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Japan Launches Ambitious Maritime Innovation Project
Nautical Voice
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July 9, 2025
A consortium of ten leading Japanese shipbuilders and research institutions has unveiled a groundbreaking five-year initiative aimed at enhancing the competitiveness and digital transformation of the maritime industry. With an investment of ¥12...
Casa exhibit explores Japanese Garden
Lethbridge Herald
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July 9, 2025
By Lethbridge Herald on July 9, 2025. Alejandra Pulido-Guzman LETHBRIDGE HERALD The Gallery at Casa is featuring works from 42 artists who have engaged in a year-long exploration of Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden, and it expands throughout both floors...
OwenMK announces upcoming EP and Japanese rock album after new release
SNnewswatch
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With 'The Great Valley' and 'RIPGarageband', the electro-synth artist blends nostalgia, innovation, and limitless creativity If you’re trying to keep up with Owen Kjiersdam, better known by his stage name OwenMK, good luck. He’s already working on...
Japan blank Chinese Taipei to begin East Asian women's football tournament in Korea
The Korea Times
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July 9, 2025
Japan defeated Chinese Taipei 4-0 in Korea on Wednesday to open their three-peat bid at the East Asian Football Federation (EAFF) E-1 Women's Football Championship. Miyu Yakata, Yume Takikawa and Hana Takahashi each scored for Japan in their...
Japan Slams Trump’s 25 Percent Tariff, Pursues Talks
MENAFN
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July 9, 2025
(MENAFN) Japan voiced strong regret on Tuesday following U.S. President Donald Trump’s move to enforce a 25-percent tariff on Japanese imports starting August 1, according to local reports. Despite the setback, Tokyo reaffirmed its commitment to...
Japan Has an Army — Here's How It's Different
JAPAN Forward
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July 9, 2025
Does Japan Have an Army? Ask around outside Japan, and you'll get a range of answers, from "No, they're pacifist" to "Sort of?" to "Isn't it just the United States protecting them?" The confusion is understandable. Japan is the world's...
Cambodian FM to Attend the 16th Mekong–Japan Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and the 13th Mekong–ROK Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Kuala Lumpur
Fresh News
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Hits: 147 Created: 09 July 2025 Hits: 147 (Phnom Penh): At the invitation of Bùi Thanh Sơn, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, in his capacity as Co-Chair of the 16th Mekong–Japan Foreign...
Prevalence, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Generalized Anxiety Disorder in Working Individuals: A Cross-Sectional Study Using Health Claims and Survey Data in Japan
Dove Medical Press
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July 9, 2025
Introduction Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is defined as a psychiatric condition characterized by excessive uncontrollable anxiety and worry, occurring more days than not for at least 6 months, about a number of events or activities such as...
Bullet train services briefly halted in southwestern Japan
Kyodo News+
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July 9, 2025
FUKUOKA - Shinkansen bullet train services in southwestern Japan were temporarily halted Wednesday after an object was found attached to an overhead wire, JR Kyushu said. The services on the Kyushu Shinkansen line restarted around 12:20 p.m. after...
Japan blank Chinese Taipei to begin East Asian women's football tournament in S. Korea
Yonhap News Agency
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July 9, 2025
By Yoo Jee-ho SEOUL, July 9 (Yonhap) -- Japan defeated Chinese Taipei 4-0 in South Korea on Wednesday to open their three-peat bid at the East Asian Football Federation (EAFF) E-1 Women's Football Championship. Miyu Yakata, Yume Takikawa and Hana...
SAI official awarded Japan's MEXT Scholarship
Pennsylvania Sun
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New Delhi [India], July 9 (ANI): Sachin K, Deputy Director at the Sports Authority of India (SAI) and currently serving as Incharge of the National Boxing Academy in Rohtak, has been awarded the prestigious MEXT Scholarship (Ministry of Education,...
Japan consortium to kick off gov’t-backed project to ‘boost’ its shipbuilding capacity
Offshore Energy
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July 9, 2025
A consortium consisting of ten Japanese shipbuilders, research institutes and academic institutions has unpacked a five-year initiative to ‘boost’ the competitiveness and digital transformation of the maritime industry and support the development...
Japanese Firm Remixpoint Commits $215M to Bitcoin, Aims for 3,000 BTC Holdings
Blockonomi
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July 9, 2025
TLDR: Remixpoint raises $215M in yen financing to build corporate Bitcoin reserves. Targeted BTC holding is 3,000, but final amount may shift with price and stock moves. Strategy sparked comparisons to MicroStrategy after board’s unanimous...
Japanese Ramen Day
Honolulu Star-Advertiser - Hawaii
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July 9, 2025
Photo by Cassidy Apo In Japan, National Ramen Day is celebrated on July 11, as it’s said that the number seven stands for “range,” or ramen spoon, and the number 11 resembles chopsticks. The date is also the birthday of Tokugawa Mitsukuni who,...
GSDF begins Osprey deployment to new camp in southwestern Japan
Japan Times
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July 9, 2025
Saga – The Ground Self-Defense Force opened a camp in the city of Saga on Wednesday as it began work to relocate its 17 Osprey tilt-rotor transport aircraft from a camp in eastern Japan. The Osprey deployment from the GSDF's Camp Kisarazu in Chiba...
Japan GDP growth rebounds to annualized 0.9% in May: JCER
Nikkei Asia
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July 9, 2025
TOKYO -- Japan's economy grew at an annualized pace of 0.9% in May from the previous month, led by private-sector capital expenditures, according to an estimate released by the Japan Center for Economic Research (JCER) on Wednesday. The growth...
Sanctuary Runners athletes join initiative to promote World Expo's 'Global Solidarity Run' in Japan
Irish Examiner
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July 9, 2025
A group of athletes has made the world their running track with a unique solidarity initiative launched this week to promote the World Expo in Osaka, Japan.Now in its second year, the purpose of the Global Solidarity Run is to enable people across...
UK secures $10 billion clean energy investment deal with Japan's Sumitomo Corp
Channel News Asia
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July 9, 2025
LONDON :Britain secured a deal to unlock 7.5 billion pound ($10 billion) in investments with Japan's Sumitomo Corp, funding clean energy infrastructure such as offshore wind and hydrogen projects over the next 10 years, the government said on...
Japan needs to take the quantum-technology leap
Japan Times
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July 9, 2025
From the World War II race for an atomic bomb, to the Cold War race for nuclear and space technologies, and now the global AI race, each technological frontier has reshaped the geopolitical landscape. Today, similar to AI, quantum technology is...
Exploring questions of meaning, ethics and belief through Japanese anime
The Conversation
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July 9, 2025
Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching. Title of course: Anime and Religious Identity: Cultural Aesthetics in Japanese Spiritual Worlds What prompted the idea for the...