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Genetically Modified Pigs Created For Organ Transplants In Japan

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ASIA NEWS
 
The team now plans to increase the number of pigs for its research and proceed with studying the xenotransplantation of porcine organs into lab monkeys.
Genetically modified pigs have been created for the purpose of performing organ transplants into humans, a research team announced T...

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Japan's Currency Diplomat Says Ready To Act As Needed Amid Yen's Fall

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KYODO  NEWS
 
Japan's top currency diplomat Masato Kanda said Wednesday the yen's fall has been "very rapid" and driven in part by speculative moves, warning the government will respond "appropriately" if required.
The remarks came after the U.S. dollar hit a three-month high of 150.88 yen overni...

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Japan To Launch Digital Nomad Visa

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ITIJ
 
The Japanese government has announced a new digital nomad visa for workers earning at least US$68,200 per year The visa is due to launch at the end of March, and will allow remote workers from 49 countries to stay in Japan for up to six months.
Workers must be able to prove that they earn ...

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Japan PM Vows To Tackle Discrimination In Rebuke Of LDP Lawmaker

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KYODO NEWS
 
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has promised to address discrimination against ethnic and sexual minorities whose human rights have been abused in recent years in an apparent admonishment of an outspoken lawmaker within his Liberal Democratic Party.
"As prime minister, I will d...

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Japan Postpones Next-Gen Rocket Launch Due to Weather

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VOA NEWS
 
Japan's space agency on Tuesday postponed the launch of its next-generation rocket that had been planned for this week due to expected bad weather, after two previous attempts ended in failure.
The H3 rocket had been scheduled to lift off Thursday from the southern island of Tanegashim...

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Japanese Team Creates Miniaturized Human Placentas

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JAPAN TIMES
 
A Japanese research team said Thursday that it has become the world's first to create miniaturized organs closely resembling the human placenta in structure and functions.
The team, including researchers of Tokyo Medical and Dental University, expects that the human placenta organoi...

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Foreign Firefighters Stifled By Japan Gov't Bureaucratic Smoke Screen

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KYODO NEWS
 
Despite being very few in number, some foreign-born firefighters are employed in Japan, but their nationality is proving a conundrum due to opaque restrictions placed on what duties non-Japanese public servants can carry out.
The ambiguous rules have left some of these firefighters a...

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Japan Details New Scheme to Train Foreign Workers

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NIPPON.COM
 
The Japanese government adopted plans on Friday to abolish the existing technical intern program for foreign nationals and create a new scheme to train foreign workers as part of efforts to address labor shortages in the country.
The new scheme is designed to help foreigners achieve ...

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Police Say No. Of Cyber Scams In Japan Up 8% In 2023, Most In 10 Yrs

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KYODO NEWS
 
Japan saw an 8.3 percent increase in the number of police-recognized cyber and phone scams in 2023, with the 19,033 cases the most in 10 years, while the number of people linked to overseas-based crime rings was the highest ever seen, data showed Thursday.
Cases of telecommunications...

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4 Vietnamese Arrested For Thefts Targeting Uniqlo Shops In Japan

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KYODO NEWS
 
Four Vietnamese people have been arrested for repeated shoplifting at Uniqlo and other clothing shops in Japan, with theft losses estimated to reach around 20 million yen ($135,000), police said Tuesday.
The four, including Nguyen Hoang Anh, a 38-year-old man whose residential addres...

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