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Japan Citizens To Sue Government Over 'Unconstitutional' Climate Inaction
Hundreds of people across Japan will sue the central government Thursday seeking damages for "unconstitutional" inaction on climate change, the country's first such litigation.
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Explained: Why Japan's Coalition Collapsed, What Happens Next?
Japan's ruling coalition collapsed on Friday after its junior partner, Komeito, quit, raising doubts about whether conservative Sanae Takaichi will become the country's first woman prime minister.
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Japan Is Offering Single Women Financial Support To Relocate From Tokyo For Marriage
The new initiative will expand an existing subsidy program, providing up to $7,000 to women who relocate from Tokyo's 23 wards to rural areas.
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Bitcoin Grabs Attention of World’s Largest Pension Fund Based in Japan
Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) is considering diversifying investment portfolios. The organisation is launching a research programme to study other potential investment assets like farmland, gold, Bitcoin among others.
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India, Pak, US-Born Residents Sue Japan Government Over Alleged Racial Profiling
The trio said they have suffered distress from repeated police questioning based on their appearance and ethnicity, which they say is a violation of the constitution.
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Japan-Backed Fund Offers $6.2 Billion To Buy This Chip Manufacturing Firm
A fund backed by Japan's government has offered to buy out JSR Corp., a firm central to the manufacture of semiconductors, in a deal worth $6.2 billion, the company said Monday.
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Wait, What? Japan Government Launches Contest To Boost Alcohol Consumption
In a new initiative, the Japan Government has launched a competition with an aim to increase alcohol consumption among youths.
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Nripendra Misra, PM Modi's Ex-Adviser, Receives Japanese Government Honour
Nripendra Misra, former principal secretary to the prime minister, is among this year's foreign recipients of the 2021 Spring Decorations announced by the government of Japan on Thursday.
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Japan's Government Is Undermining its Own Efforts to Boost Inflation
The basket of goods and services that make up the Bank of Japan’s core inflation gauge is chock-full of items.
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Japan Orders Chicken Cull on Third Bird Flu Outbreak in Less Than a Week
Japan has started culling another 230,000 chickens after the discovery of a highly contagious form of bird flu on a farm in the north of the country, the local government said.
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Bank Of Japan Overhauls Policy, Sets Yield Curve Target
The Bank of Japan on Wednesday decided to adopt a target for long-term interest rates in an overhaul of its massive stimulus programme.
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Turkmenistan Seeks Saudi, Japanese Funding For TAPI Pipeline
Turkmenistan is in talks with the Islamic Development Bank, the Saudi Fund for Development and Japan's government on financing the construction of a gas pipeline to Afghanistan, Pakistan and India, a project official said on Saturday.
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New Opposition Party Launched In Japan Ahead Of Summer Election
Two Japanese opposition parties merged on Sunday to form a new grouping intended to put pressure on Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's conservative ruling party before the upper house election this summer.
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Japan's Far-Flung Island Defence Plan Seeks To Turn Tables On China
Japan is fortifying its far-flung island chain in the East China Sea under an evolving strategy that aims to turn the tables on China's navy and keep it from ever dominating the Western Pacific Ocean, Japanese military and government sources said.
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Hundreds Protest in Taipei After Student Suicide
Hundreds of protesters gathered in Taipei early today calling for the education minister to resign after a student committed suicide, amid a deepening row over the island's "China-centric" school curriculum.
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Japan Citizens To Sue Government Over 'Unconstitutional' Climate Inaction
Hundreds of people across Japan will sue the central government Thursday seeking damages for "unconstitutional" inaction on climate change, the country's first such litigation.
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Explained: Why Japan's Coalition Collapsed, What Happens Next?
Japan's ruling coalition collapsed on Friday after its junior partner, Komeito, quit, raising doubts about whether conservative Sanae Takaichi will become the country's first woman prime minister.
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Japan Is Offering Single Women Financial Support To Relocate From Tokyo For Marriage
The new initiative will expand an existing subsidy program, providing up to $7,000 to women who relocate from Tokyo's 23 wards to rural areas.
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Bitcoin Grabs Attention of World’s Largest Pension Fund Based in Japan
Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) is considering diversifying investment portfolios. The organisation is launching a research programme to study other potential investment assets like farmland, gold, Bitcoin among others.
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India, Pak, US-Born Residents Sue Japan Government Over Alleged Racial Profiling
The trio said they have suffered distress from repeated police questioning based on their appearance and ethnicity, which they say is a violation of the constitution.
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Japan-Backed Fund Offers $6.2 Billion To Buy This Chip Manufacturing Firm
A fund backed by Japan's government has offered to buy out JSR Corp., a firm central to the manufacture of semiconductors, in a deal worth $6.2 billion, the company said Monday.
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Wait, What? Japan Government Launches Contest To Boost Alcohol Consumption
In a new initiative, the Japan Government has launched a competition with an aim to increase alcohol consumption among youths.
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Nripendra Misra, PM Modi's Ex-Adviser, Receives Japanese Government Honour
Nripendra Misra, former principal secretary to the prime minister, is among this year's foreign recipients of the 2021 Spring Decorations announced by the government of Japan on Thursday.
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Japan's Government Is Undermining its Own Efforts to Boost Inflation
The basket of goods and services that make up the Bank of Japan’s core inflation gauge is chock-full of items.
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Japan Orders Chicken Cull on Third Bird Flu Outbreak in Less Than a Week
Japan has started culling another 230,000 chickens after the discovery of a highly contagious form of bird flu on a farm in the north of the country, the local government said.
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Bank Of Japan Overhauls Policy, Sets Yield Curve Target
The Bank of Japan on Wednesday decided to adopt a target for long-term interest rates in an overhaul of its massive stimulus programme.
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Turkmenistan Seeks Saudi, Japanese Funding For TAPI Pipeline
Turkmenistan is in talks with the Islamic Development Bank, the Saudi Fund for Development and Japan's government on financing the construction of a gas pipeline to Afghanistan, Pakistan and India, a project official said on Saturday.
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New Opposition Party Launched In Japan Ahead Of Summer Election
Two Japanese opposition parties merged on Sunday to form a new grouping intended to put pressure on Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's conservative ruling party before the upper house election this summer.
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Japan's Far-Flung Island Defence Plan Seeks To Turn Tables On China
Japan is fortifying its far-flung island chain in the East China Sea under an evolving strategy that aims to turn the tables on China's navy and keep it from ever dominating the Western Pacific Ocean, Japanese military and government sources said.
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Hundreds Protest in Taipei After Student Suicide
Hundreds of protesters gathered in Taipei early today calling for the education minister to resign after a student committed suicide, amid a deepening row over the island's "China-centric" school curriculum.
