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Japan resumes seafood exports to China two years after Fukushima wastewater release

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Japan resumes seafood exports to China two years after Fukushima wastewater release

Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Japan announced on Friday (November 7, 2025) that its seafood exports have resumed for the first time since China imposed a ban over the discharge of treated radioactive wastewater from the tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant more than two years ago. Chief Cabinet…

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Japan successfully launches new cargo spacecraft to deliver supplies to ISS

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Japan successfully launches new cargo spacecraft to deliver supplies to ISS

The H3 (7th) rocket by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), carrying a new HTV-X cargo transfer spacecraft, is launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Minamitane, Tanegashima island, on October 26, 2025 | Photo Credit: AP Japan’s space agency on Sunday (October 26, 2025) successfully launched its new flagship H3 rocket carrying an unmanned…

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Crowds still throng to Hiroshima peace memorial, but Japan’s defence posture may be changing

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Crowds still throng to Hiroshima peace memorial, but Japan’s defence posture may be changing

Eighty years after the U.S. attacked Japan with the atomic bomb, crowds still throng to the mound-shaped peace memorial and museum in Hiroshima to pay their respects to hundreds of thousands killed or affected. The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the subsequent surrender of Japan to allied forces in 1945 laid the foundation for…

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Japan’s new PM commits to higher defence spend, ties with India, Quad

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Japan’s new PM commits to higher defence spend, ties with India, Quad

In a dramatic announcement three days after she was sworn in, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said her government will ensure that Japan’s defence spending would increase to 2% of its GDP by March 2026, two years ahead of schedule, even as she pledged support for “security partnerships” like the Quad, which includes India. Ms….

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India is a crucial partner on Indo-Pacific; PM Takaichi committed to building ties: Japanese government spokesperson

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India is a crucial partner on Indo-Pacific; PM Takaichi committed to building ties: Japanese government spokesperson

Japan’s new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is fully committed to enhancing ties with India and the Quad, says the government’s spokesperson, Assistant Minister Toshihiro Kitamura. Ms. Takaichi, Japan’s first woman in the post, is the fourth Japanese PM in the past five years. Despite the frequent changes in government PM Takaichi, a protegee of PM Shinzo…

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Japan’s parliament is set to elect Sanae Takaichi as nation’s first female Prime Minister

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Japan’s parliament is set to elect Sanae Takaichi as nation’s first female Prime Minister

Sanae Takaichi. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Japan’s parliament is set to elect ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi as the country’s first female Prime Minister on Tuesday (October 21, 2025), one day after her struggling party struck a coalition deal with a new partner that would pull her governing bloc further to the right. Ms. Takaichi will…

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Japan’s Parliament elects Sanae Takaichi as nation’s first female Prime Minister

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Japan’s Parliament elects Sanae Takaichi as nation’s first female Prime Minister

Sanae Takaichi. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Japan’s Parliament elected ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi as the country’s first female Prime Minister Tuesday (October 21, 2025), a day after her struggling party struck a coalition deal with a new partner expected to pull her governing bloc further to the right. Ms. Takaichi replaces Shigeru Ishiba, ending a…

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1.2 Million In Japan Asked To “Use Less Water” To Help Rescue Truck Driver

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1.2 Million In Japan Asked To “Use Less Water” To Help Rescue Truck Driver

Japanese authorities have asked 1.2 million people to cut back on showers and laundry to prevent leaking sewage aggravating an operation to rescue a truck driver in a sinkhole. The hole suddenly opened up in Yashio during the morning rush hour on Tuesday, swallowing the lorry. Rescue efforts have been severely hampered by unstable ground…

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