March 5, 2021

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HEADLINES

Noon news

  • March 5, 2021
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HEADLINES

Morning news 

  • March 5, 2021
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INTERNATIONAL

INTERNATIONAL

U.S., Japan hold bilateral security discussions

  • March 5, 2021
  • , NHK
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INTERNATIONAL

Monument to U.S.-Japan friendship to be unveiled on disaster-hit island

  • March 5, 2021
  • , The Japan News , 1:41 p.m.
  • English Press

INTERNATIONAL

In support of Taiwan, Japan’s ruling party buries old rivalries

  • March 5, 2021
  • , Nikkei Asia , 8:23 a.m.
  • English Press

INTERNATIONAL

INTERNATIONAL

TEPCO to support Laotian utilities in managing power grid

  • March 5, 2021
  • , NIKKEI Business Daily , p. 7
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INTERNATIONAL

Japan has extradition treaties with U.S. and ROK only

  • March 3, 2021
  • , Sankei , p. 24
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INTERNATIONAL

Quad should work with ASEAN, Europe, Middle East and Africa: Motegi

  • March 4, 2021
  • , Nikkei Asia , 8:00 a.m.
  • English Press

INTERNATIONAL

Editorial: China’s new coast guard law appears designed to intimidate

  • March 4, 2021
  • , The Japan Times
  • English Press

INTERNATIONAL

Secretary Blinken, Secretary Austin to visit Japan mid-March 

  • March 5, 2021
  • , All national papers
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INTERNATIONAL

INTERNATIONAL

U.S. to build missile network against China 

  • March 5, 2021
  • , Nikkei
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INTERNATIONAL

Japan condemns violence against citizens in Myanmar 

  • March 5, 2021
  • , Asahi, Nikkei
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ECONOMY

The sad reality of Japan’s zero-carbon goal

  • March 3, 2021
  • , Asahi , p. 13
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ECONOMY

METI to disclose ceiling bid price for solar power trading from FY2021

  • March 4, 2021
  • , Nikkei , p. 5
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ECONOMY

1.46 m. workers effectively unemployed in Japan: think tank

  • March 4, 2021
  • , Jiji Press , 5:09 p.m.
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SECURITY

SECURITY

USG had plan to build atomic power plant in Okinawa in 1960s

  • March 5, 2021
  • , Okinawa Times
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SECURITY

Citizens’ group demands “low-altitude helicopter flights be halted”

  • March 5, 2021
  • , Mainichi , p. 25
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SECURITY

Chinese ships spotted near Senkakus for 20th consecutive day

  • March 5, 2021
  • , Sankei , p. 24
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SECURITY

Commentary: Can Japan really shoot at vessels over the Senkaku Islands?

  • March 4, 2021
  • , The Japan Times
  • English Press

SECURITY

U.S. Navy helicopters practice landing, take-off in Roppongi, Suga comments

  • March 3, 2021
  • , Mainichi , p. 25
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SECURITY

U.S. to build anti-China missile network along first island chain

  • March 5, 2021
  • , Nikkei Asia , 1:00 a.m.
  • English Press

SECURITY

U.S. military planned to conduct drill off Senkakus last month

  • March 5, 2021
  • , The Japan News , 2:45 p.m.
  • English Press

SECURITY

Noise from U.S. carrier aircraft increased in three years after Iwakuni transfer

  • February 28, 2021
  • , Akahata , p. 11
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SECURITY

U.S. military planned drills near Senkakus in February

  • March 5, 2021
  • , Yomiuri
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SECURITY

U.S. military helicopters fly near Tokyo Skytree

  • March 5, 2021
  • , Mainichi
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POLITICS

PM Suga stresses “difficulty” of eliminating nuclear power

  • March 4, 2021
  • , Yomiuri , p. 4
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POLITICS

Prime minister’s schedule on March 4, 2021

  • March 5, 2021
  • , Sankei , p. 5
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POLITICS

POLITICS

Cartoon: The fall of communication ministry bureaucrats

  • March 3, 2021
  • , Sankei , p.5
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SCIENCE

Spacecraft explodes after offer for free trip around the moon

  • March 4, 2021
  • , The Asahi Shimbun , 6:28 p.m.
  • English Press

SCIENCE

GOJ to decide today to extend state of emergency for Tokyo region

  • March 5, 2021
  • , All national papers
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SOCIETY

Interview: Former U.S. envoy to Japan recalls Tohoku earthquake

  • March 2, 2021
  • , Sankei , p.2
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SOCIETY

Experts urge stricter coronavirus measures in Tokyo

  • March 4, 2021
  • , Jiji Press , 10:36 p.m.
  • English Press

SOCIETY

Excluding overseas spectators a bid to defang Games cancellation calls

  • March 4, 2021
  • , The Japan News , 4:17 p.m.
  • English Press

SOCIETY

SOCIETY

Japan imperial couple talk online with disaster victims

  • March 4, 2021
  • , Jiji Press , 9:37 p.m.
  • English Press

SOCIETY

Editorial: Enhanced efforts needed to stop rising suicides at height of March

  • March 4, 2021
  • , The Asahi Shimbun , 1:30 p.m.
  • English Press

SOCIETY

Consultations on domestic violence set new high for 17th year in a row

  • March 4, 2021
  • , The Asahi Shimbun , 5:25 p.m.
  • English Press

SOCIETY

Child abuse cases across Japan top 100,000 for first time

  • March 5, 2021
  • , The Asahi Shimbun , 7:00 a.m.
  • English Press

SOCIETY

Remembering Ezra Vogel: Undone book and wish for peace

  • March 4, 2021
  • , The Asahi Shimbun , 10:50 a.m.
  • English Press

SOCIETY

Editorial: Japan must speed up domestic vaccines against COVID-19

  • March 4, 2021
  • , Japan Forward
  • English Press

SOCIETY

Infographic: Status of gov’t indicators for COVID-19 in Tokyo (Mar. 4, 2021)

  • March 5, 2021
  • , Tokyo Shimbun , p. 1
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SOCIETY

EDUCATION

Japan’s ruling parties mull new law to bar sexually abusive teachers

  • March 4, 2021
  • , The Japan News , 5:12 p.m.
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