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With a weakening currency and rising poverty, Japan's capital Tokyo has become the new hub for “sex tourism”, reported The Star. Secretary general of the Liaison Council Protecting Youths (Seiboren), Yoshihide Tanaka, told This Week in…
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Western Tokyo’s Hello Kitty theme park faces a tough day ahead after receiving an e-mail labelled ‘terrorist alert’. The amusement park was forced to be temporarily shut down on Saturday. Sanrio Puroland in Tama notified the public about…
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In what is being seen as a major incentive, Japan’s government is offering one million yen per child to families asking them to move out of greater Tokyo. The relocation fee incentive will be introduced in April this year, Guardian…
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Tokyo’s metropolitan government began issuing partnership certificates to same-sex couples who live and work in the capital. The move has been long-awaited in the country which still does not allow equal marriage. Tokyo governor Yuriko…
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The body of Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was returned to Tokyo on Saturday, a day after he was assassinated by a military veteran. He was attacked in the city of Nara in western Japan. Following the attack he was immediately…
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who arrived in Tokyo on Monday, will meet top business leaders of Japan while he will also be attending the Indo-Pacific economic framework event (IPEF). US President Joe Biden will launch IPEF this evening.…
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In the backdrop of the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, QUAD is expected to record a forward momentum to strengthen the grouping at the Tokyo summit on next Tuesday. While QUAD diplomats are working to come out with a strong statement…
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Expectations have been raised over QUAD’s pushback to belligerence in the Indo-Pacific at the May 24 Tokyo summit meeting with US affirming that Senkaku Islands, disputed by China, calls under the ambit of Japan-US security treaty and…
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A massive earthquake struck off the coast of Fukushima and Miyagi prefectures before midnight Wednesday (March 16) with maximum seismic intensity 6. Buildings in central Tokyo were shaken violently and electricity was cut in many districts…
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