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Japan scraps Covid border controls in hopes of reviving tourism boom
Kyodo News, Published on 11/10/2022
» Japan removed on Tuesday its cap on daily arrivals and its ban on individual, non-prearranged trips as it seeks to revive the country's struggling inbound tourism sector by easing its Covid-19 border controls.
North Korea 'readying' sub launch of ballistic missile
Kyodo News, Published on 24/09/2022
» South Korea has detected signs that North Korea is preparing to launch a ballistic missile from a submarine, the South Korean presidential office said Saturday.
Japanese cafe giving joy to elderly dementia-sufferers and families
Kyodo News, Published on 28/09/2022
» A coffee shop in the central Japan prefecture of Aichi has begun catering to elderly people with dementia, creating a welcoming community between customers, their caretakers and the children given a chance to wait on them.
Typhoon Nanmadol rips through Japan archipelago, leaves 2 dead
Kyodo News, Published on 20/09/2022
» Typhoon Nanmadol moved across the Japanese archipelago toward the Pacific and weakened to a low pressure system on Tuesday after pounding the southwest with heavy rain and triggering landslides, leaving two people dead, one missing and over 100 injured.
Swiss glaciers shrink by half since 1930s, melting faster
Kyodo News, Published on 03/09/2022
» Switzerland's glaciers lost more than half their volume between 1931 and 2016, a new study found, with glacier retreat accelerating in recent years amid growing concerns over global warming.
Myanmar postpones hearing of detained Japanese filmmaker
Kyodo News, Published on 30/08/2022
» The next court hearing of a Japanese man in Myanmar was postponed to Sept 6 in the trial over his alleged involvement in an anti-coup protest amid Japan's calls for his early release, a source close to the matter said Tuesday.
Japan court recognises trans woman as parent of girl born before transition
Kyodo News, Published on 19/08/2022
» A Tokyo court on Friday acknowledged the parent-child relationship between a transgender woman and her daughter conceived using her frozen sperm and born to her female partner before legally transitioning, partially overturning an earlier family court decision.
Japan probing mistreatment of pregnant foreign trainees
Kyodo News, Published on 20/08/2022
» The Japanese government is conducting a survey to determine whether foreign technical trainees have been forced by employers or intermediary groups to leave the country because they fell pregnant or gave birth.
Japanese fashion designer Issey Miyake dies at 84
Kyodo News, Published on 09/08/2022
» World-renowned Japanese fashion designer Issey Miyake, known for his designs incorporating cutting-edge silhouettes and heavily pleated fabrics, died last Friday of liver cancer, his office said Tuesday. He was 84.
Artifacts from destroyed Bamiyan Buddhas stolen amid Afghan turmoil
Kyodo News, Published on 29/07/2022
» Artifacts from one of two Buddha statues destroyed by the Taliban in 2001 at the famous Bamiyan site in central Afghanistan were stolen from storage immediately after the Islamist group returned to power last August, according to people familiar with the case.