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Japan Steps Up

Asia’s rising threats have convinced Tokyo to abandon its defense taboos.

Foreign Affairs

Actor-singer Fukuyama among Hochi film award winners

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Japan makes major nuclear about-turn

TOKYO: Japan decided on Thursday to allow nuclear reactors to operate beyond their current limit of 60 years and to replace ageing facilities with new advanced ones, in a major policy change to cut carbon emissions while ensuring energy supplies amid disruptions from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Bangkok Post

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Japan approves simple Alzheimer’s blood test

TOKYO: Japan’s health ministry has approved one of the world’s first blood test kits to detect signs of Alzheimer’s disease, paving way for a simpler and speedier diagnosis of the brain-wasting ailment for which a blockbuster therapy is finally on the horizon.

Bangkok Post

Three suspects in Tokyo robbery lose challenge over Japan extradition request

Joe Chappell, Daniel Kelly and Kaine Wright are alleged to have posed as a customers to gain entry to the store in 2015.

The Independent UK

Sapporo to review plans for 2030 Winter Games bid

Sapporo is reconsidering efforts to host the 2030 Winter Olympics, with the city's mayor citing scandals linked to the Tokyo Olympics as a reason for the rethink.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

From agony to ecstasy, Beth Mead set for Sports Personality of the Year crown after Lionesses heroics

In the summer of 2021, Beth Mead was not even deemed to be in the top 18 players in Britain for Team GB’s Tokyo Olympic squad.

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FTSE 100 Live: TSB fined over IT failure, Japan policy shift hits markets

Public sector borrowing soared to £22 billion last month, the highest November figure since monthly records began in 1993.

Evening Standard

North Korea threatens strong military steps against Japan

North Korea is threatening to take “bold and decisive military steps” against Japan as it slammed Tokyo’s adoption of a national security strategy as an attempt to turn the country into an aggressive military power

The Independent UK

McKeown out to keep swim rivals at bay

Australian swim star Kaylee McKeown knows the scenario ahead of the Paris Olympics is a lot different to her build-up for the Tokyo Games.

AAP

Japan unveils its biggest defence overhaul since World War II

The Japanese government has unveiled plans to drastically expand its defence capabilities. In what would be the biggest military build-up since World War II, Tokyo aims to double its defence spending over the next five years and install missiles capable of striking an enemy launch site. It's a controversial move,…

France 24

Japan shifting back to nuclear power

TOKYO: Japan has confirmed a major nuclear power policy shift to tackle an energy crisis, more than a decade after the 2011 Fukushima disaster prompted it to idle most of its reactors.

Bangkok Post

China Sends Ships into Pacific amid Japan Security Moves

A squadron of Chinese Navy ships sailed through straits near Japan into the Western Pacific this week, while Beijing on Friday blasted Tokyo's adoption of a new national security strategy putting itself on a more offensive footing — largely as a result of the perceived threat from China. The destroyers…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Eyeing China, Japan lifts longtime restrictions to allow major defense buildup

The policy change is widely seen as a major step toward rearming Japan more than seven decades after its demilitarization after World War II.

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Tokyo to require some new homes to be equipped with solar panels

The Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly on Thursday passed an ordinance requiring that a portion of newly built houses and buildings in Tokyo be equipped with solar panels starting in April 2025.

Reuters

China accuses Japan of making false claims about its military activities in security strategy plan

China accused Japan of making false claims about China's military activities in a new security strategy announced by Tokyo on Friday, China's embassy in Japan said in a statement.

Reuters

South Korea protests Japan's island claim in national security strategy

South Korea issued a strong protest against Japan's territorial claim over disputed islands made in a national security strategy released on Friday while cautiously responding to Tokyo's plans for an unprecedented military buildup.

The Independent UK

China sends ships into Pacific amid Japan security moves

A squadron of Chinese Navy ships sailed through straits near Japan into the Western Pacific this week, while Beijing blasted Tokyo's adoption of a new national security strategy putting itself on a more offensive footing, largely as a result of the perceived threat from China

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Chicago Tribune

Commentary: China is pushing a pacifist Japan into building up its military capabilities

Japan isn’t known for being an aggressive country in the world of foreign affairs. Successive Japanese governments have taken pains to emphasize their peacelike nature, a direct consequence of Tokyo finding itself on the losing side of the most horrific war of the 20th century. Japan’s constitution renounces the use…

Reuters

Factbox: What will Japan's military build-up look like?

Japan unveiled a new national security strategy on Friday along with details of its biggest military build-up since World War Two, in a marked shift away from the pacifism that has dominated its political discourse for seven decades.

AAP

Alex Porter retires from top-level cycling

Alex Porter, whose snapped handlebar crash was a defining moment for Australian cycling at the Tokyo Olympics, has called time on his top-level career.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Blaze of light

A meteor from the Geminids is seen above Tokyo Skytree at about 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday. This photograph was taken from a riverbank in Taito Ward, Tokyo, where amateur photographers and passersby were able to see about 10 meteors per hour with the naked eye. The meteor shower was at…

Reuters

Tokyo makes solar panels mandatory for new homes built after 2025

All new houses in Tokyo built by large-scale homebuilders after April 2025 must install solar power panels to cut household carbon emissions, according to a new regulation passed by the Japanese capital's local assembly on Thursday.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Tokyo Skytree prepares for snow fight

'Tis the season at Tokyo Skytree to get ready for snow, clumps of which fall every year from the tower's steel frame, sometimes hitting the roofs of private homes and other buildings.

The Guardian - AU

‘Road sleeping’ deaths soar in Tokyo as socialising returns to pre-Covid levels

Authorities concerned that death toll from people being hit by cars while sleeping on roads will increase further as end-of-year party season begins

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