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PoliticalUpdate🇯🇵Japan8d ago

Government officials and nature guides say more countermeasures can reduce harm caused by rogue bears.

3.1/10·Japan Times

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HealthUpdate🇯🇵Japan8d ago

Keihide Yoshida, president of the National Defense University, who is training self-defense officers to face the "historic watershed of the world"

3.1/10·Asahi Shimbun (ja)

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MilitaryUpdate🇺🇸United States 🇵🇭Philippines 🇦🇺Australia+18d ago

A United States-led zero-trust network platform designed to integrate allied military operations during crises– the INDOPACOM Mission Network (IMN)– was tested for the first time during the recently concluded Balikatan exercises, according to a top US commander. The IMN linked forces from the US, the Philippines, Australia, Japan, New Zealand and Canada in a series ... The post New INDOPACOM Mission Network links allies during Balikatan appeared first on Naval News .

3.1/10·Naval News Turkey

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Supply ChainUpdate🇯🇵Japan8d ago

The soybean is the building block of tōfu and eaten as-is as edamame, but perhaps its most important use in Japanese cuisine is as the core ingredient of shōyu, or soy sauce.

3.1/10·Nippon.com

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HealthUpdate🇯🇵Japan8d ago

Akira Kurosawa's posthumous “Long take” is a goldmine for anyone who wants to meet the man behind the myth, 75 years after his international breakthrough with “Rashomon.” The Gate of Demons ”. Mårten Blomkvist has read a book that mixes industry acdotes, internal jokes and a list of the Japanese regime master's own 100 favorite films, including Swedish" Fanny and Alexander ".

3.1/10·Dagens Nyheter (Sweden)

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PoliticalUpdate🇯🇵Japan 🇦🇫Afghanistan 🇺🇿Uzbekistan8d ago

KABUL (Pajhwok): Uzbekistan and Japan have discussed joint development initiatives in Afghanistan, focusing on projects aimed at supporting the country’s social and economic development, Uzbekistan’s

3.1/10·Pajhwok Afghan News

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Supply ChainUpdate🇯🇵Japan8d ago

Japan’s lifting of restrictions on arms exports marks a significant shift from its post-WW II pacifist defence policy.

3.1/10·The Straits Times

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PoliticalUpdate🇯🇵Japan8d ago

The aim is to improve customer convenience as well as reduce the workload of bank employees, with banks tending to be understaffed, especially in rural areas.

3.1/10·Japan Times

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HealthUpdate🇯🇵Japan8d ago

Government efforts to overhaul its communication to stamp out misinformation, discrimination and public confusion in times of health crises remain ongoing.

3.1/10·Japan Times

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PoliticalUpdate🇺🇿Uzbekistan 🇦🇫Afghanistan 🇯🇵Japan9d ago

The Special Representative of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan for Afghanistan, Ismatulla Irgashev, has met with Tetsuya Yamada, Director General of the South Asia Department at the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), to discuss cooperation on Afghanistan-related development projects. According to Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, both sides focused on the implementation of […] The post Uzbekistan and Japan discuss joint projects for Afghanistan’s socio-economic development first appeared on Ariana News | Afghanistan News .

3.1/10·Ariana News

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CriminalUpdate🇯🇵Japan9d ago

Yakuza gangs are declining in members, while fast, fluid tokuryū groups are a growing social issue in Japan.

3.1/10·Nippon.com

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PoliticalUpdate🇯🇵Japan10d ago

Japan to Host ADB Annual Meeting in Nagoya Japan will host the Asian Development Bank’s 60th Annual Meeting in Aichi-Nagoya in May 2027, marking six decades of partnership and outlining future regional development priorities.

3.1/10·UzDaily

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Supply ChainUpdate🇯🇵Japan10d ago

Japan online shops probed after listing schoolgirls’ old indoor shoes for sale at up to US$320 Battered school indoor shoes, reportedly worn by graduating schoolgirls, have appeared in online shops in Japan, sparking fierce criticism over the fetishisation of young women. Removing outdoor shoes before entering homes, schools, companies and other public buildings is a deeply rooted custom in the country, tied to cleanliness and respect for shared spaces. Known as uwabaki, Japan’s traditional indoor shoes are typically white and shaped like ballet flats.

3.1/10·South China Morning Post

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Supply ChainUpdate🇯🇵Japan 🇵🇭Philippines10d ago

WPS: Japan, Philippines to launch working-level destroyer export talks Japan and the Philippines agreed Tuesday to establish a framework for working-level talks on the export of used destroyers to the Philippines, with the two countries sharing concerns over China’s maritime assertiveness. The agreement was reached at a meeting in Manila between Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi and his Philippine counterpart Gilberto Teodoro. Last month,

3.1/10·Philippine Daily Inquirer

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HealthUpdate🇯🇵Japan10d ago

Japan’s hikikomori recluses are growing old. So are their carers Japan has long grappled with what to do about hikikomori – the social hermits who seal themselves off from the world, sometimes for years, retreating from all human contact. In the past, these recluses were thought of as a youth problem: troubled teenagers, rudderless young men.

3.1/10·South China Morning Post

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Supply ChainUpdate🇭🇰HK 🇯🇵Japan11d ago

One Hong Kong hiker has died, and another one survived after being rescued from a Japanese mountain, according to media reports. Japanese TV Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting (CBC) reported on Tuesday afternoon that two men, believed to be Chinese nationals, were stranded on Mount Okuhotaka, Japan’s third-highest peak, resulting in one fatality. According to CBC, Japanese police […]

3.1/10·Hong Kong Free Press·Hong Kong, Central and Western

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DisasterUpdate🇯🇵Japan13d ago

Wildfires that scorched forests in northern Japan, reportedly the second biggest in over 30 years, have been brought under control after 11 days, officials have said.

3.1/10·RTÉ News·Eifuku

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PoliticalUpdate🇯🇵Japan 🇻🇳Vietnam14d ago

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi delivered a keynote policy speech Saturday on the future of the Vietnam -Japan Comprehensive Strategic Partnership and updates to Japan’s Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP) Vision.

3.1/10·VnExpress International (Vietnam)·Eifuku

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MilitaryUpdate🇯🇵Japan 🇮🇳India14d ago

Japan's Kochi prefecture is offering financial incentives to encourage young singles to use dating apps, one of many initiatives aimed at combating a declining birth rate.

3.1/10·Digi24 (Romania)·Kochi

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Supply ChainUpdate🇯🇵Japan16d ago

Fares Johannes, I don't know what to do with 'Tate Eba', but he wants to be given the opportunity to put him in the middle of the day. Omunyasha ou weedula 25 okwa shivika nawa okupitila komalungula eshi a kala alushe ta many ouvidio tava yolifa ovanhu.  Ngeenge owa hange Tate Eba ta popi ta hepaenene okupopya ewi lomunailonga woradio yoNBC koshiwambo... The post Tate Eba ta xwaxwameke oipindi monooli appeared first on New Era .

3.1/10·New Era Namibia·Nawa

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PoliticalUpdate🇯🇵Japan17d ago

Japan confirms ship passage through Strait of Hormuz Tokyo has consistently urged Iran to ensure free, safe navigation for all vessels, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi says

3.1/10·Anadolu Agency (English)

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PoliticalUpdate🇯🇵Japan17d ago

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said a Japan-linked vessel carrying three Japanese crew members passed through the Strait of Horm ...

3.1/10·IranWire

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HealthUpdate🇦🇺Australia 🇯🇵Japan25d ago

Konrad Benjamin, a former school teacher who is behind the social media account Punters Politics, tells a Senate inquiry into taxing gas that the issue has fired up his near million followers. Meanwhile the executive director of the Australia Institute, Richard Denniss, says 'the Japanese government is getting more revenue from taxing Australian gas than the Australian government is'. The Greens-led inquiry will hear from gas companies, environmentalists, economists and government departments Ignore ‘self-serving’ claims from gas giants and implement 100% tax on windfall profits, Ken Henry says Continue reading...

3.1/10·The Guardian Australia

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Supply ChainUpdate🇯🇵Japan444d ago

Nissan is considering a change in leadership following poor results and the failure of a proposed merger with Honda, according to a report citing unnamed sources.

3.1/10·The Japan Times

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PoliticalUpdate🇯🇵Japan1030d ago

By-elections were seen as an indicator of the two main parties' prospects at a time when voters are struggling with high inflation, strikes and rising mortgage rates.

3.1/10·The Japan Times

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