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Japan’s sputtering recovery offers support for BOJ stimulus case

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Japan’s sputtering recovery offers support for BOJ stimulus case

by Yoshiaki Nohara

Gross domestic product contracted at an annualized pace of 1% in the quarter through March, the Cabinet Office reported Wednesday.

Kishida takes aim at Japan's primary care doctor system in response to pandemic

National

Kishida takes aim at Japan's primary care doctor system in response to pandemic

by Tomoko Otake

After COVID-19 patients were turned away from local physicians, the government began considering reforms to how private practice doctors operate.

Japan's Lower House OKs bill to launch agency for children

National

Japan's Lower House OKs bill to launch agency for children

Kishida aims to launch the agency in April next year as an external organization of the Cabinet Office under direct control of the prime minister.

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    Major Japanese ruling and opposition parties have agreed on an outline of a planned bill to protect people who appear in pornographic videos against their will.
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Japan and Britain resolve jurisdiction issue in talks over military pact

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Japan and Britain resolve jurisdiction issue in talks over military pact

The Japan and U.K. governments have resolved the primary jurisdiction issue in talks regarding the legal status of Self-Defense Forces and British personnel while in each other's territory.

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    Komeito asks Kishida to hold G7 summit in Hiroshima

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    Japanese firm donates smart masks to Ukrainian evacuees

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    Cats purrfectly know their feline friends’ names, Japanese study says

    by Magdalena Osumi
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    Man in west Japan offers to pay back ¥46 million in COVID funds received by mistake

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    COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo logs 4,355 new cases, down 400 from last week

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Toyota to suspend vehicle production at plant after major water leak

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Toyota to suspend vehicle production at plant after major water leak

A massive leakage at a reservoir in Aichi Prefecture has caused disruption to about 130 businesses, although many have switched to using stored or well water to continue operations.

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    Climate change boosted cost of Japan storm by $4 billion, study shows

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    Biden to launch Indo-Pacific economic plan during coming Japan visit

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    Ricoh to support mRNA drug development

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    Iraq balks at greater Chinese control of its oilfields

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    China faces uphill battle to repeat 2020 miracle as exports falter

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Fight with China risks backfiring on Australia's Morrison at the polls

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Fight with China risks backfiring on Australia's Morrison at the polls

by Ben Westcott

Areas where Chinese Australians make up more than 10% of the voters could help decide who is the next prime minister.

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    North Korea not seeking help for COVID-19 ‘crisis,’ aid groups say

    by Sangmi Cha
  • Asia Pacific

    Under pressure from COVID outbreak, North Korea may launch ICBM in show of strength

    by Jon Herskovitz
  • Asia Pacific | ANALYSIS

    North Korean nuclear test could serve as 'wake-up call' for Biden and allies

    by Jesse Johnson
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    Shanghai slowly emerges from lockdown as virus flares elsewhere

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    North Korea battles COVID-19 with antibiotics and home remedies

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    China’s COVID-19 exit hinges on older people who don’t want vaccines

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Poor countries face a mounting catastrophe fueled by inflation and debt

World / Social Issues

Poor countries face a mounting catastrophe fueled by inflation and debt

by Peter S. Goodman, Ruth Maclean, Salman Masood, Flávia Milhorance, Muktita Suhartono and Brenda Kiven

The consequences of the war in Ukraine are being compounded by the continuing pandemic, a global tightening of credit and a slowdown in China, the second-largest economy.

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    With Ukraine taking firmer stance, peace talks grind to a halt

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    When Africans asked for COVID shots, they didn't get them. Now they don't want them.

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    China and U.S. race to make billions from mining the moon's minerals

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    UFO sightings aren’t for ‘kooks’ anymore, U.S. lawmaker says

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    Finland and Sweden formally ask to join NATO, in potentially its biggest expansion in two decades

    by Johanna Lemola, Christina Anderson and Shashank Bengali
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    Ukrainian holdouts in Mariupol surrender to an uncertain fate

    by Valerie Hopkins, Marc Santora, Ivan Nechepurenko and Rick Gladstone

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The coronavirus keeps subtly changing, but how serious are new subvariants?

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The coronavirus keeps subtly changing, but how serious are new subvariants?

by Tomoko Otake

In the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic, there is no shortage of new coronavirus variants to track.

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    Japan bids for more streamlined approach to children’s issues with new agency

    by Magdalena Osumi
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    Japan is set to lower the legal age of adulthood. How will young people be affected?

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    Can Russia pay its creditors, and what happens if not?

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    Japan’s oil stockpiles come into spotlight following Russia's invasion of Ukraine

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