A Kamome bullet practice departs JR Nagasaki Station within the southwestern Japan metropolis of Nagasaki on Sept. 23, 2022, marking the beginning of its business companies on the Nishi-Kyushu Shinkansen Line in Saga and Nagasaki prefectures. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
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North Korea fires short-range ballistic missile towards Sea of Japan
TOKYO/SEOUL – North Korea on Sunday fired a short-range ballistic missile towards the Sea of Japan, based on Japanese and South Korean authorities, two days after a U.S. plane provider arrived in South Korea for joint drills.
The projectile seems to have landed exterior of Japan’s unique financial zone after flying on an irregular trajectory, Japanese Protection Minister Yasukazu Hamada advised reporters.
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Japan eyes upping protection spending to 40 trillion yen over 5 years
TOKYO – Japan is contemplating sharply rising its protection spending to greater than 40 trillion yen ($279 billion) over the subsequent 5 years, authorities officers stated Saturday.
The quantity compares with the 27.47 trillion yen in whole specified as protection prices for 5 years by means of fiscal 2023 within the nation’s Medium Time period Protection Program.
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Canadian PM Trudeau cancels journey for Abe’s state funeral
TOKYO – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau won’t journey to Japan as deliberate for Tuesday’s state funeral of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the Canadian Embassy in Tokyo stated.
Trudeau will as a substitute stay in Canada to deal with supporting these impacted by a strong hurricane that ripped into the east coast of the nation over the weekend.
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Bar junta envoy from attending Abe funeral, axed Myanmar diplomat says
TOKYO – A former diplomat dismissed by Myanmar’s army junta for his opposition to final yr’s coup has criticized Japan for inviting the pinnacle of the Myanmar Embassy in Tokyo to former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s state funeral.
Aung Soe Moe stated that if Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s authorities permits Myanmar Ambassador to Japan Soe Han to attend Tuesday’s funeral alongside different international representatives resembling U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, it will be a de-facto recognition of the junta and the Feb. 1, 2021 putsch.
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FOCUS: Abe broken Japan’s democracy, left legacy of energy abuse, critics say
TOKYO – Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s July assassination has precipitated the nation’s political pundits to mirror on his legacy, with some arguing he jeopardized Japan’s democracy and abused his energy for private achieve throughout his eight years as chief.
Incumbent Prime Minister Fumio Kishida stated he determined to carry a state funeral for Abe so as to “defend democracy,” however critics level out the previous chief, who was not welcoming of views inconsistent along with his personal, did a lot to harm Japan’s democratic policy-making course of.
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Browsing: Kanoa Igarashi helps Japan earn Olympic spot with males’s staff win
HUNTINGTON BEACH, California – Japan secured one berth within the 2024 Paris Olympics males’s browsing competitors after it received the lads’s staff occasion on the World Browsing Video games in Huntington Seaside, California, on Saturday.
Tokyo Olympic silver medalist and Huntington Seaside native Kanoa Igarashi claimed his first WSG particular person gold medal, whereas his teammates Shun Murakami positioned eleventh and Keanu Kamiyama twenty fifth, incomes Japan the very best mixed factors whole.
