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Games bid-rigging role voluntarily reported to JFTC

Bid-rigging regarding Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games test events has been voluntarily reported to the Japan Fair Trade Commission, according to sources.

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Time running out to pass 2nd extra budget

Following the latest resignation from Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's Cabinet, it has become almost impossible for the government to pass a second supplementary budget for fiscal 2022 before the end of this month as originally planned.

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Samurai Blue begin final prepping for opening match

DOHA -- The Japan national team practiced behind closed doors on Monday as it begins final preparations for its opening World Cup Group E match against four-time champion Germany on Wednesday.

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Unification Church allegedly facilitated up to 745 adoptions over 41 yrs

The Unification Church has allegedly facilitated as many as 745 adoptions for its members in Japan over the last 41 years, it has been learned.

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In the heat of the desert, fans encounter frigid stadium

AL KHOR, Qatar -- Fans attending World Cup matches for the thrills and chills are unexpectedly experiencing more of the latter.

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Kishida sacks Terada, 3rd minister in month

For the third time in a month, a member of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's Cabinet has resigned.

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Teacher rebuked for punishment at special needs school

A teacher at a special needs elementary school in Osaka Prefecture has been admonished for inappropriately punishing a student in 2020, it has been learned.

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Ukrainian youths visit Hiroshima, wish for peace

HIROSHIMA -- Seven Ukrainian children, who have been displaced to Aichi and Gifu prefectures due to Russia's invasion of their country, visited Hiroshima Prefecture as part of a peace program.

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Renewable energy goal for auto industry to be set at 60%

The Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry is aiming to have the auto industry use renewable-sourced electricity for about 60% of its energy consumption by fiscal 2030. The target is based on the revised Law on Rational Use of Energy, which will come into effect next April. The ministry plans to…

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Prince Takamodo's personality evoked by netsuke collection

Princess Hisako, the widow of Prince Takamado, said she hopes the prince's personality will be felt through his collection of netsuke fasteners that is being exhibited at the Tokyo National Museum in Taito Ward, Tokyo, through Dec. 25. Princess Hisako, 69, spoke to The Yomiuri Shimbun ahead of the 20th…

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Ukrainian kids missing after going to Russia camps

WARSAW -- Thousands of Ukrainian children are feared to have been forcibly taken to Russia and gone missing, as there have been a number of cases reported in which children have not returned to their homes after taking part in Russia-organized camps and rehabilitation programs.

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Joint exercise held amid Taiwan tension

Japan and the United States have wrapped up their largest joint military exercise, Keen Sword, amid an unprecedented sense of urgency, as the possibility of a real Taiwan crisis has come to the fore. The drills, conducted in the Nansei Islands, stretched from the southern tip of Kyushu to Okinawa…

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Italian commits suicide in immigration facility

An Italian man in his 50s committed suicide in the Tokyo immigration facility where he was being detained, the Immigration Services Agency has announced.

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Ukraine crisis eclipses Myanmar in world's capacity for attention

One year has passed since Myanmar's National Unity Government (NUG) declared a "defensive war" in its armed struggle against the military junta that had staged a coup. The NUG is a government in exile formed by those who are against the military junta. The two sides remain in a state…

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N. Korea's ICBM test aimed at developing multiwarhead tech

SEOUL -- North Korea appears to be racing to increase the nuclear payload capability of a multiwarhead intercontinental ballistic missile, as indicated by its launch on Friday of an ICBM that a South Korean official said was thought to be a new Hwasong-17.

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Football fever in Qatar

DOHA -- Throngs of football supporters from Qatar and overseas filled Doha's largest market on Friday ahead of the start of the 2022 World Cup, which kicks off Sunday.

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Lexus RX fully revamped for 1st time in 7 yrs

Toyota Motor Corp. released Friday the 5th-generation Lexus RX, the first complete revamp of its luxury sports utility vehicle in nearly seven years.

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Gender issue wins top speech contest prize

A powerful speech about gender issues brought Kokoa Unno the top prize at the 74th H.I.H. Prince Takamado Trophy All Japan Inter-Middle School English Oratorical Contest in Tokyo on Friday.

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LDP, Komeito to review conditions for defense equipment transfers

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner Komeito plan to review guidelines on the conditions for exporting defense equipment to other countries.

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Firms team up to collect waste cooking oil for sustainable jet fuel

Major real estate firm Mitsubishi Estate Co. and plant operator JGC Holdings Corp. have reached a basic agreement to cooperate in the collection of waste cooking oil for use in producing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), which has been touted as a means to significantly reduce carbon dioxide emissions, it has…

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Kishida seeks balance of China ties, public opinion

BANGKOK -- Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, the first official in-person meeting between leaders of the two nations in almost three years, was a first step toward repairing strained relations, but ironing out several major pending issues looks unlikely to happen anytime soon.

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Japan-China summit raises hopes, caution

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida received a flurry of requests, as well as professions of hope, from the ruling coalition before the first face-to-face summit between Japan and China in three years.

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Japanese astronaut to join NASA mission

A Japanese astronaut will be on board the Gateway space station when it orbits the moon during NASA's Artemis missions, the Japanese government and the U.S. space agency agreed on Friday.

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Foreign visitors surge to 500,000 in October

The number of foreign visitors to Japan in October is estimated at 498,600, surging to 22.5 times the level in the same period last year, the Japan National Tourism Organization announced Wednesday.

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Kishida, Scholz agree to cooperate on China, Ukraine

BALI, Indonesia -- Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Wednesday shared their desire to continue support for Ukraine against the Russian invasion and their concern over unilateral attempts to change the status quo, particularly by China, in the East and South China Seas.

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