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Japan to cull 7,000 chickens after new bird flu outbreak confirmed in Aomo
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], December 12 (ANI/Sputnik): An avian flu outbreak has been registered in the northern Japanese prefecture of Aomori, with 7,000 birds slated for extermination, the Kyodo news agency reported on Sunday.
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Magnitude 5 earthquake strikes eastern Japan
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], December 12 (ANI/Sputnik): A 5.0-magnitude earthquake took place on Sunday in the eastern Japanese prefecture of Ibaraki, which is to the northeast of Tokyo, there is no risk of a tsunami, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.
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Japan to urge China to act responsibly in South China Sea, Hong Kong
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Liverpool [UK], December 12 (ANI): Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa said on Saturday (local time) that Tokyo intends to urge China to act responsibly in the East and South China Seas, Hong Kong, and its Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
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G-7 foreign ministers exchange views on Beijing Winter Olympics amid calls
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Liverpool [UK], December 11 (ANI): The Group of Seven industrialised nations' Foreign Ministers exchanged their views on the upcoming 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics amid the echoing call to boycott the games, Kyodo News reported citing a Japanese delegation source.
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Japanese FM, Blinken vow to boost alliance capabilities to counter China's
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], December 11 (ANI): Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi on Saturday met with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and agreed to strengthen the deterrence and response capabilities of their countries' alliance to counter China's growing assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific re
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UK plans to lift post-Fukushima import restrictions on Japanese food
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], December 11 (ANI/Sputnik): The UK government is planning to lift import restrictions on Japanese farm products that were imposed after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said.
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'Go beyond diplomatic boycott' of Beijing Olympics, political analyst urge
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], December 9 (ANI): After several countries announced a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics, a political analyst called on Tokyo to diplomatically shun the event and go 'beyond' it by stopping Japanese athletes from attending its opening ceremony.
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Over 100 million Japanese get at least 1 dose of COVID-19 vaccine
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan] December 8 (ANI/Sputnik): More than 100 million Japanese have had at least one shot of a COVID-19 vaccine, with vaccination thus reaching 79% of approximately 126 million Japanese, the Kyodo news agency reported, citing Wednesday's data from the government website.
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Japanese envoy expresses grief over demise of CDS General Rawat
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 8 (ANI): Japan's ambassador to India Satoshi Suzuki has expressed condolences over the demise of Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat, who was killed in a helicopter crash on Wednesday along with his wife and 11 others on board an Indian Air Force's ch
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Japan reports first Japanese to be infected with COVID Omicron variant
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan] December 7 (ANI): Japan reported its first case of a Japanese national infected with the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, marking the third case in the country on Monday, reported Kyodo News.
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Defence ministers of US, Japan agree to hold meeting in 2+2 format: Pentag
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 4 (ANI/Sputnik): US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin and Japanese Defence Minister Nobuo Kishi have held a phone conversation, during which they agreed to hold a meeting in a 2+2 format with the nations' foreign policy chiefs, the US Department of Defence said.
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Defence Ministers of US, Japan agree to hold meeting in 2+2 format
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 4 (ANI/Sputnik): US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin and Japanese Defence Minister Nobuo Kishi have held a phone conversation, during which they agreed to hold a meeting in a 2+2 format with the nations' foreign policy chiefs, the US Department of Defence said.
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