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US holds drills with allies off Korean peninsula, Pyongyang vows to bolster navy
Tue, Aug 29, 2023
The United States, South Korea and Japan staged joint naval missile defence drills off the Korean peninsula on Tuesday, as North Korea accused Washington and its allies of creating "the most unstable waters with the danger of a nuclear war."
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Japan's lunar lander, X-ray mission to launch on Monday
Sun, Aug 27, 2023
The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency's (JAXA) SLIM (Smart Lander for Investigating Moon) aims to achieve a lightweight probe system on a small scale and use the pinpoint landing technology necessary for future lunar probes.
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Japan government makes final plea to gain fisheries understanding for Fukushima plant water release
Mon, Aug 21, 2023
Economy and Industry Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura met with the head of the National Federation of Fisheries Cooperatives and promised that the government is doing everything it can to ensure the safety of the release and prepared measures to protect the fisheries industry's reputation.
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Japanese political leader Taro Aso calls for peace in the Taiwan Strait as Tokyo expands defense
Tue, Aug 08, 2023
"The most important thing for us now is that there should be no war in the region, including the Taiwan Strait," the vice president of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, Taro Aso, said Tuesday in Taipei at the Ketagalan Forum hosted by Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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Japan records steepest population decline while number of foreign residents hits new high
Wed, Jul 26, 2023
Japan's total population was 125.41 million, down just over half a million people from a year earlier, and there was a 10.7% jump in foreign residents with addresses registered in Japan, the ministry said.
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Japan's inflation stays above BOJ target, key gauge hits 42-year high
Fri, Jun 23, 2023
Japan's core consumer inflation exceeded forecasts in May and an index excluding fuel costs rose at the fastest annual pace in 42 years, highlighting broadening price pressure that will keep the central bank under pressure to phase out its massive stimulus.
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Japan's factory activity hampered by weak demand: Survey
Fri, Jun 23, 2023
Japan PMI data: Japan's manufacturing activity fell back into contraction in June and service sector growth slowed for the first time in seven months, surveys showed on Friday, as business confidence and demand weakened.
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Apki Khabar Apka Fayda: Is your beauty product fake?
Thu, Jun 22, 2023
Fraud Cosmatic: Women use makeup products to enhance their beauty. At the same time, there are many makeup brands in the market whose products are very much liked by women. Explain that due to the increasing demand for beauty products, cases of fake makeup products are coming to the fore in the market.
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Wages are finally rising in Japan, as inflation eats away at consumer gains
Mon, Jun 19, 2023
In May, the consumer price index was up 3.2 per cent from a year earlier, well above the central bank's target of about 2 per cent. That's great news for policymakers trying to get the world's third largest economy out of the doldrums by keeping credit super cheap to spur demand and push prices higher.
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