Japan passes bill to establish National Intelligence Agency

Japan passes bill to establish National Intelligence Agency

Japan on May 27 passed a bill to establish a National Intelligence Agency, aimed at strengthening the country’s intellig...

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Quad foreign ministers agree on new energy security framework amid Middle East tensions

Quad foreign ministers agree on new energy security framework amid Middle East tensions

Foreign ministers from Japan, the United States, Australia, and India met for a Quad meeting in New Delhi, India on May ...

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Chat GPT tragedy - Japan pro baseball manager arrested for assault, quits after daughter asks Chat GPT for advice

Chat GPT tragedy - Japan pro baseball manager arrested for assault, quits after daughter asks Chat GPT for advice

Japan’s popular long-standing baseball team Yomiuri Giants manager Abe Shinnosuke quits following an alleged domestic i...

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Man flees after spraying possible pepper spray in Tokyo's Ginza, leaving 26 unwell

Man flees after spraying possible pepper spray in Tokyo's Ginza, leaving 26 unwell

Authorities say they received an emergency call reporting a pungent odor and throat irritation at a bank in the GINZA SI...

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Hyogo police place suspect in double murder case on nationwide wanted list

Hyogo police place suspect in double murder case on nationwide wanted list

On May 19, 74-year-old Tanaka Sumie and her 52-year-old daughter Chihiro were found dead covered in blood at their home ...

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Crimes by loosely organized crime groups are on the rise across Japan

Crimes by loosely organized crime groups are on the rise across Japan

This is Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward.S/ Witness / There were about three police cars, including unmarked ones. Police officers ...

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Fire destroys historic hall at Miyajima temple

Fire destroys historic hall at Miyajima temple

A fire broke out at Daishō-in Temple on Miyajima Island, Hiroshima Prefecture on May 20.Flames engulfed the building as ...

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Knife attack at Japanese restaurant in Shanghai injures three

Knife attack at Japanese restaurant in Shanghai injures three

A man armed with a knife burst into a Japanese restaurant in Shanghai on April 19, injuring three people including two J...

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Japan and S. Korea agree to strengthen energy security cooperation

Japan and S. Korea agree to strengthen energy security cooperation

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung / We agreed that recent disruptions to supply chains and energy markets caused by t...

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Magnitude-5.9 quake strikes Japan' southern Okinawa and Amami regions

Magnitude-5.9 quake strikes Japan' southern Okinawa and Amami regions

A magnitude 5.9-earthquake struck the Amami and Okinawa regions at around 11:46AM on May 20.An earthquake recording a lo...

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