August 13, 2021
HEADLINES
Noon news
- August 13, 2021
- , All TV networks
- JMH Summary
HEADLINES
Morning news
- August 13, 2021
- , All national papers , All TV networks
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INTERNATIONAL
Did President Biden’s surprise teleconference come as a relief to embattled PM Suga?
- August 12, 2021
- , Fuji TV digital , 7:00 a.m.
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INTERNATIONAL
Editorial: ASEAN must unify, reassert itself for the sake of regional stability
- August 13, 2021
- , The Japan News , 12:14 p.m.
- English Press
INTERNATIONAL
U.S., Japan, other Quad members discuss Taiwan’s “peace and security”
- August 13, 2021
- , Kyodo News
- English Press
INTERNATIONAL
Japan calls for Australia’s leadership in Indo-Pacific
- August 12, 2021
- , Jiji Press , 8:28 a.m.
- English Press
INTERNATIONAL
Political solution difficult for Afghanistan, Pakistan PM
- August 13, 2021
- , Mainichi , p. 2
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INTERNATIONAL
U.S., Japan, other Quad members discuss Taiwan’s “peace and security”
- August 13, 2021
- , Kyodo News
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INTERNATIONAL
Australia to monitor North Korea’s illegal transfer of goods at sea
- August 13, 2021
- , Nikkei
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INTERNATIONAL
Japan expresses concern about Canadian national’s prison term in China
- August 13, 2021
- , Asahi, Yomiuri, Sankei
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INTERNATIONAL
Motegi discusses situation in Myanmar with ASEAN envoy
- August 13, 2021
- , Asahi, Sankei
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INTERNATIONAL
LDP Secretary General Nikai meets with Taiwanese representative to Japan
- August 13, 2021
- , Nikkei
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INTERNATIONAL
Japanese woman freed from Chinese prison after serving six-year sentence
- August 13, 2021
- , Yomiuri, Nikkei, Sankei
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INTERNATIONAL
Myanmar soccer player to be granted refugee status
- August 13, 2021
- , Mainichi, Nikkei, Sankei
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ECONOMY
INTERVIEW: TEPCO unit to promote household solar power biz
- August 12, 2021
- , Jiji Press , 6:53 p.m.
- English Press
ECONOMY
Japan FTC launches probe into IPO pricing
- August 12, 2021
- , Jiji Press , 12:13 p.m.
- English Press
ECONOMY
90% of firms see Japan economy growing in 2022 COVID recovery hopes, Kyodo News poll of 111 major companies
- August 13, 2021
- , Kyodo News , 7:02 a.m.
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SECURITY
Okinawa university marks 17th anniversary of helicopter crash on campus
- August 13, 2021
- , Okinawa Times, Ryukyu Shimpo
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SECURITY
Chinese ships spotted near Senkakus for fourth consecutive day
- August 13, 2021
- , Sankei , p. 19
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SECURITY
Japan issues exclusion orders to 80 Chinese fishing ships in 2021
- August 12, 2021
- , Jiji Press , 7:14 p.m.
- English Press
SECURITY
Arrested U.S. Army base worker also indicted for theft in Aug. 2020
- August 12, 2021
- , Okinawa Times , p. 22
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SECURITY
Defense Ministry seeking ‘drastic’ increase in fiscal 2022 budget
- August 12, 2021
- , The Asahi Shimbun , 5:02 p.m.
- English Press
SECURITY
Request to transplant coral in different area to be re-submitted to Okinawa Prefecture
- August 11, 2021
- , Ryukyu Shimpo , p. 2
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SECURITY
Suga tells Newsweek “Japan’s defense spending isn’t bound by 1% GDP cap”
- August 13, 2021
- , Yomiuri, Nikkei, Sankei
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SECURITY
Defense Ministry to double budget request for F-35 procurement
- August 13, 2021
- , Mainichi
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POLITICS
Cabinet ministers visit Yasukuni
- August 13, 2021
- , NHK
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POLITICS
Fewer Diet members participating in group visits to Yasukuni Shrine
- August 13, 2021
- , Sankei , p. 2
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POLITICS
Prime minister’s schedule on Aug. 12, 2021
- August 13, 2021
- , Sankei , p. 5
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POLITICS
Suga eases workload for summer, but won’t take day off
- August 13, 2021
- , The Japan Times , 1:27 p.m.
- English Press
POLITICS
Japan Lower House Speaker Oshima to retire from politics
- August 12, 2021
- , Jiji Press , 8:17 p.m.
- English Press
OPINION POLLS
Cabinet support rates at lowest-ever levels even after Olympics
- August 11, 2021
- , Nikkei , p. 4
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SCIENCE
Oil spills from freighter that ran aground at northeast Japan port
- August 12, 2021
- , Kyodo News , 10:37 p.m.
- English Press
SCIENCE
Japanese government to create “Green GDP” as economic indicator
- August 12, 2021
- , Nikkei , p. 6
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SCIENCE
Experts call for reducing flow of people in Tokyo by half
- August 13, 2021
- , All national papers
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SCIENCE
Most Tokyo Paralympic events likely to be held without spectators
- August 13, 2021
- , All national papers
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SOCIETY
GOJ to formally decide to place more prefectures under state of emergency
- August 13, 2021
- , Fuji TV
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SOCIETY
Video shows dead Sri Lankan woman treated like animal: family
- August 13, 2021
- , Jiji Press , 1:24 a.m.
- English Press
SOCIETY
Tokyo’s hospitals under strain as latest COVID-19 wave hits older people harder
- August 12, 2021
- , The Japan Times
- English Press
SOCIETY
Japan eases quarantine procedures for countries including U.K. and Pakistan
- August 12, 2021
- , The Japan Times
- English Press
SOCIETY
Editorial: Change awareness of immigration officials to prevent deaths of foreign detainees
- August 13, 2021
- , The Japan News , 12:30 p.m.
- English Press
SOCIETY
Business owners, experts share their views on mandatory vaccination in Japan
- August 8, 2021
- , Nikkei , p. 5
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SOCIETY
Infographic: Five COVID-19 indicators for 19 key prefectures (Aug. 11, 2021)
- August 12, 2021
- , NHK digital , 8:55 p.m.
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SOCIETY
Infographic: Status of gov’t indicators for COVID-19 in Tokyo (Aug. 12, 2021)
- August 13, 2021
- , Tokyo Shimbun , p. 1
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SOCIETY
Infographic: 1,090,260 persons in Japan confirmed to be infected with COVID-19 (Aug. 12, 2021)
- August 12, 2021
- , NHK digital , 8:57 p.m.
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SOCIETY
Japanese companies check supply chains for human rights abuses
- August 12, 2021
- , Nikkei Asia
- English Press
