DVIDS HUB
 
 
American and Japanese personnel participated in a large-scale training drill onboard Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka (CFAY), simulating an earthquake and an emergency response.
The drill, conducted on Dec. 15, included a focus on the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Ronald R...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
The Japanese government on Thursday gave the green light for a modified landfill plan that will see a key U.S. military base transferred within Okinawa Prefecture, taking the unprecedented step of overriding the local government's objection to the plan.
The Defense Ministry will com...

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NIKKEI ASIA
 
Ex-LDP member suspected of having paid ward assembly members in April election
Former Japanese senior vice justice minister Mito Kakizawa, a lawmaker who belonged to the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, was arrested Thursday over allegations of vote-buying in a Tokyo ward mayoral el...

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DIGITIMES
 
In response to the establishment of semiconductor facilities by major manufacturers in Japan, including TSMC's wafer plant in Kumamoto and Rapidus's new facility in Hokkaido, the demand for semiconductor engineers in Japan has reached critical levels.
Reports from Kyodo and Nikkei hig...

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BBC
 
A Japanese luxury department store has apologised for delivering hundreds of collapsed strawberry Christmas cakes.
Some 807 out of around 2,900 strawberry cakes delivered in the run up to Christmas were damaged on arrival, sparking a social media backlash.
Takashimaya said Wednesday it had ...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Japan's nuclear power regulator on Wednesday lifted an operational ban imposed on Tokyo Electric Power Co's Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant two years ago, allowing it to work toward gaining local permission to restart.
TEPCO has been eager to bring the world's largest nuclear...

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AL ARABIYA.NET
 
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said he’ll set up a new group within his ruling Liberal Democratic Party next month tasked with restoring trust after allegations over a widespread failure to declare political funds.
Kishida spoke to reporters about his plans late on Monday,...

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KYODO NEWS
 
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is making arrangements to visit the United States as a state guest in early March at the invitation of President Joe Biden, bilateral relations sources said Monday.
Tokyo and Washington will finalize Kishida's itinerary by factoring in the schedu...

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KYODO NEWS
 
Japanese prosecutors have questioned senior members of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's largest faction, including former top government spokesman Hirokazu Matsuno, on a voluntary basis over a political fundraising scandal, sources close to the matter said Monday.
The faction, f...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
A Japanese-owned commercial tanker was attacked by a drone launched from Iran in the Indian Ocean on Saturday, causing a fire but leaving no one injured, the U.S. Department of Defense said.
The Liberian-flagged, Netherlands-operated chemical tanker was struck about 370 kilometers o...

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