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June 1, 2023

Japan

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Taiwan’s Tsai says self-defense resolve cannot be shaken

August 23, 2022 Huizhong Wu, Associated Press

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan’s president invoked an armed conflict in 1958 as an example of the island’s resolve to defend itself as she met Tuesday with more foreign visitors amid the highest tensions with China […]

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Abe’s party vows to finish his work after win in Japan vote

July 14, 2022 Mary Yamaguchi, Associated Press

TOKYO — Days after his assassination, former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s party vowed to use its sizable victory in a parliamentary election to achieve his unfinished goals, including strengthening the military and revising the […]

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Japan ex-leader Shinzo Abe assassinated while giving speech

July 8, 2022 Associated Press

NARA, Japan — Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, one of his nation’s most powerful and influential figures, has died after being shot during a campaign speech Friday in western Japan, hospital officials said. Abe, […]

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Japan court: Nuclear plant’s tsunami safeguards inadequate

May 31, 2022 Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press

TOKYO — A Japanese court on Tuesday ordered a utility not to restart a nuclear power plant because of inadequate tsunami safeguards, backing the safety concerns of residents at a time the government is pushing […]

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As Biden visits Asia, China launches South China Sea drills

May 21, 2022 Associated Press

BEIJING — China is holding military exercises in the disputed South China Sea coinciding with U.S. President Joe Biden’s visits to South Korea and Japan that are largely focused on countering the perceived threat from […]

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11 years later, fate of Fukushima reactor cleanup uncertain

March 15, 2022 Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press

OKUMA, Japan — Eleven years after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was ravaged by a meltdown following a massive earthquake and tsunami, the plant now looks like a sprawling construction site. Most of the […]

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Japan, Vietnam express serious concern about South China Sea

December 3, 2021 The Associated Press

TOKYO – The leaders of Japan and Vietnam expressed serious concern about the situation in the South China Sea and any unilateral actions aimed at altering the status quo, and agreed to work together to […]

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Nissan ex-chair Ghosn set on restoring reputation

October 25, 2021 Yuri Kageyama, Associated Press

TOKYO — Carlos Ghosn, the former auto industry superstar whose career screeched to a halt with his arrest three years ago, isn’t about to settle into quiet retirement. The former head of the Nissan-Renault alliance […]

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IAEA team in Japan to help prepare Fukushima water release

September 7, 2021 Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press

TOKYO — An International Atomic Energy Agency mission arrived in Japan on Monday to help prepare for a decades-long release into the ocean of treated but still radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant, […]

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Suga bows out of party vote, paves way for new Japan leader

September 3, 2021 Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press

TOKYO — Amid growing criticism of his handling of the pandemic, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said Friday he won’t run for the leadership of the governing party later this month, paving the way for a […]

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