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Indonesia, Japan Discuss Change To IJEPA Protocol

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ANTARA
 
Indonesia's Trade Minister Zulkifli Hasan and Japan's Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Komura Masahiro discussed enhancing trade cooperation between the two countries including changes to the Indonesian-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (IJEPA).
In Hasan's statement rec...

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17,000 Elderly Living Alone In Japan Die At Home In January-March: Police Survey

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THE SUN
 
 
A recent survey by Japan’s National Police Agency (NPA) showed that 17,034 elderly people living alone died at home across the country from January to March, reported Xinhua.
The survey covered 60,466 dead bodies handled by Japanese police during the first three months of 2024.
Of the...

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Japan And The US Move Ahead In Co-Developing Hypersonic Weapons Interceptor As Regional Threats Grow

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AP NEWS
 
Japan and the United States on Wednesday signed an arrangement to jointly develop a new type of missile defense system as the allies seek to defend against the growing threat of hypersonic weapons, which are possessed by China and Russia and being tested by North Korea.
The project was ...

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Meta Seeks Public Opinion On Threads Post Criticizing Japan's PM

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JAPAN TIMES
 
On Thursday, U.S. information technology giant Meta Platforms' oversight board began soliciting public opinions about a post criticizing Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on its Threads platform.
The post was deleted once due to violent expressions, but Meta later restored it, concluding...

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New Japanese Envoy Promises To Further Develop Korea-Japan Relations

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KOREA JOON GANG DAILY
 
New Japanese Ambassador to Korea Koichi Mizushima stressed the importance of cooperation between Korea and Japan, promising to develop the relationship further as he arrived in Seoul on Friday.
 
“Relations between Korea and Japan have been steadily developing under the le...

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Visitors To Japan Exceed 3 Million For 2nd Straight Month In April

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JAPAN TODAY
 
apan welcomed more than 3 million visitors for a second straight month in April, official data showed on Wednesday, setting the stage for a potential record year for tourism.
The number of foreign visitors for business and leisure was 3.04 million last month, edging down from the mo...

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Japan Police Seek Return Of Singapore Diplomat Accused Of Filming Teen At Public Bath

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CNA
 
The 55-year-old officer from Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs returned from Tokyo in mid-April.
 
Japan authorities have asked the Singapore Embassy in Tokyo to help bring back a diplomat for questioning over suspicions that he took nude images of a teen at a public bath in Tokyo. 
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Foreign Visitors To Japan Top 3 Mil. For 2nd Straight Month In April

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KYODO NEWS
 
The number of foreign visitors to Japan totaled over 3.04 million in April, up 56.1 percent from a year earlier and exceeding the 3 million mark for the second consecutive month, amid the weak yen, government data showed Wednesday.
It was the second-highest monthly figure on record a...

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Japan’s Wedding Gift Etiquette Rule Too Expensive, Young People In Survey Say

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Japan doesn’t have wedding gift registries. That’s because the expectation is that when guests come to celebrate the newlywed couple, they’ll give cash instead of, say, a toaster or coffeemaker. On the one hand, this saves you the trouble of having to go shopping if you get invited ...

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Political Group Office Raided Over Alleged Election Campaign Obstructions

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NHK
 
Tokyo police have raided the main office of a political group named "Tsubasa no To," or Tsubasa party, on suspicion that it obstructed campaigning by other candidates during a Lower House by-election in April.
Police on Monday initiated the raid on the office in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward and rel...

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