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Japanese newspaper boss who influenced the nation’s postwar politics died at 98
4 days, 10 hours ago

Japanese newspaper boss who influenced the nation’s postwar politics died at 98

Associated Press  

TOKYO — Tsuneo Watanabe, the powerful head of Japan’s largest newspaper who had close ties with the country’s powerful conservative leaders, has died, his company said Thursday. Watanabe cultivated close ties with conservative leaders who governed the country across decades, like Yasuhiro Nakasone and Shinzo Abe, and to helped form Japan’s conservative public opinion. Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said he …

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Two top Japan companies on AI: ‘Worst-case scenario social order could collapse’
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Two top Japan companies on AI: ‘Worst-case scenario social order could collapse’

Hindustan Times  

Japan’s largest telecommunications company and the country’s biggest newspaper said that there is a need for speedy legislation to restrain artificial intelligence as democracy and social order could collapse if AI is left unchecked. The companies said that AI tools have already begun to damage human dignity as they are sometimes designed to seize users’ attention without attention to morals …

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Elon Musk arrives in ‘amazing’ Japan days after row over fake X account
1 year, 4 months ago

Elon Musk arrives in ‘amazing’ Japan days after row over fake X account

Live Mint  

Elon Musk took to microblogging site ‘X’, formerly known as twitter, to share an update- he ahs reached ‘amazing’ Japan. The business magnate who shares a bittersweet relationship with Japan arrived at the east Asian nation just days after a row over a fake ‘X’ account of Japan's top diplomat Masato Kanda. Japan in a rare warning had asked Elon …

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Japan's military considers adopting Elon Musk's Starlink satellite service
1 year, 5 months ago

Japan's military considers adopting Elon Musk's Starlink satellite service

The Hindu  

Japan's military is testing Elon Musk's Starlink satellite internet service with an eye to adopting the technology next fiscal year, the Yomiuri newspaper reported on Sunday, citing unnamed government sources. The Ministry of Defense already has access to communication satellites in geostationary orbit, but use of Starlink technology, operated by Musk's SpaceX, would add a constellation of satellites in low …

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Japan, US, S. Korea discuss sharing of N. Korea missile data
1 year, 7 months ago

Japan, US, S. Korea discuss sharing of N. Korea missile data

Associated Press  

TOKYO — Japan, the United States and South Korea are negotiating an agreement on sharing real-time data on North Korean missile launches, as cooperation among the three nations becomes increasingly important amid growing nuclear and missile threats from the North, Japan’s chief government spokesperson said Tuesday. Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said there has been no agreement yet, but “I …

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Japan’s Defense Spending Conundrum
1 year, 10 months ago

Japan’s Defense Spending Conundrum

The Diplomat  

Facing “the most severe and complex security environment since World War II,” the Japanese government is determined to raise defense spending to 2 percent of GDP by 2027. On December 8, Kishida announced that Japan would need 1 trillion yen more in annual tax revenue by fiscal year 2027 to fund the defense spending increase of 17 trillion yen over …

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Japan’s Munetaka Murakami gets into home run act, too
2 years, 2 months ago

Japan’s Munetaka Murakami gets into home run act, too

Associated Press  

TOKYO — In a season of home run milestones in American baseball by Albert Pujols and Aaron Judge, 22-year-old Japanese slugger Munetaka Murakami has also gotten into the act. Murakami, playing for the Tokyo-based Yakult Swallows, hit his 56th home run of the season on Monday, pushing him alone into second place on the single-season list. Murakami passed Japan’s career …

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Japan’s New Gambit to Deter China: Intermediate-Range Missiles
2 years, 3 months ago

Japan’s New Gambit to Deter China: Intermediate-Range Missiles

The Diplomat  

The Japanese Ministry of Defense has decided to begin mass production of an extended-range version of the domestically developed Type 12 Surface-to-Ship Missile in fiscal year 2023 in a bid to bolster its defense against China’s increasing military capabilities, according to the ministry’s budget request released on August 31. Although the Chinese government often accuses Japan of a military buildup …

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PM Modi in Japan: Here is what he wrote in his column in Japanese newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun
2 years, 7 months ago

PM Modi in Japan: Here is what he wrote in his column in Japanese newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun

Op India  

PM Modi is currently in Japan to attend a Quad leaders’ meet. @Yomiuri_Online https://t.co/nXx8y3qiQL — Narendra Modi May 23, 2022 In his op-ed, PM Modi described the relationship between India and Japan in three words Special, Strategic and Global. He remembered how Bodhisena, the Indian monk who spread Buddism in Japan during the Nara era, and Swami Vivekananda, the great …

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Top Japanese officials to skip Beijing Olympics: Reports
3 years ago

Top Japanese officials to skip Beijing Olympics: Reports

Al Jazeera  

Seiko Hashimoto, the former head of Tokyo’s Olympic organising committee, likely to represent Japan in the Winter Games in February. Earlier this week, Canada joined Australia, Britain and the US in saying they would not send top officials to the games, citing longstanding concerns over China’s human rights record. Japan’s national broadcaster NHK also confirmed the report saying Tokyo “is …

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Tokyo Olympics 2020: Japan PM warns of closed-door Games as COVID cases rise
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Japan PM warns of closed-door Games as COVID cases rise

Firstpost  

“There is a possibility of there being no spectators” at the Games, Suga said on Thursday. “We will act with the safety and security of the Japanese people as our top priority.” Tokyo: Japan’s prime minister has warned that the Tokyo Olympics could be held behind closed doors, as virus cases rise in the city just three weeks before the …

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Half of Japanese people predict Olympics will be held this summer- Yomiuri poll
3 years, 6 months ago

Half of Japanese people predict Olympics will be held this summer- Yomiuri poll

Hindustan Times  

Half of the Japanese public thinks the Olympics will take place this summer, a survey by Yomiuri daily newspaper showed on Monday, less than two months before the Games' scheduled opening. But Japan has been "cornered" into pressing ahead with the Games despite public opposition during the pandemic, one of Japan's sporting heroes and a member of the local Olympic …

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Japan considers asking Olympic fans for negative COVID tests, vaccinations - Yomiuri
3 years, 6 months ago

Japan considers asking Olympic fans for negative COVID tests, vaccinations - Yomiuri

Hindustan Times  

Japan is considering requiring negative COVID-19 test results or vaccination records from fans attending the Tokyo Olympics, the Yomiuri newspaper reported on Monday, as a new poll showed public opposition to the Games remained strong. A man walks by the logo of the Tokyo Olympics, in Tokyo, With the opening of the Games less than two months away, public confidence …

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Decision on international fans at Tokyo Olympics in late March: IOC
3 years, 9 months ago

Decision on international fans at Tokyo Olympics in late March: IOC

The Hindu  

A decision on whether international spectators will be allowed to attend the Tokyo Olympics Games this summer will be taken by the end of March, the International Olympic Committee said on Monday. "In terms of spectators there will be a decision towards the end of March, at least regarding international spectators," IOC spokesman Mark Adams told a virtual news conference. …

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IOC expecting 6,000 athletes at Olympic opening ceremony - Olympics News - Sportstar
3 years, 11 months ago

IOC expecting 6,000 athletes at Olympic opening ceremony - Olympics News - Sportstar

The Hindu  

The International Olympic Committee expects only 6,000 athletes to participate in the opening ceremony at the Tokyo Summer Games, more than half of initial estimates, as organizers implement measures to guard against coronavirus infections. The IOC plans to scale back the ceremony because athletes will not be allowed to arrive at the Olympic Village, which can accommodate 18,000 people, more …

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Japan to release treated Fukushima water into sea: reports
4 years, 2 months ago

Japan to release treated Fukushima water into sea: reports

Live Mint  

Japan will release more than a million tonnes of treated radioactive water from the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea in a decades-long operation, reports said Friday, despite strong opposition from local fishermen. processed water, to prevent delays in the decommission work of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant," Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato said Friday, without commenting directly …

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Japan to Release Treated Radioactive Water From Fukushima Nuclear Plant Into Sea
4 years, 2 months ago

Japan to Release Treated Radioactive Water From Fukushima Nuclear Plant Into Sea

News 18  

Japan will release more than a million tonnes of treated radioactive water from the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea in a decades-long operation, reports said on Friday, despite strong opposition from local fishermen. “We can’t postpone a decision on the plan to deal with the… processed water, to prevent delays in the decommission work of the Fukushima Daiichi …

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Japan to release more than a million tons of treated water into the sea, from Fukushima nuclear plant
4 years, 2 months ago

Japan to release more than a million tons of treated water into the sea, from Fukushima nuclear plant

Firstpost  

Environmental activists have opposed the proposal while fishermen and farmers fear that consumers will shun products from this region. Japan will release more than a million tonnes of treated water from the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea in a decades-long operation, reports said Friday, despite strong opposition from local fishermen. The expert panel advised in January that discarding …

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Tokyo Olympics: Japan may ask foreign athletes for activity plans - Sports news
4 years, 3 months ago

Tokyo Olympics: Japan may ask foreign athletes for activity plans - Sports news

The Hindu  

Japan will consider asking foreign athletes participating in the delayed Olympic Games next year to submit plans laying out their base camp locations, training sites and host towns as part of COVID-19 countermeasures, the Yomiuri newspaper reported on Wednesday. While athletes will not have to undergo a two-week quarantine period they will be required to be tested for the novel …

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Japan PM Contender Suga Suggests Overhaul of Health Ministry after Covid-19 Pandemic Ends
4 years, 3 months ago

Japan PM Contender Suga Suggests Overhaul of Health Ministry after Covid-19 Pandemic Ends

News 18  

Japan’s government needs to reform its health ministry after the coronavirus pandemic settles down, Chief Cabinet Secretary and prime minister hopeful Yoshihide Suga said in a newspaper interview published on Monday. Suga, who is widely seen as the top contender to succeed Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, told the Yomiuri newspaper the “the coronavirus pandemic is a huge problem that could …

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