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British Navy Carrier Group Makes Port Call In Japan, 1st In 4 Years

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KYODO NEWS
 
A British aircraft carrier strike group made a port call in eastern Japan on Tuesday, marking the first such visit in about four years in a show of deeper security cooperation between the two nations.
The aircraft carrier the Prince of Wales docked at the U.S. naval base in Yokosuka,...

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Competition for Japan Govt Jobs Lowest Ever

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NIPPON
 
One out of 2.9 applicants passed employment examinations for Japan’s career-track national public servants in fiscal 2025, the lowest rate ever, the National Personnel Authority said Tuesday.
A total of 8,815 people passed the exam, up 1,258 from the previous year, when one in 3.2 applic...

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Families Mourn 40 Years Since Deadly Japan Airlines Crash

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RFI
 
On August 12, 1985, the doomed Boeing 747 was around 40 minutes into an hour-long flight from Tokyo to Osaka, when it crashed into a mountain about 120 kilometres (75 miles) northwest of the capital.
Tuesday saw hundreds of people -- including bereaved families and friends -- hike the trail...

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Japan Asks South Korea To Lift Ban On Japanese Seafood Imports

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KYODO NEWS
 
Japan's farm minister on Monday urged the South Korean foreign minister to scrap restrictions on Japanese seafood imports imposed after the 2011 disaster at the Fukushima nuclear power plant.
Shinjiro Koizumi, Japan's minister of agriculture, forestry and fisheries, held talks with S...

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Japan School Exits Hugely Popular Baseball Event Over Bullying

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CNA
 
A Japanese high school hit by a bullying scandal has withdrawn from the country's hugely popular summer baseball tournament after a social media frenzy, officials said on Sunday (Aug 10).
The two-week "Koshien" high school tournament is watched by millions on national television each year a...

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More Of Kumamoto Facing Heavy Rain Emergency Warning

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NHK
 
The Japan Meteorological Agency has issued a heavy rain emergency warning for 5 cities and 2 towns in Kumamoto Prefecture.
A heavy rain emergency warning is in effect for the cities of Tamana, Uki, Yatsushiro, Kamiamakusa and Amakusa and the towns of Nagasu and Hikawa.
The JMA says warm, mo...

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Japan Summer Holiday Travel Rush Underway As Trains, Flights Full

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KYODO NEWS
 
Japan's summer holiday travel rush got underway Saturday, with many shinkansen bullet train services and flights fully booked as people returned to their hometowns or set off on domestic and overseas vacations.
JR Tokyo Station was crowded from the early morning as all seats on the N...

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Shigetoshi Kotari Dies Of Brain Injury Six Days After fight in Japan

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RING MAGAZINE
 
 
Shigetoshi Kotari died Friday from a brain injury he suffered during his draw with Yamato Hata on Aug. 2 in Tokyo, according to multiple reports.
 
Kotari, 28, lost consciousness after the conclusion of the 12-round bout for Hata’s Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation junior l...

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Nearly A Million More Deaths Than Births In Japan Last Year

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BBC
 
Almost a million more deaths than births were recorded in Japan last year, representing the steepest annual population decline since government surveys began in 1968.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has described the demographic crisis of Japan's ageing population as a "quiet emergency", pled...

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Major Japan Newspaper Sues 'Free-Riding' AI Firm Perplexity

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Japan's Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper, one of the world's biggest by circulation, is suing U.S.-based AI firm Perplexity for allegedly "free-riding" on its content on its search engine.
The lawsuit filed Thursday is one of a slew by media companies worldwide against AI firms using their...

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