July 28, 2020
HEADLINES
Noon news
- July 28, 2020
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HEADLINES
Morning News
- July 28, 2020
- , All national papers , All TV networks
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INTERNATIONAL
Statues of kneeling Abe and “comfort woman” installed in ROK park
- July 28, 2020
- , TBS
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INTERNATIONAL
Kim Jong Un says “nuclear arms guarantee permanent security”
- July 28, 2020
- , NHK, NTV, TV Asahi
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INTERNATIONAL
Japan warns new “comfort women” statue may hurt ties with S. Korea
- July 28, 2020
- , Kyodo News , 1:35 p.m.
- English Press
INTERNATIONAL
While the U.S. and China engage in tit-for-tat consul closures, the abnormal vacancy in the post of U.S. envoy to Japan has continued for more than a year
- July 28, 2020
- Nikkan Gendai p. 2 , p. 2
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INTERNATIONAL
CCS Suga: Gov’t keen to collect information on COVID-19 situation in N. Korea
- July 28, 2020
- , Nikkei , p. 4
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INTERNATIONAL
EXCLUSIVE: Japan, U.K. may forgo dispute settlement system in trade deal
- July 28, 2020
- , Jiji Press , 8:56 a.m.
- English Press
INTERNATIONAL
Editorial: U.S., China must find face-saving ways to break chain of retaliation
- July 28, 2020
- , The Japan News , 12:45 p.m.
- English Press
INTERNATIONAL
Gov’t mulls revising laws to allow seizing survey vessels inside EEZ
- July 25, 2020
- , Mainichi , p. 1
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INTERNATIONAL
Commentary – Senkakus battle: Just a war game for now
- July 27, 2020
- , The Japan Times
- English Press
INTERNATIONAL
Bush advisers alarmed by Trump administration’s China moves
- July 28, 2020
- , Nikkei Asian Review , 8:30 a.m.
- English Press
INTERNATIONAL
Commentary: Tough talk is no substitute for a clear vision in U.S.-China relations
- July 27, 2020
- , The Japan Times
- English Press
INTERNATIONAL
Statues of ‘comfort woman’ and Abe stir debate in South Korea
- July 27, 2020
- , The Japan Times , Kyodo News , 7:18 p.m.
- English Press
INTERNATIONAL
China’s 100-day push near Senkaku Islands comes at unsettling time for Sino-Japanese ties
- July 27, 2020
- , The Japan Times
- English Press
INTERNATIONAL
Cartoon: In double act with Xi, Abe’s the stooge
- July 28, 2020
- , Tokyo Shimbun , p. 3
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INTERNATIONAL
Russia locks onto Southeast Asia to boost arms sales
- July 28, 2020
- , Nikkei Asian Review , 2:29 a.m.
- English Press
INTERNATIONAL
Japan paying close attention to friction between U.S. and China
- July 28, 2020
- , Sankei
- JMH Summary
INTERNATIONAL
Pentagon to fund rare-earth refinery by Australia’s Lynas
- July 27, 2020
- , Nikkei Asian Review , 11:58 p.m.
- English Press
INTERNATIONAL
Cooperate with Australia, other Asian nations in dealing with China: National Defense Academy president
- July 26, 2020
- , Asahi , p. 5
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ECONOMY
LDP group discusses possible legislation banning Chinese social media apps
- July 28, 2020
- , TBS, Fuji TV
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ECONOMY
Japan’s nuclear agency ready to officially approve safety of spent fuel reprocessing plant
- July 28, 2020
- , The Japan News , 2:36 p.m.
- English Press
ECONOMY
Coronavirus resurgence endangers Japan’s economic recovery scenario
- July 27, 2020
- , The Japan Times
- English Press
ECONOMY
Comprehensive futures trading services start in Japan
- July 27, 2020
- , Jiji Press , 8:02 p.m.
- English Press
ECONOMY
U.S. dangles financial aid to anti-Huawei campaign in Asia
- July 25, 2020
- , Nikkei Asian Review , 5:20 a.m.
- English Press
ECONOMY
Senior USG official comments on Huawei
- July 28, 2020
- , Yomiuri, Nikkei
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SECURITY
U.S. military member at Kyotango radar site tests positive with coronavirus
- July 28, 2020
- , Akahata , p. 15
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SECURITY
Capability to attack enemy bases runs counter to exclusive defense: Former Defense Minister Iwaya
- July 28, 2020
- , Asahi , p. 4
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SECURITY
Russia objects to Japan’s defense white paper
- July 25, 2020
- , Nikkei , p. 4
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SECURITY
Japan SDF enhancing electronic, cyber warfare capabilities
- July 27, 2020
- , Jiji Press , 9:16 p.m.
- English Press
SECURITY
Japan’s security strategy at a crossroads
- July 27, 2020
- , NHK WORLD
- English Press
SECURITY
Japan’s SDF cannot initiate cybersecurity actions on its own, defense scholar laments
- July 28, 2020
- , The Japan News , 12:18 p.m.
- English Press
SECURITY
Enhanced system allows JCG to simultaneously deal with Senkakus, heavy rains, and coronavirus
- July 23, 2020
- , Sankei , p. 28
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POLITICS
Prime minister’s schedule on July 27, 2020
- July 28, 2020
- , Sankei , p. 5
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POLITICS
Post-Abe candidates seek to correct concentration in Tokyo
- July 28, 2020
- , Jiji Press , 10:57 a.m.
- English Press
POLITICS
Abe likely to be quarantine-free upon return from G-7 Summit
- July 27, 2020
- , Jiji Press , 8:04 p.m.
- English Press
POLITICS
Suspicion arises over de-facto ‘Dentsu quota’ in Japan Cabinet’s PR office
- July 27, 2020
- , The Mainichi
- English Press
SCIENCE
Okinawa Marines partially lift restrictions on off-base activities
- July 28, 2020
- , Okinawa Times, Ryukyu Shimpo
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SCIENCE
Japan team finds traces of one of largest craters in solar system
- July 28, 2020
- , Jiji Press , 3:09 p.m.
- English Press
SOCIETY
President Trump visits Fujifilm unit working on COVID-19 vaccine
- July 28, 2020
- , NHK
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SOCIETY
Business travel test reservation system planned
- July 28, 2020
- , NHK WORLD
- English Press
SOCIETY
New 2,000 ALTs cannot come to Japan due to the pandemic
- July 27, 2020
- , The Japan News , 7:13 p.m.
- English Press
SOCIETY
Tokyo to draw up coronavirus measures for Olympics by year-end
- July 27, 2020
- , Jiji Press , 11:22 a.m.
- English Press
SOCIETY
Editorial: Japan gov’t must decide on coronavirus vaccine priority before it’s available
- July 27, 2020
- , The Mainichi
- English Press
SOCIETY
Infographic: New coronavirus cases and positive test rate in Tokyo (July 27, 2020)
- July 28, 2020
- , Tokyo Shimbun , p. 1
- JMH Translation
SOCIETY
Infographic: 31,976 persons in Japan confirmed to be infected with COVID-19 (July 27, 2020)
- July 28, 2020
- , NHK digital , 0:27 a.m.
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SOCIETY
Nearly 600 new COVID-19 cases confirmed nationwide on Monday
- July 28, 2020
- , All national papers
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SOCIETY
GOJ to establish guidelines for local governments’ measures against COVID-19
- July 28, 2020
- , Asahi, Nikkei
- JMH Summary
SOCIETY
Major Japanese companies to expand telework programs
- July 28, 2020
- , Nikkei
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SOCIETY
Health Ministry to launch study on “coronavirus depression”
- July 28, 2020
- , Asahi
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SOCIETY
GOJ to distribute 80 million cloth facemasks to elderly and childcare facilities
- July 28, 2020
- , Asahi
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SOCIETY
U.S., Europe take issue with Japan’s ban on reentry of foreign residents
- July 28, 2020
- , Nikkei
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