okinawa Prefecture as “J...

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Over 13% Of The Homes In Japan Are Abandoned

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QUARTZ
 
Japan’s population is shrinking. Last year it fell by nearly 450,000 people. Not since records began in 1899 had so few babies been born (921,000).
Before that, 2017 had also set a record. Meanwhile the number of people passing away last year set a post-war record. The figures are part o...

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No More Happy Hour: Japan Bank Boss Takes Aim At Drinks Culture

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THE JAKARTA POST
 
Japanese companies have long encouraged such parties to give workers the chance to break down barriers with their bosses in an informal setting.
It’s time to stop drinking with the boss after work.
That’s the message of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. banking unit executive...

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Yuzuru Hanyu Tops Best Efforts By Japan Skaters This Season

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JAPAN TIMES
 
With the long season now over, Ice Time has collated a top 10 list of the best performances by Japanese skaters during the 2018-19 campaign.
The list places a priority on results in major competitions like the world championships, Grand Prix Final and national championships, while t...

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Japanese University Says It Won’t Hire Teachers Who Smoke

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NEW YORK TIMES
 
A university in Japan says it has stopped hiring faculty members who smoke unless they promise to quit, a once-unthinkable decision in a country that has just recently cracked down on its heavy-smoking ways.
Nagasaki University said the policy, announced last week, was part of it...

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The Long-Awaited Gorogoro Chicken Curry Returns To Japan’s Matsuya Restaurant Chain

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SORA NEWS
 
Gorogoro goodness that fans have been waiting a whole year for.
Japan’s Matsuya chain of restaurants started out as just another beef bowl place, but that’s no longer the case. Every month Matsuya rolls out new items, giving us new tasty, filling, and affordable ways to satisfy our ta...

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Abe, Macron Discuss G20 Summit, Trade, Nissan-Renault Alliance, N Korea, Notre Dame

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JAPAN TODAY
 
PARIS - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and French President Emmanuel Macron agreed Tuesday to coordinate closely in addressing global economic, trade and environmental issues before Japan hosts a Group of 20 summit in June.
Abe also said during their summit talks that the auto a...

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Nestlé Japan Opens Temporary Kit Kat Sake Pairing Bar Staffed By Artificial Intelligence

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JAPAN TRENDS
 
Nestlé Japan have enjoyed immense success with its range of exclusive Japanese Kit Kat snacks. Many of these use unique regional ingredients, such as sake or matcha.
Others feature innovative special tastes that are not necessarily Japanese but are tested exclusively in the local m...

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Shiina Ringo To Duet With BUCK-TICK’s Sakurai Atsushi

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ARAMA JAPAN
 
As previously reported, Shiina Ringo will release her new album, “Sandokushi”, on May 27, her 21st anniversary. The album is composed of various tracks she’s released in the four and a half years since the release of her last album, “Hi Izuru Tokoro”, as well as six new songs.
Two o...

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LDP Loses 2 Lower House By-Elections

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Candidates of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party lost in both of Sunday’s House of Representatives by-elections, in Osaka Constituency No. 12 and Okinawa Constituency No. 3, according to preliminary reports by The Yomiuri Shimbun.
The results could serve as a harbinger of the Ho...

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