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Japan Wants This Church Dissolved: Here’s Why

By Noto
October 13, 2023
in :  ASEAN News

Amid Japan’s tranquil mornings, a dramatic legal tango unfolds. This is not just a battle in courtrooms; it’s a complex tale that threads through the fabric of Japanese society, raising profound questions about faith, accountability, and political influence. The Unification Church, officially known as the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, finds itself at the center of a storm. …

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NHK: Japan’s governor re-elected, vital figure in nuclear restart

By Katherine S
May 30, 2022
in :  ASEAN News, Japan

Japan – According to national broadcaster NHK, the governor of Japan’s Niigata prefecture handily beat his anti-nuclear opponent in an election today, a result that might empower members of the governing party who are seeking to restart the country‘s mainly idled nuclear power reactors. As indicated by exit surveys, Hideyo Hanazumi, who was endorsed by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s governing Liberal …

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PM Ismail Sabri meets Kishida, discusses improving relations

By Katherine S
May 29, 2022
in :  ASEAN News

Asean – Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob met with his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida and recommended that relations between Malaysia and Japan be raised to the level of comprehensive strategic partnership (CSP). During the meeting that took place at the Kantei, which is the office of the Japanese Prime Minister, Ismail Sabri, who was accompanied by a …

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Japan will let twice as many foreigners in starting next month

By Katherine S
May 21, 2022
in :  ASEAN News, Japan

ASEAN – According to the most senior spokesman for the Japanese government, Japan will soon double its limit on the number of foreigners allowed to enter the country each day to 20,000. This announcement was made on Friday. At a regular press conference, the Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said that passengers arriving from the vast majority of nations would …

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China claims to have conducted drills near Taiwan

By Katherine S
May 10, 2022
in :  ASEAN News

Taiwan – The People’s Liberation Army said on Monday that China’s military forces conducted another round of drills near Taiwan last week to boost collaborative combat operations, after the Chinese-controlled island reported an increase in activity. For the last two years, Taiwan has complained about regular Chinese military activity near it, which is largely centered in the island’s air defense …

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Japan’s borders to reopen in June

By Katherine S
May 10, 2022
in :  ASEAN News

Japan – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida indicated that border restrictions would begin to be lifted this summer, which is something that many of us have been looking forward to hearing. The statement was made during a press conference in London on May 5, according to Kyodo News, where Kishida made the announcement. Despite the fact that we do not …

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Japan agrees defence deal with Thailand

By Katherine S
May 3, 2022
in :  ASEAN News

ASEAN – The leaders of Japan and Thailand announced a new defence agreement today as well as plans to upgrade their economic relations, as Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida wrapped up the last leg of a three-nation tour of Southeast Asia. The agreement would facilitate the transfer of defence hardware and technology from Japan to Thailand, which has one of …

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The team of the incoming South Korean president meets with Kishida of Japan

By Katherine S
April 26, 2022
in :  ASEAN News

ASEAN – Officials said a group of foreign policy advisers to South Korea’s president-elect met with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Tuesday in an effort to restore long-strained relations between the two US allies. At a time when both countries confront dangers from North Korea, Yoon Suk-yeol, who took over as South Korea’s president on May 10, has announced …

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Japan applauds Murakami’s Oscar win for “Drive My Car,” with hopes that it would boost his fame

By Katherine S
March 31, 2022
in :  ASEAN News

ASEAN – From the streets of Tokyo to the highest levels of government, Japan applauded Drive My Car’s Oscar success, hoping that it would raise the popularity of Haruki Murakami, the perennial Nobel Prize nominee who wrote the narrative that the film was based on. The three-hour drama, directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi and premised on a short story by Murakami, …

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A quake strikes Japan off the coast of Fukushima, killing two people and bringing back horrible memories

By Katherine S
March 17, 2022
in :  ASEAN News

ASEAN – A massive magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck off the coast of Fukushima late yesterday, killing two people and injuring 94 others, and bringing back memories of a devastating earthquake and tsunami that struck the same area little over a decade ago. According to the authorities, there were several reports of fire. Two verified fatalities and 94 injuries, including four …

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