Japan seeks charges against ad firms over Olympics contracts | Business and Economy
Japanese authorities have alleged that companies rigged the bids for 26 contracts worth $3.95m. Japan’s antitrust watchdog has filed criminal
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Why money will not be enough to address Japan’s baby crisis | Demographics News
Tokyo, Japan – Chika Hashimoto, a 23-year-old who recently graduated from Tokyo’s Temple University, is not averse to having a
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In Japan, Ukrainian refugees are plugging a tech talent shortage | Business and Economy
Tokyo, Japan – When Leonid Riznyk arrived in Japan from war-torn Ukraine in April 2022, he knew that getting a
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China, Japan hold first security talks in four years | Politics News
Beijing and Tokyo square off over military buildup, Russia and spy balloons in first security dialogue in four years. China
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Australia, Philippines consider joint patrols in South China Sea | News
Australia’s defence minister Richard Marles made the announcement after talks with Philippine defence secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. Australia and the
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Japan to chair G7 talks on pressuring Russia over Ukraine | Russia-Ukraine war
Financial leaders of the G7 will meet on Thursday to discuss measures aimed at pressuring Moscow to end war. Financial
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Japan’s new H3 space rocket fails to blast off | Space News
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said the H3’s main engine had ignited but two booster engines failed. Japan’s new H3
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S Korea defence paper says N Korea increased plutonium stockpile | Nuclear Weapons News
North Korea has increased its stockpile of weapons-grade plutonium from 50kg to 70kg, South Korea’s new defence paper estimates. South
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Japan warns China of airspace violation as spy balloons suspected | Conflict News
Japan’s defence ministry ‘strongly suspects’ Chinese surveillance balloons entered Japanese airspace three times since 2019. Japan has warned China that
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Japan names university academic as next central bank governor | Business and Economy
Economics professor Kazuo Ueda has been nominated as the Bank of Japan’s (BOJ) next governor, tasked with navigating a way
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