May 21, 2020
HEADLINES
Noon news
- May 21, 2020
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- JMH Summary
HEADLINES
Morning news
- May 21, 2020
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INTERNATIONAL
Suga comments on President Trump’s tweet on G7 summit
- May 21, 2020
- , Nikkei digital
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INTERNATIONAL
Judiciary proceedings held for two Americans who helped Ghosn escape
- May 21, 2020
- , NHK
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INTERNATIONAL
Japan seeks deeper ties with Taiwan as Tsai Ing-wen begins second term
- May 20, 2020
- , The Japan Times , Kyodo
- English Press
INTERNATIONAL
Editorial: Share Taiwan’s knowledge on system for preventing epidemics
- May 21, 2020
- , The Japan News , 12:43 p.m.
- English Press
INTERNATIONAL
Key piece in the Wuhan puzzle, China’s ‘bat woman’ goes dark
- May 21, 2020
- , Nikkei Asian Review , 5:16 a.m.
- English Press
INTERNATIONAL
China must not flex muscle as neighbors grapple with pandemic
- May 20, 2020
- , Nikkei Asian Review , 2:01 p.m.
- English Press
INTERNATIONAL
Cartoon: Demon marionettist
- May 21, 2020
- , Asahi , p. 10
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INTERNATIONAL
President Trump says G7 summit may be held at Camp David
- May 21, 2020
- , Yomiuri
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INTERNATIONAL
ROK bill on compensation for forced laborers scrapped
- May 21, 2020
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INTERNATIONAL
Two Americans arrested for helping Carlos Ghosn escape from Japan
- May 21, 2020
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INTERNATIONAL
Japan steers clear of directly criticizing China at WHO Assembly
- May 20, 2020
- , Yomiuri , p. 3
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ECONOMY
Kyushu Electric shuts another n-reactor for delayed work
- May 20, 2020
- , Jiji Press , 1:36 p.m.
- English Press
ECONOMY
Local TV footage used to analyze Fukushima N-plant explosion
- May 20, 2020
- , The Japan News , 6:12 p.m.
- English Press
ECONOMY
METI and J-POWER to deploy carbon storage technology in Indonesia
- May 18, 2020
- , Nikkei , p. 3
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ECONOMY
Japan core machinery orders down 0.4 pct in March
- May 20, 2020
- , Jiji Press , 12:50 p.m.
- English Press
ECONOMY
Number of foreign visitors to Japan plummeted to record low last month
- May 21, 2020
- , All national papers
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SECURITY
USS Theodore Roosevelt leaves port for first time in two months
- May 21, 2020
- , NHK
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SECURITY
Defense report warns about security challenges
- May 21, 2020
- , NHK WORLD
- English Press
SECURITY
Chatan suspects may have spent stolen money on base
- May 21, 2020
- , Ryukyu Shimpo , p. 23
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SECURITY
Over 3,000 takeoffs and landings observed at Kadena base in March
- May 20, 2020
- , Ryukyu Shimpo , p. 24
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SECURITY
Space — the new war zone?
- May 21, 2020
- , Asahi , p. 3
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SECURITY
U.S. military faces down two challenges in western Pacific: COVID-19 and China
- May 20, 2020
- , The Japan Times
- English Press
SECURITY
New missile data feared leaked via cyberattack on M’bishi Electric
- May 20, 2020
- , Kyodo News , 3:46 p.m.
- English Press
SECURITY
Mitsubishi Electric attack likely stole data on new missile
- May 20, 2020
- , The Asahi Shimbun , 4:05 p.m.
- English Press
POLITICS
Prime minister’s schedule on May 20, 2020
- May 21, 2020
- , Sankei , p. 5
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POLITICS
Exclusive: Tokyo Prosecutor Kurokawa to resign
- May 20, 2020
- , Jiji Press , 11:35 p.m.
- English Press
POLITICS
Lower House Panel on Constitution to meet on May 28
- May 20, 2020
- , Jiji Press , 8:58 p.m.
- English Press
OPINION POLLS
Questions & results from NHK public opinion poll on Japan and the U.S.
- May 18, 2020
- , NHK digital
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SCIENCE
Kadena AB allows children of base personnel to attend off-base schools
- May 21, 2020
- , Okinawa Times
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SCIENCE
Japan launches Kounotori cargo transporter on final mission to ISS
- May 21, 2020
- , Kyodo News , 7:02 a.m.
- English Press
SCIENCE
MOFA official says last year’s foam extinguisher leakage at Futenma was “minor”
- May 21, 2020
- , Ryukyu Shimpo
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SCIENCE
State of emergency to be lifted for Kansai region today
- May 21, 2020
- , All national papers
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SCIENCE
Tokyo confirms additional miscalculations in numbers of new COVID-19 cases
- May 21, 2020
- , NHK
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SCIENCE
More PCR test centers set up across Japan
- May 21, 2020
- , Nikkei
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SCIENCE
People steer clear of hotels, restaurants even after state of emergency lifted
- May 21, 2020
- , Nikkei
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SCIENCE
Launch of SDF space mission squadron to enhance space collaboration with U.S.
- May 21, 2020
- , Asahi
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SOCIETY
Aichi college objects to media reports on its clinical trials of Avigan
- May 21, 2020
- , All national papers
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SOCIETY
Journalists’ club removes parody of Olympic logo depicting COVID-19
- May 21, 2020
- , Kyodo News , 1:48 p.m.
- English Press
SOCIETY
Coronavirus vaccine unlikely to be developed this year: Japan expert
- May 20, 2020
- , Kyodo News , 11:10 p.m.
- English Press
SOCIETY
Editorial: Quickly correct delay in disbursing uniform ¥100,000 in pandemic aid
- May 21, 2020
- , The Japan News , 12:35 p.m.
- English Press
SOCIETY
Airlines stepping up vigilance against human trafficking
- May 18, 2020
- , Nikkei , p. 22
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SOCIETY
Emperor, Empress express gratitude to medical workers
- May 20, 2020
- , Jiji Press , 11:12 p.m.
- English Press
SOCIETY
COVID-19 triggers calls for altering lay judge system
- May 20, 2020
- , Jiji Press , 4:54 p.m.
- English Press
SOCIETY
Infographic: 17,145 persons in Japan confirmed to be infected with COVID-19
- May 20, 2020
- , NHK digital , 10:49 p.m.
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