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JAPAN
Sep 14, 2022
Japanese government confirms emperor and empress will attend Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral
The relationship between Britain's royal family and the imperial family stretches back multiple decades and generations.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 14, 2022
Japan to start giving omicron-targeting booster shots Sept. 20
The new vaccines will be initially offered to people age 60 or over for their fourth shots.
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JAPAN
Sep 13, 2022
Japan and India hold maritime drills amid China concerns in Indo-Pacific
According to the MSDF, the ongoing training includes exercises against submarine, aerial attacks and shooting drills.
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JAPAN
Sep 13, 2022
Emperor to visit Tochigi for National Sports Festival ceremony
It is the first trip to outside of Tokyo by the Imperial couple since the outbreak of COVID-19, having last gone on such a trip two years and eight months ago.
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JAPAN
Sep 13, 2022
Japan to end use of COVID-19 contact-tracing app
The government will later announce a schedule to halt the functions of the COCOA app, as well as other details of the decision, digital transformation minister Taro Kono said Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 13, 2022
COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo reports 8,855 new cases
The seven-day average of new cases in the capital came to 9,385.0, compared with 11,610.0 a week earlier.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 13, 2022
Japan and U.S. defense chiefs to meet Wednesday to discuss alliance and security
Yasukazu Hamada is scheduled to travel to the U.S. to meet with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin. It will be the first time they have met in person since Hamada took on the role.
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JAPAN
Sep 13, 2022
Former North Korean spy Kim Hyon Hui convinced Japanese abductees are alive
Kim Hyon Hui says North Korea apparently 'decided to declare dead, and not to return, anyone who knows (North Korea's) internal weaknesses and secrets, lest they make such things public.'
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 13, 2022
South Korea eyes Yoon-Kishida meeting on sidelines of U.N. General Assembly
A South Korean official said that the talks would likely be casual amid signs of a thaw in bilateral ties.
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JAPAN
Sep 13, 2022
Japan must not 'obscure' stance on Taiwan issue, China's top diplomat says
Foreign Minister Wang Yi demanded that Tokyo respect the principle that Beijing is the sole legitimate government of China.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 12, 2022
Japan health ministry backs Pfizer and Moderna omicron boosters
Pfizer's omicron booster can be administered to people age 12 and over, while Moderna's is limited to those 18 and above, the panel advised.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 12, 2022
COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo confirms 5,654 new cases
The seven-day average of new positive cases dropped 22.9% from a week before to 9,475.1.
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JAPAN
Sep 12, 2022
Japan plans to reopen to independent travelers in major shift, report says
Tourists, who will need to have been vaccinated three times or submit a negative test result under the new policy, may be able to enter without a visa.
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BUSINESS
Sep 12, 2022
BOJ set to end COVID-relief plan, but no change to loose policy
The winding up of the plan would reflect easing funding strains among small, service-sector firms that were hardest hit by the pandemic.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 11, 2022
COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo reports 7,750 new cases
Tokyo confirmed 7,750 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, down by about 1,800 from a week before.
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JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Sep 11, 2022
Japan marks a decade since nationalization of Senkakus with wary eye toward China threat
Tensions remain high with China some 10 years after the Japanese government nationalized the Senkaku Islands.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 11, 2022
Japan to remove entry cap in 'not-so-distant future,' official says
A Japanese government spokesman said the nation should not lag further behind in attracting foreign tourists, especially when the yen's weakness is making it an attractive destination.
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JAPAN / Politics
Sep 10, 2022
U.S. and Japan plan to hold summit on U.N. assembly sidelines
U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida are planning to hold a summit around Sept. 20 on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in New York.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 10, 2022
COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo reports 9,988 new cases
The figure in the capital comes a day after Japan's total number of coronavirus cases topped 20 million since the start of the pandemic.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 10, 2022
U.S. Army's Pacific commander wants to keep rocket launchers at front-line Japanese base
U.S. equipment — including two High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) that can fire projectiles up to 500 km — could remain on Amami Oshima island for several more months.

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