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Japan Lower House Oks Bill To Stop Unification Church Moving Assets

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KYODO NEWS
 
Japan's House of Representatives passed a bill on Tuesday to prevent the outflow of the Unification Church's assets as concerns grew that the controversial religious group would try to hide its funds overseas as it faces compensation demands.
The bill is designed to ensure there will...

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Members Of LDP Abe Faction May Have Over ¥10 Million In Kickbacks

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JAPAN NEWS
 
Some members belonging to Seiwa Seisaku Kenkyukai, or Seiwaken, former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s faction in the Liberal Democratic Party, are suspected to have pooled more than ¥10 million by receiving off-the-books kickbacks over the past five years from fundraising parties, accor...

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Japan's Possibly Oldest Molds For Bronze Relics Found At Saga Ruins

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KYODO NEWS
 
Relics including stone casting molds for bronze artifacts, potentially the oldest of their kind in Japan, have been discovered at an archaeological site in the western prefecture of Saga, the prefectural government said Monday.
One of the molds could date back to around 200 BC, accor...

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Japan Firms Pick Kanji For "Change" To Describe Turbulent 2023

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KYODO NEWS
 
The kanji character for "change" was the top pick among Japanese firms to summarize 2023, a year that many saw as marked by turbulence, a research firm said.
The character, picked by nearly 60 firms, was followed by ones for "patience" and "endurance," according to Teikoku Databank, ...

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Japan Lifts Tsunami Warning After Strong Quake Jolts Philippines

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Japan lifted all tsunami warnings on Sunday, hours after a powerful magnitude 7.6 earthquake — followed by four major aftershocks — struck the southern Philippines, sending residents fleeing from coastal areas.
The initial quake struck off the coast of the country at a depth of 32 k...

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Port In Tottori Striving To Save Commercial Coastal Fishing

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JAPAN TODAY
 
One of Japan's prominent fishing ports and a frequent stop for foreign luxury cruise liners, the city of Sakaiminato on the Sea of Japan coast bolsters the local economy in a remote western region of the country.
Also thriving as a trading base after Japan opened up the country in t...

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Japan Suspends Its Own Osprey Flights After A Fatal US Air Force Crash

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ABC NEWS
 
Japan has suspended flights of its Osprey aircraft after a U.S. Air Force Osprey based in Japan crashed into the sea during a training mission
Japan suspended flights by its Osprey aircraft Thursday, officials said, the day after a U.S. Air Force Osprey based in Japan crashed into the ...

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Japan PM Kishida's Popularity Further Depletes Over 'Secret Funds' Scandal

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WIO NEWS
 
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's popularity has further depleted with fresh corruption allegations emerging this week over the secret funds Tokyo had at its disposal that were allegedly used to sway the vote for the country to host the 2020 Olympics.
According to a report by the...

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SITECO Contributes To Survey Of Japan’s Shinkansen Railway Network

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GIM INTERNATIONAL
 
Nippon Insiek and SITECO Informatica have announced the provision of an advanced road-scanner system to Japan’s leading railway company, JR East, to support JR East’s response to the quest for continuous innovation.
This groundbreaking system will play a crucial role in monito...

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Japan PM Departs For UAE To Attend U.N. Meeting Amid Israel Conflict

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KYODO NEWS
 
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Thursday embarked on a four-day trip to the United Arab Emirates to attend a U.N. conference on climate change, during which he is expected to hold talks with Israeli President Isaac Herzog.
Kishida is slated to take part in a summit-level gat...

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