JAPAN TODAY
 
Japan's immigration agency said Friday that it will begin a program in April to help foreigners fleeing conflict zones such as war-hit Ukraine to adjust to living in Japan.
Under revisions to the immigration law, individuals from conflict zones whose circumstances do not qualify the...

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NIPPON.COM
 
A public-private platform dubbed Ariadne was launched in Japan in August, matchmaking companies hoping to donate their products and municipalities in need.
The platform not only helps improve the welfare of residents, but also allows companies to make effective use of inventories wit...

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KYODO NEWS
 
Japan's Foreign Ministry said Friday it had asked Google Inc. to revert to only using Japan's name on Google Maps for a group of islets controlled by Tokyo but claimed by China and Taiwan.
The ministry told Google that the Senkaku Islands are Japan's inherent territory and Japan's cl...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
An Osprey tilt-rotor plane of the Ground Self-Defense Force arrived in Okinawa on Thursday for joint drills with U.S. forces, marking the first flight of one of the Japanese aircraft to the southern island prefecture, amid China's growing military assertiveness.
The arrival of the a...

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NIPPON.COM
 
Japanese government officials on Wednesday strongly criticized the suspected attack on a hospital in the Gaza Strip, which occurred amid the conflict between Israel and Palestine.
“We feel strong indignation” about the incident, which caused “tremendous damage to innocent civilians,”...

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JAPAN NEWS
 
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida plans to instruct the tax commissions of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito to come up with specific steps for tax reductions as a way to return increased tax revenues to the public, it has been learned.
The prime minister will speak about hi...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
North Korea on Monday criticized Japan's plan to move the deployment of domestically made long-range missiles forward to an earlier date, with its state media saying Tokyo's military moves for a "reinvasion" have reached a very grave phase.
Defense Minister Minoru Kihara said at a n...

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JAPAN NEWS
 
 
An additional Japan Airlines flight was added to schedules on Thursday after it was found that a number of sumo wrestlers were booked to travel to attend an event on Amami Oshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture.
According to JAL, a number of sumo wrestlers had reserved seats on two ...

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ANTARA NEWS
 
Speaker of the House of Representatives (DPR) Puan Maharani voiced support for intensifying cooperation between Indonesia and Japan in various fields in the future.
"As speaker of DPR, I continue to support efforts to increase the relations between Indonesia and Japan, so that they ...

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NHK
 
The Japanese government is pushing for a shift to sea and rail freight as part of its strategy to address a truck driver shortage. One firm in central Japan has started loading its cargo on a specially designed type of ship as part of this transition.
Shizuoka Prefecture-based Suzuyo is usi...

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