September 23, 2021

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HEADLINES

Noon news

  • September 23, 2021
  • , All TV networks
  • JMH Summary

HEADLINES

Morning news 

  • September 23, 2021
  • , All national papers , All TV networks
  • JMH Summary

INTERNATIONAL

INTERNATIONAL

INTERNATIONAL

Enemy base attack capabilities emerge as focus of LDP election

  • September 18, 2021
  • , Yomiuri , p. 2
  • JMH Translation

INTERNATIONAL

Analysis: China’s TPP bid follows carefully scripted 300-day plan

  • September 23, 2021
  • , Nikkei Asia , 4:00 a.m.
  • English Press

INTERNATIONAL

Taiwan submits bid to join CPTPP trade pact

  • September 23, 2021
  • , Nikkei Asia , 3:48 a.m.
  • English Press

INTERNATIONAL

China goes on an intellectual property offensive

  • September 22, 2021
  • , Nikkei Asia , 6:00 p.m.
  • English Press

INTERNATIONAL

South Korean presidential hopeful looks to improve ties with Japan

  • September 23, 2021
  • , Nikkei Asia , 3:34 a.m.
  • English Press

INTERNATIONAL

Editorial: Biden’s way of implementing U.S. strategy may pose foreign policy problems

  • September 23, 2021
  • , The Japan News , 12:55 p.m.
  • English Press

INTERNATIONAL

Cartoon: The crackup

  • September 23, 2021
  • , Asahi , p.12
  • JMH Translation

INTERNATIONAL

Suga to hold bilateral talks with Indian counterpart 

  • September 23, 2021
  • , Nikkei
  • JMH Summary

INTERNATIONAL

Motegi to hold talks with U.S., ROK counterparts 

  • September 23, 2021
  • , Nikkei
  • JMH Summary

INTERNATIONAL

Japan pledges to donate more COVID-19 vaccines to COVAX 

  • September 23, 2021
  • , Yomiuri
  • JMH Summary

ECONOMY

BOJ eyes LDP race as hawkish outlier Takaichi gains strength

  • September 22, 2021
  • , Nikkei Asia , 8:58 p.m.
  • English Press

ECONOMY

No one filed to be candidate for Rengo president

  • September 23, 2021
  • , Sankei , p. 11
  • JMH Translation

ECONOMY

TEPCO to cut executive pay over n-plant security flaws

  • September 22, 2021
  • , Jiji Press , 10:09 p.m.
  • English Press

ECONOMY

TEPCO sees low risk awareness over nuclear material protection

  • September 22, 2021
  • , Jiji Press , 7:36 p.m.
  • English Press

ECONOMY

Low-level nuclear waste accumulating without disposal plan

  • September 20, 2021
  • , Asahi , p. 3
  • JMH Translation

ECONOMY

GPIF had 9.6-b.-yen investment in China’s Evergrande

  • September 22, 2021
  • , Jiji Press , 8:06 p.m.
  • English Press

ECONOMY

Taiwan applies to join TPP  

  • September 23, 2021
  • , All national papers
  • JMH Summary

SECURITY

Chinese ships spotted near Senkakus for ninth consecutive day

  • September 23, 2021
  • , Sankei , p. 22
  • JMH Translation

SECURITY

MOD to conduct research on satellite transmission interception

  • September 22, 2021
  • , Sankei , p. 1
  • JMH Translation

SECURITY

Japan lags behind China and Russia in space domain

  • September 22, 2021
  • , Sankei , p. 24
  • JMH Translation

SECURITY

MOD supports fixed-term SDF officers in building “second careers”

  • September 18, 2021
  • , Nikkei , p. 2
  • JMH Translation

SECURITY

U.S. Osprey makes emergency landing at Sendai Airport

  • September 23, 2021
  • , NHK
  • JMH Summary

POLITICS

Prime minister’s schedule on Sept. 22, 2021

  • September 23, 2021
  • , Sankei , p. 5
  • JMH Translation

POLITICS

Japan PM hopefuls Kishida and Kono battle for lawmaker votes

  • September 23, 2021
  • , Nikkei Asia , 2:14 a.m.
  • English Press

POLITICS

The LDP’s secretary-general: A combination of CEO and diplomat

  • September 22, 2021
  • , The Japan Times
  • English Press

POLITICS

Focus: Women’s entry in LDP leader race may not boost empowerment

  • September 22, 2021
  • , Kyodo News , 10:47 a.m.
  • English Press

POLITICS

Editorial: LDP candidates should address botched handling of pandemic

  • September 23, 2021
  • , The Asahi Shimbun , 1:05 p.m.
  • English Press

POLITICS

POLITICS

Kishida, Kono vie for lawmakers’ votes in LDP leadership race

  • September 23, 2021
  • , Nikkei
  • JMH Summary

SCIENCE

Japan flying car startup looks to Osaka to help it take off

  • September 22, 2021
  • , Nikkei Asia , 4:47 p.m.
  • English Press

SCIENCE

Vaccination rate in Japan surpasses that in U.S.

  • September 23, 2021
  • , Nikkei
  • JMH Summary

SOCIETY

Japan immigration actions in deportation ruled unconstitutional

  • September 22, 2021
  • , Jiji Press , 8:28 p.m.
  • English Press

SOCIETY

Organization facilitating foreign technical intern training concealed 200 million yen in income

  • September 18, 2021
  • , Nikkei digital , 4.39 p.m.
  • JMH Translation

SOCIETY

SOCIETY

Polish Embassy and JST establish award for young Japanese female researchers

  • September 18, 2021
  • , Asahi evening edition , p. 6
  • JMH Translation

SOCIETY

Library named after alum Haruki Murakami at Tokyo’s Waseda University

  • September 22, 2021
  • , The Japan Times
  • English Press

SOCIETY

Infographic: Five COVID-19 indicators for 27 key prefectures (Sept. 21, 2021)

  • September 22, 2021
  • , NHK digital , 10:19 p.m.
  • JMH Translation

SOCIETY

Infographic: Status of gov’t indicators for COVID-19 in Tokyo (Sept. 22, 2021)

  • September 23, 2021
  • , Tokyo Shimbun , p. 1
  • JMH Translation

SOCIETY

Infographic – Cumulative total no. of COVID-19 cases in Japan (Sept. 22, 2021): 1,685,034

  • September 22, 2021
  • , NHK digital , 6:57 p.m.
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