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Japan Seeks 'Sustainable World' in Africa Aid Forum

With its stated purpose to "create a sustainable world together", Japan on Saturday kicks off its aid conference for Africa, where rival China has invested heavily in recent years. The eighth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD8) comes against the backdrop of China's rising influence, cemented on the continent…

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Japan eyes return to nuclear power more than a decade after Fukushima disaster

Move would mark a dramatic shift in energy policy stance held since 2011 reactor meltdown, to wean Japan off nuclear power

The Guardian - AU

PM Modi may attend state funeral of Shinzo Abe

Japanese media report on the planned visit, India yet to make announcement

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Japan plans to ease COVID-19 border controls in early September

Japan currently requires negative PCR test results within 72 hours of departure for all entrants.

WEKU

Japan to ease COVID-19 border controls from Sept. 7

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has announced plans to ease border controls by eliminating requirements for pre-departure COVID-19 tests for travelers who have received at least three vaccine doses from early September, and he will also consider increasing daily entry caps as soon as next month

The Independent UK

Japan’s Kishida announces easing of pandemic border controls

Japanese leader says vaccinated travellers will no longer have to produce a negative coronavirus test from September 7.

Al Jazeera

Japan to waive pre-departure COVID tests for vaccinated travellers

Japan will waive pre-departure COVID-19 tests for vaccinated travellers to the country, but daily caps on entrants will remain in place, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Wednesday.

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Japan signals return to nuclear power to stabilise energy supply

Japan will restart more idled nuclear plants and look at developing next-generation reactors, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Wednesday, setting the stage for a major policy shift on nuclear energy a decade after the Fukushima disaster.

Reuters

Japan to ease Covid entry requirements, raise cap on entrants

Japan is planning to stop requiring proof of a negative Covid-19 test result from entrants to the country as long as they have completed three rounds of vaccinations, while also raising the cap on the number of entrants from the current 20,000 a day, a government source said Tuesday.

Bangkok Post

First Thing: Trump sues US government over FBI search of Mar-a-Lago

Ex-president seeks to prevent bureau from reading seized documents until court official weighs in. Plus, Fauci to step down

The Guardian - UK

Japan PM’s popularity dives over party links to Unification church

Church has been in the spotlight since the shooting of Abe Shinzo, but Fumio Kishida insists no relationship exists between the LDP and the group

The Guardian - AU

Japan PM tells ministers to continue sanctions vs Russia, support Ukraine

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida instructed his cabinet ministers to continue diplomatic responses, including sanctions, against Russia, while backing Ukraine, by keeping close coordination with the Group of Seven nations, the finance minister said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Political Pulse / Kishida faces a political landscape greatly altered by Abe's death

The shooting of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has had a major impact on the administration of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. As president of the Liberal Democratic Party, Kishida is doing his best to keep the party's Abe faction in line so that the government can run smoothly.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Japan’s PM COVID Positive, Cancels Tunisia Trip

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has tested positive for COVID-19, forcing him to cancel a planned trip to Tunisia to attend a key conference on African development, a person close to him said on Sunday. Kishida, who has just returned from a week-long vacation, will work from his residence from…

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Japan govt calls for officials to review ties with Unification Church

Japanese cabinet members need to check and review their ties with the Unification Church to alleviate public concerns, a government spokesperson said on Monday, in a response to tumbling approval ratings for Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.

Reuters

Japan PM Kishida's support tumbles, hit by questions over church and COVID

Support for Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's government has tumbled, battered by questions about the ruling party's ties to the Unification Church and its response to the coronavirus pandemic, according to a public opinion poll.

Tribune News Service

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida tests positive for COVID

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida tested positive for COVID-19 and has relatively mild symptoms, the government said.

Radio France Internationale

Japan PM Kishida tests positive for Covid

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has tested positive for Covid-19, just one week before he is slated to attend the Japanese-African development conference in Tunisia.

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The Independent UK

Reports: Japan leader rests after testing positive for COVID

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has been diagnosed with the coronavirus and has canceled his planned travels while he recuperates

Reuters

Japan PM Kishida COVID positive, cancels African development conference trip

Reuters

Japan to look into summit meet with China - Nikkei quotes Japan minister

Japan will look into holding a summit meeting between Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chinese President Xi Jinping, the Nikkei business daily quoted Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi as saying in an interview on Friday.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Kishi condemns anti-Ukraine tweet as fake

Former Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi announced Tuesday on his Twitter account that a post in his name criticizing Ukraine is fake.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

77th anniversary of war's end raises renewed calls for peace

The government's annual memorial for those who died in World War II was held at the Nippon Budokan hall in Tokyo on Monday, the 77th anniversary of the end of the war.

The Guardian - AU

Japan ministers visit war shrine as South Korea calls for end to historical tensions

Japan PM Fumio Kishida sends offering but stays away from Yasukuni, which honours dead including class-A war criminals

Asharq Al-Awsat

Japan PM Promises to Never Again Wage War, Ministers Visit Controversial Shrine

Japan's premier Fumio Kishida vowed to never again wage war on the anniversary of Japan's World War Two surrender while members of his cabinet visited a controversial shrine to mark the date, annoying South Korea and likely also irking China. With the Yasukuni Shrine seen as a symbol of Japan's…

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