CNA
 
Tokyo has urged Beijing to "ensure the safety of Japanese residents in China" after a wave of telephone harassment targeting businesses in Japan sparked by the controversial discharge of Fukushima wastewater.
While Japan insists the release of the treated water is safe - a view backed by th...

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KYODO NEWS
 
Japan's first new tram system in 75 years began operating north of Tokyo on Saturday, with features designed to make it easy to access for the elderly and wheelchair users as Japan's society grays.
The so-called next-generation tram system in Tochigi Prefecture runs between the east ...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
A record 61% of respondents in Japan are in favor of allowing married couples to use separate surnames, a survey by a welfare ministry-affiliated think tank showed Tuesday.
The share of respondents supporting the use of different surnames rose from 50.5% in 2018, according to the Na...

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RNZ
 
A Japanese government spokesperson says it is "not wilfully trying to divide the Pacific" over the Fukushima waste release.
Japan is set to start discharging more than one million tonnes of treated nuclear wastewater into the Pacific Ocean on Thursday local time.
This comes 12 years after a...

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CNA
 
Japan expects a "significant" impact from the seafood import ban by Hong Kong and Macao due to the upcoming release of treated water from the Fukushima nuclear plant, said an official from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF).
Japan is to start releasing more than 1 mi...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Two men have been arrested for allegedly faxing a bomb threat to a Tokyo college, police said Wednesday, adding that the pair are suspected of sending over 300,000 similar faxes to other schools, firms and local governments across Japan.
Sho Okuma, 26, and Nao Sato, 22, were arreste...

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CNN
 
Japan will begin releasing treated radioactive water from Fukushima into the ocean as early as Thursday, officials announced on Tuesday, following months of heightened public anxiety and pushback from many neighboring countries.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said authorities would go forward...

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ARAB NEWS
 
Tokyo aims to strengthen its ties with oil-producing countries to ensure stable energy supplies from the Middle East
Japan will next month attend a meeting of foreign ministers from Gulf Cooperation Council member states.
A GCC source told Arab News Japan on Monday that the gathering ...

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JAPAN NEWS
 
Nizo Yamamoto, an art director renowned for his work on animated films, died at the age of 70 on Saturday.
Yamamoto was the art director for animated TV series “Mirai Shonen Konan” (“Conan the Boy in the Future”), directed by Hayao Miyazaki.
He demonstrated a talent for depicting nat...

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KYODO NEWS
 
Competition is heating up in the Japanese market for remote control claw machine games after playing the popular arcade game on smartphones quickly caught on during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Since the online form of the game was first introduced around 2011, game companies, including Se...

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