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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is in Japan to meet with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and other officials. It's part of his four-nation trade mission seen as an attempt by the expected Republican presidential candidate to bolster his foreign policy credentials.
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Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has died after being shot during a campaign speech Friday in western Japan.
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The Osaka court ruling underscores how divisive the issue remains in Japan, the only member of the Group of Seven major industrialized nations that does not recognize same-sex unions.
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Japan on Friday began accepting applications for tourists on guided package tours who're willing to follow mask-wearing and other preventative measures as the country cautiously reopens.
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The powerful quake struck off the coast of Fukushima on Wednesday evening, triggering a tsunami advisory and cutting power to more than 2 million Tokyo homes. No casualties have been reported so far.
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While many Japanese adults are fully vaccinated, few have gotten a booster shot, which has been a vital protection from the highly contagious omicron variant.
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The decision not to sell alcohol at Olympic venues was portrayed by organizers as an anti-coronavirus measure.
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The revised guidelines are not an enthusiastic endorsement of travel, moving Japan from the highest risk ranking to a tier below. But the change comes as Japan struggles with a surge in infections.
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President Biden meets with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Friday, his first in-person summit since taking office. Talks are expected to focus on shared concerns about China.
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Matsuyama entered the tournament ranked 25th in the world and emerged as the first Japanese person to win a golf major.
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The Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics were delayed a year by the coronavirus pandemic. Now, there's as much uncertainty as there was a year ago. The athletes are doing their best to focus on their training.
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The 2020 Games were supposed to begin in late July. "The unprecedented and unpredictable spread of the outbreak has seen the situation in the rest of the world deteriorating," organizers say.