JAPAN NEWS
 
A new group consisting mainly of lawmakers, former top investigators and family members of crime victims has been formed to discuss the nation’s death penalty system.
The group intends to submit proposals to the government as early as this autumn with the aim of sparking a national d...

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JAPAN NEWS
 
Kao Corp. and Earth Corp. will begin selling a mosquito spray in Thailand in July in a bid to fight the spread of dengue fever.
A viral infection spread by mosquitos, dengue fever can lead to death if there are complications, and the number of people infected is increasing worldwide....

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BBC
 
The creator of Dragon Ball, one of the most influential and best-selling Japanese comics of all time, has died at 68.
Akira Toriyama suffered an acute subdural hematoma, a type of bleeding near the brain, his studio said Friday.
Dragon Ball is hugely popular around the world and the comic s...

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NIPPON.COM
 
Kushimoto, Wakayama Pref., March 9 (Jiji Press)--Space One Co. postponed the launch of a Kairos rocket carrying a satellite that had been scheduled Saturday morning at its Spaceport Kii facility in the town of Kushimoto in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan.
The postponement was due ...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Male office workers at a Tokyo-based telecommunications firm were able to experience simulated menstrual pain on Thursday as part of an initiative aimed at fostering empathy toward female colleagues ahead of International Women's Day.
Employees at EXEO Group participated in a compan...

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KYODO NEWS
 
Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa pledged Thursday to boost cooperation with India in the Indo-Pacific region during a meeting with her counterpart from New Delhi, amid China's increasing military and economic clout.
Kamikawa, who in September 2023 became Japan's first female f...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
A Japanese court rejected a complaint demanding the shutdown of Shikoku Electric Power's Ikata No. 3 reactor, in the first formal ruling on the legal battle for the nuclear plant in western Japan, public broadcaster NHK reported on Thursday.
The Oita District Court's ruling against ...

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FRANCE 24
 
Japanese architect Riken Yamamoto was awarded the Pritzker prize for architecture on Tuesday, the organizers said in a statement, praising his "reassuring style."
Highlights of Yamamoto's work include Nagoya Zokei University in Japan completed in 2022, THE CIRCLE at Zurich Airport in ...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
China's military expansion, including a planned 7.2 percent increase in military spending in 2024 from a year earlier, is of "serious concern" to Japan and the international community, the top Japanese government spokesman said Tuesday.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said...

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KYODO NEWS
 
A political organization associated with the secretary general of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party transferred a large amount of funds to another group subject to less stringent rules on the disclosure of usage, their balance sheets showed Wednesday.
The organization of House ...

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