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Kishida Invited By Biden For State Visit In Early 2024
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JAPAN TODAY
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Thursday he has been invited by U.S. President Joe Biden to make a state visit early next year, an announcement made as the two countries step up cooperation bilaterally and trilaterally with South Korea in the face of increasing security c...
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Thursday he has been invited by U.S. President Joe Biden to make a state visit early next year, an announcement made as the two countries step up cooperation bilaterally and trilaterally with South Korea in the face of increasing security c...
- November 17, 2023
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Car Rams Into Barricade Near Israel Embassy In Tokyo; Man Detained
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JAPAN TODAY
A man crashed a car into a barricade near the entrance of the Israel Embassy in Tokyo on Thursday, injuring a police officer.
Police arrested the 53-year-old driver at the scene. He was identified as Shinobu Sekiguchi, a member of a right-wing group, local media reported.
Israel's a...
A man crashed a car into a barricade near the entrance of the Israel Embassy in Tokyo on Thursday, injuring a police officer.
Police arrested the 53-year-old driver at the scene. He was identified as Shinobu Sekiguchi, a member of a right-wing group, local media reported.
Israel's a...
- November 16, 2023
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Takarazuka Revue: Japan Theatre Company Sorry 'Overworked' Actress Took Her Life
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BBC
A prestigious Japanese all-female theatre company has admitted it feels responsible for the death of a young actress whose suspected suicide was reportedly caused by overwork.
Executives from Takarazuka Revue apologised for "loss of life" but did not announce a compensation package for the ...
A prestigious Japanese all-female theatre company has admitted it feels responsible for the death of a young actress whose suspected suicide was reportedly caused by overwork.
Executives from Takarazuka Revue apologised for "loss of life" but did not announce a compensation package for the ...
- November 15, 2023
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October Foreign Entries To Japan Top Pre-Pandemic Levels For 1st Time
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KYODO NEWS
Japan saw an estimated 2,516,500 foreign visitors in October, up 0.8 percent from the same month in 2019, the first time the monthly figure has surpassed levels seen before the coronavirus outbreak, government data showed Wednesday.
The increase of visitors from Asia, Australia, part...
Japan saw an estimated 2,516,500 foreign visitors in October, up 0.8 percent from the same month in 2019, the first time the monthly figure has surpassed levels seen before the coronavirus outbreak, government data showed Wednesday.
The increase of visitors from Asia, Australia, part...
- November 15, 2023
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Further Resignations Deal Heavy Blow to Cabinet of Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida
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JAPAN NEWS
Three senior government officials have quit over scandals just two months after Prime Minister Fumio Kishida reshuffled his Cabinet in September. These “falling-like-dominoes” resignations have thrown the management of the administration into severe disarray.
On Monday, Kishida was f...
Three senior government officials have quit over scandals just two months after Prime Minister Fumio Kishida reshuffled his Cabinet in September. These “falling-like-dominoes” resignations have thrown the management of the administration into severe disarray.
On Monday, Kishida was f...
- November 14, 2023
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Environmental Change Threatens What's Left Of Japan's Cormorant Fishing Legacy
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JAPAN TODAY
Cormorants have been a constant presence in Yoichiro Adachi's life, and when he was young, he cried whenever one of his family's birds died.
Now 48, Adachi still cares deeply for his birds, drawing them out of their baskets each morning and stroking their long necks to confirm their...
Cormorants have been a constant presence in Yoichiro Adachi's life, and when he was young, he cried whenever one of his family's birds died.
Now 48, Adachi still cares deeply for his birds, drawing them out of their baskets each morning and stroking their long necks to confirm their...
- November 14, 2023
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Takarazuka Revue Member Suffers Harassment by Seniors before Death: Lawyers
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NIPPON
A member of Japan's all-female musical theater company Takarazuka Revue had suffered harassment by senior members before she died, lawyers for the bereaved family said Friday.
The 25-year-old performer was "damaged physically and mentally" also because "she was forced to work extraordina...
A member of Japan's all-female musical theater company Takarazuka Revue had suffered harassment by senior members before she died, lawyers for the bereaved family said Friday.
The 25-year-old performer was "damaged physically and mentally" also because "she was forced to work extraordina...
- November 12, 2023
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New Island That Emerged From The Ocean Off Japan Is Now Visible From Space
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LIVE SCIENCE
A newly-formed island off the coast of Iwo Jima in the Pacific Ocean was spotted in satellite images after it emerged during an underwater volcanic eruption at the end of October.
A newborn island that recently emerged from the Pacific Ocean after an underwater volcanic eruption is...
A newly-formed island off the coast of Iwo Jima in the Pacific Ocean was spotted in satellite images after it emerged during an underwater volcanic eruption at the end of October.
A newborn island that recently emerged from the Pacific Ocean after an underwater volcanic eruption is...
- November 12, 2023
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A Volcanic Eruption Has Created A New Island Off Japan, But It May Not Last
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AP NEWS
An undersea volcano erupted off Japan three weeks ago, providing a rare view of the birth of a tiny new island, but experts say it may not last very long.
The unnamed undersea volcano, located about 1 kilometer (half a mile) off the southern coast of Iwo Jima, which Japan calls Ioto, st...
An undersea volcano erupted off Japan three weeks ago, providing a rare view of the birth of a tiny new island, but experts say it may not last very long.
The unnamed undersea volcano, located about 1 kilometer (half a mile) off the southern coast of Iwo Jima, which Japan calls Ioto, st...
- November 10, 2023
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Earthquake Jolts Kanto Region Friday Morning
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JAPAN NEWS
A magnitude 4.2 quake jolted Tokyo and Kanagawa Prefecture at 10 a.m. on Friday, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. No tsunami alert was released.
The epicenter is in the east of Kanagawa Prefecture, the focus is 110 kilometers deep.
The Japanese seismic scale of 3 was o...
A magnitude 4.2 quake jolted Tokyo and Kanagawa Prefecture at 10 a.m. on Friday, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. No tsunami alert was released.
The epicenter is in the east of Kanagawa Prefecture, the focus is 110 kilometers deep.
The Japanese seismic scale of 3 was o...
- November 10, 2023
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