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Coronavirus
110,000 international students waiting to enter Japan
The Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Ministry announced Friday the results of a su...
March 12, 2022
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General News
Kishida prays for disaster victims in Tohoku
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Saturday visited areas in the Tohoku region that were devastated by ...
March 12, 2022
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Japan In Focus
Okinawa: Roots of warm welcome to pro baseball camps
As Japan’s pro baseball teams prepare for the season ahead, the crack of balls on bats and thumping ...
March 12, 2022
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Economy
Food prices rising; inevitably to affect households
So far, food manufacturers have largely been able to absorb these cost increases, but this has run i...
March 12, 2022
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Defense & Security
10 Russian warships pass through Tsugaru Strait
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Ten Russian navy ships have passed through the Tsugaru Strait between Honshu an...
March 12, 2022
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Coronavirus
Japan panel OKs easing of quasi-emergency removal criteria
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — A government panel Friday approved a plan to allow the COVID-19 quasi-emergency...
March 12, 2022
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Politics & Government
Japan PM’s ‘new form of capitalism’ yet to come into focus
There is no roadmap yet to realize the “new form of capitalism” that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida ad...
March 12, 2022
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Russia
Russian missile drill apparently held on Etorofu Island
The Russian Army conducted an exercise in which it launched high-performance S-300V4 surface-to-air ...
March 12, 2022
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Japan In Focus
Okinawa: Bombs found on sunken U.S. warship
Unexploded depth charges found in a U.S. warship that was sunk off the coast of central Okinawa Isla...
March 12, 2022
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Japan In Focus
Okinawa: Ceremony commemorates trade with Amami Islands
A ceremony re-creating the bartering of goats and lumber was held at a fishing port in Kunigami Vill...
March 12, 2022
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General News
Principal shares lessons of Japan’s 2011 disaster ‘so losses won’t be in vain’
The Yomiuri ShimbunKen Sato, principal of Kesen Elementary School in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture...
March 12, 2022
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Companies
Toyota to provide up to €2.5 mil. in aid to Ukraine
Toyota Motor Corp. will donate up to €2.5 million (about ¥320 million) to support Ukrainians followi...
March 12, 2022
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Asia-Pacific
China’s expanding trade with Russia carries several risks
BEIJING — China is expanding trade with Russia, which is invading Ukraine. Possibilities are high th...
March 12, 2022
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Associated Press
U.S. slashes Russia trade status, bans its alcohol and seafood
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden announced Friday the U.S. will dramatically downgrade its trad...
March 12, 2022
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Associated Press
‘Nothing is taboo’: EU mulling new sanctions against Russia
VERSAILLES, France (AP) — European Union leaders said Friday they will continue applying pressure on...
March 12, 2022