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Tokyo-Osaka bullet train services to resume around noon after heavy rains

www.japantimes.co.jp › news › 2023 › 06 › 03 › national › rain-floods-central-japan

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Heavy rain was expected to continue falling into Saturday over an area spanning western to northern Japan, sparking fears of landslides and overflowing rivers.

Japan's already-struggling birth rate fell to a record low in 2022

found Jun '23 Quartz

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After seven consecutive years of annual decline, Japan posted its lowest-ever birth rate in 2022, according to the health ministry.

Surging Nikkei offers hope for Japan

found Jun '23 Japan Times

www.japantimes.co.jp › opinion › 2023 › 06 › 02 › editorials › nikkei-stock-surge

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The surge of money into its stock markets is both a vote of confidence in Japan’s prospects as well as a reflection of concern about ...

Samurai Japan manager Hideki Kuriyama reveals team’s secrets for success at WBC

found Jun '23 Japan Times

www.japantimes.co.jp › sports › 2023 › 06 › 02 › baseball › japanese-baseball › kuriyama-wbc-winning-secret

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Kuriyama believes Japan's performance at the WBC impressed baseball fans both inside and outside Japan.

Japan and South Korea ramp up chip collaboration amid U.S.-China tensions

found Jun '23 Japan Times

www.japantimes.co.jp › news › 2023 › 06 › 02 › business › japan-south-korea-chips-collaboration

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A need to work around trade restrictions is seen as the main factor driving the engagement with Japan by firms such as Samsung, rather than ...

Japan’s birth rate drops to fresh record low

found Jun '23 Al Jazeera English

www.aljazeera.com › economy › 2023 › 6 › 2 › japans-birth-rate-drops-to-new-record-low

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Latest figures released by health ministry show birth rate has dropped below previous low of 2005.

Japan’s birth rate hits record low, falling for seventh consecutive year

found Jun '23 Japan Times

www.japantimes.co.jp › news › 2023 › 06 › 02 › national › 2022-birthrate-record-low

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The total fertility rate — the average number of children a woman will give birth to in her lifetime — was down from 1.30 the ...

U.S. seeking explosives in Japan for Ukraine artillery shells, sources say

found Jun '23 Japan Times

www.japantimes.co.jp › news › 2023 › 06 › 02 › national › us-japanese-tnt-ukraine

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Export rules ban Japanese companies from selling lethal items overseas, but the allies appear to have found a workaround to enable the TNT sale amid ...

Photos of the Week: Bull Vault, Buddha Wash, Bass Guitar

found Jun '23 The Atlantic

www.theatlantic.com › photo › 2023 › 06 › photos-of-the-week-bull-vault-buddha-wash-bass-guitar › 674266

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A diving championship in England, Darth Vader on trial in Chile, Manhattanhenge in New York City, dune climbing in China, a graduation ceremony at West Point, a live-fire military exercise in Japan, dangerous drought conditions in India, ongoing floods in northern Italy, and much more

US seeking TNT in Japan for Ukraine artillery shells: Report

found Jun '23 Al Jazeera English

www.aljazeera.com › news › 2023 › 6 › 2 › us-seeking-tnt-in-japan-for-ukraine-artillery-shells-report

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Procurement could court controversy because export rules ban Japanese companies from selling lethal weaponry overseas.