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PokéPark KANTO to be Established in Yomiuriland

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JAPAN NEWS
 
The Pokémon Company, Yomiuri Land Co. and The Yomiuri Shimbun will form a new company on Tuesday called PokéPark KANTO LLC to build a Pokémon-themed entertainment venture in the Yomiuriland amusement park.
The new business enterprise aims to establish “PokéPark KANTO,” a theme park w...

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PM Lee To Visit Japan For ASEAN Commemorative Summit

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CNA
 
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will make a four-day working visit to Tokyo to attend a summit commemorating relations between Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). 
Mr Lee will visit the Japanese capital from Dec 15 to Dec 18 to attend the Commemorative Summit for th...

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Japan PM Purges Cabinet In Bid To Ride Out Financial Scandal

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REUTERS
 
Embattled Japanese premier Fumio Kishida dropped four cabinet ministers on Thursday, as he tried to limit the fallout from the biggest financial scandal his ruling party has faced in decades.
The ousted ministers included chief cabinet secretary Hirokazu Matsuno and industry minister Ya...

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Japan Vows $3 Million To Provide Education For Refugees

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KYODO NEWS
 
Japan will offer around $3 million to a global fund providing education for refugees, as Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa on Wednesday pledged more support for the displaced amid ongoing wars in Ukraine and the Palestinian territory of the Gaza Strip.
"We cannot significantly improve t...

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Japan Confirms First Death From Mpox In Country

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JAPAN TIMES
 
The health ministry said Wednesday that a man in his 30s who was living in Saitama Prefecture had died of mpox, the first such death in the country.
The man was immunocompromised due to being infected with the human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, the ministry said, with his death c...

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Japan To Issue Redesigned Banknotes On July 3

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Japan will start issuing new ¥10,000, ¥5,000 and ¥1,000 banknotes on July 3, marking the first redesign in about two decades, the Finance Ministry and the Bank of Japan said on Tuesday.
Even after the new bills begin circulating, the current banknotes will remain legal tender.
The ¥...

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Kanji For "Tax" Picked To Sum Up 2023 Amid Japan Inflation Woes

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KYODO NEWS
 
The kanji for "zei," meaning tax, was picked as the Chinese character most representative of the social mood in Japan this year, a Kyoto-based organization said Tuesday.
Initiatives by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's government, including proposed tax cuts to help households strugglin...

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Rina Gonoi: Three Japanese Ex-Soldiers Found Guilty Of Sexual Assault

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BBC
 
A Japanese court has found three ex-soldiers guilty of sexually assaulting a female colleague.
The landmark verdict comes after Rina Gonoi, 24, caused a public outcry and drew international attention when she put her story on YouTube in 2022.
Fukushima prosecutors then brought charges agai...

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President Jokowi To Attend ASEAN-Japan Summit

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ANTARA NEWS
 
President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) will visit Japan on December 16-18, 2023, to attend the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)-Japan summit and the 50th anniversary of ASEAN-Japan Friendship and Cooperation.
Foreign Ministry's spokesman, Lalu Muhammad Iqbal, stated in a press...

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Thousands Of Dead Fish Mysteriously Wash Up On Beach In Japan

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SKY NEWS
 
Takashi Fujioka, a Hakodate Fisheries Research Institute researcher, suggested the fish had either died due to a lack of oxygen or entered cold waters during migration.
Thousands of dead fish have washed up on a beach in northern Japan.
The fish, mostly made up of sardines and some mac...

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