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Defense & SecurityJapan FM boards nuclear-powered carrier USS Abraham Lincoln with U.S. ambassador
For the first time in a dozen years, a Japanese foreign minister has boarded a U.S. aircraft carrier...
April 24, 2022
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General NewsWork to improve Japan’s water pipe infrastructure moving at glacial pace
The overwhelming majority of major water service pipes damaged by a large earthquake off the coast o...
April 24, 2022
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General NewsJapan high-tech English audio guidance map available in Sendai
A tourist information center in central Sendai has created a map with English audio guidance for fo...
April 24, 2022
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General NewsSightseeing boat with 26 on board feared sinking off Shiretoko Peninsula
The Japan Coast Guard said Saturday it had received an emergency call from a sightseeing boat sailin...
April 23, 2022
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CompaniesTokyo guesthouse operator diversifies business in response to lack of tourists
The ongoing pandemic and entry restrictions placed on foreign visitors have hit accommodation busine...
April 23, 2022
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Imperial FamilyJapan offers ¥500 billion in water summit
KUMAMOTO (Jiji Press) — Japan will provide about ¥500 billion over the next five years to help solv...
April 23, 2022
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ReutersRenault weighs separating electric car business via IPO
PARIS (Reuters) — French carmaker Renault said on Friday all options were on the table for separati...
April 23, 2022
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CoronavirusApproval of Shionogi COVID drug stalls, as doubts about efficacy emerge
An oral COVID-19 medicine produced by Shionogi & Co. for patients with mild symptoms is not expecte...
April 23, 2022
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ReutersShanghai reports 12 new COVID deaths as frustrations boil over
ReutersA courier in a protective suit makes deliveries to a residential compound amid the coronaviru...
April 23, 2022
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General NewsLocal governments in Japan work to streamline disaster victim certification process
Local governments in Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures have been issuing disaster victim certificates...
April 23, 2022
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EconomyInternational flight bookings showing signs of recovery
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Bookings for international flights during the Golden Week holiday period are sh...
April 23, 2022
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General NewsOver 100 lawmakers visit Yasukuni Shrine together
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Over 100 lawmakers from Japan’s ruling and opposition camps made a group visit ...
April 23, 2022
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Politics & Government
Japan secures salmon fishing quota in talks with Russia
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japan and Russia have substantially agreed that Japan’s salmon fishing quota in...
April 23, 2022
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April 23, 2022
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ReutersU.S. warns of response to any permanent China military presence in Solomons
SYDNEY/WASHINGTON (Reuters) — A senior-level U.S. delegation met the Solomon Islands’ leader on Fri...
April 23, 2022