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Japan will ‘disappear’ without action on births, prime minister's aide says

Japan will cease to exist if it can’t slow a fall in its birth rate that threatens to wreck the social safety net and economy, according to an adviser to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.

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No, the Fukushima water release is not going to kill the Pacific Ocean

Japanese authorities are preparing to release treated radioactive wastewater into the Pacific Ocean, nearly 12 years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster. This will relieve pressure on more than 1,000 storage tanks, creating much-needed space for other vital remediation works. But the plan has attracted controversy.

The Conversation

Michio Iwao, left incarceration at a U.S. internment camp and moved to Chicago to see Cubs in World Series, dies at 100

After playing baseball while incarcerated in the Arizona desert for three years, the lure or Wrigley Field was too great to resist.

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People use emojis to hide, as well as show, their feelings, says study

Scientists studying emoji use in Japan found that the images were used to soften the impact of negative expressions as well as to express positive feelings. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Japan weighs lifting of strict controls on exports to South

The government will likely lift its strict export controls on semiconductor materials and other items to South Korea if Seoul withdraws a complaint lodged with the World Trade Organization against Japan, government sources said.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Ireland and Scotland on collision course with World Cup showdown on horizon

Ireland and Scotland will feature with South Africa in a devilishly competitive World Cup pool in France but this jeopardy is no bad thing

The Guardian - UK

On this day in 2019: England beat Japan to win SheBelieves Cup

Lucy Staniforth, Karen Carney and Beth Mead all scored in the first half.

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Suga to head Japan-ROK lawmaker group

Former Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga will take over as head of the supra-partisan Japan-Korea Parliamentarians' Union, succeeding former Finance Minister Fukushiro Nukaga of the Liberal Democratic Party.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Tokyo and Seoul mending frayed ties

TOKYO: Japan and South Korea are considering settling a dispute over wartime labour compensation and other issues in a package deal amid growing momentum toward improving ties, a diplomatic source said on Saturday.

Bangkok Post

1992 Mazda MX-5 Miata Stands Out Trying To Look Like Ferrari 250 GTO

The Monocraft-outfitted Miata NA was imported from Japan in 2022 and has a US title.

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Centara expects revenue surge as Chinese return

Centara Hotels and Resorts (CHR) is aiming for revenue of 10 billion baht this year, exceeding the tally in 2019, with Chinese tourists expected to help the company gain momentum as it opens six more hotels in Thailand and Japan in 2023.

Bangkok Post

The United Nations mustn't be powerless

The first anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine has been a good opportunity to reflect on the war's global implications. In addition to untold human misery, Russia's aggression triggered a historic food and energy crisis and caused global inflation to spike, endangering the world's fragile economic recovery from Covid-19. But…

Bangkok Post

Wakata gives pep talk to new prospects

WASHINGTON -- Astronaut Koichi Wakata has sent a message of support to the two latest candidates for Japan's astronaut corps, and even admitted feeling "envious" that they might participate in moon landings in the future.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Japan discovers more than 7,000 islands that it didn’t even know about

Advances in digital mapping have lead to authorities discovering 14,125 islands in Japanese territory - a massive 7,300 more than originally detected in a Coast Guard report in 1987

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The Independent UK

Residents of Japan seek compensation from N Korea for abuses

A group of residents of Japan who say they suffered decades of human rights abuses in North Korea after being lured there by false promises of a “Paradise on Earth” are asking a Japanese appeals court to rule that North Korea should pay them compensation

Evening Standard

Scientists reveal 4,500-year-old hidden corridor in Great Pyramid of Giza

The discovery was part of the ScanPyramids project, a collaboration between major universities in France, Germany, Canada and Japan and a group of Egyptian experts that began in 2015

The New Daily

Quad alliance partners warn Putin against nuking Ukraine

Russia cannot be allowed to wage war with impunity, Antony Blinken and his counterparts from India, Japan and Australia have said

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia Must Be Punished for Ukraine War, US, Quad Allies Say

Russia cannot be allowed to wage war with impunity, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his counterparts from India, Japan and Australia said in a statement on Friday following a meeting in New Delhi. The so-called Quad group also said that the use, or threat of use, of nuclear…

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The Independent UK

Quad FMs, wary of China's might, push Indo-Pacific option

The top diplomats of Australia, India, Japan and the United States say their Indo-Pacific-focused bloc is not aimed at China, but their latest words reflect growing unease over China's influence in the region

Dynamite News

WTT Star Contender: Manika, Sutirtha overcome higher-ranked opponents to make last 16

In yet another day of upsets, Indian women paddlers Manika Batra and Sutirtha Mukherjee did the star-turn for India at the WTT Star Contender Goa, overcoming higher-ranked opponents to move into the last 16 stage. Read further on Dynamite News:

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war: Biden and Scholz hold talks as Russian forces close in on Bakhmut – as it happened

Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner mercenary group, says Russian ‘pincers are getting tighter’ around contested city

Newcastle Herald

Japanese scooter rider on wild odyssey spotted on the Stockton ferry

"Our ferry team were only too happy to give Uni a rest as he travelled to beautiful Stockton."

The Japan News/Yomiuri

EU, NATO seek stronger Indo-Pacific ties

BRUSSELS -- The European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization are considering holding meetings in April and May with foreign ministers from the Indo-Pacific region, including Japan, to strengthen ties with democratic nations in the region, with China in mind.

Axios

U.S. seeks fresh ways to crack down on Chinese tech industry

Limiting sales of chip gear, further crippling Huawei and potentially banning TikTok are all on the table.

The Independent UK

Fukushima plant head: Too early to predict decommissioning

The head of Japan’s wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant says details of the damage inside its reactors are only beginning to be known 12 years after it was hit by a massive earthquake and tsunami, making it difficult to foresee when or how its decommissioning will be completed

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