April 1, 2022

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HEADLINES

Noon news

  • April 1, 2022
  • , All TV networks
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HEADLINES

Morning news

  • April 1, 2022
  • , All national papers
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INTERNATIONAL

GOJ to provide additional assistance to Ukrainian evacuees

  • April 1, 2022
  • , TV Asahi
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INTERNATIONAL

INTERNATIONAL

INTERNATIONAL

USTR report cites Japan’s “high” tariffs on rice, dairy products

  • April 1, 2022
  • , Kyodo News , 9:25 a.m.
  • JMH Translation

INTERNATIONAL

Japan to help Kuwait step up oil production

  • March 31, 2022
  • , Jiji Press , 10:30 p.m.
  • English Press

INTERNATIONAL

Editorial: Dire need to protect nuclear nonproliferation regime

  • April 1, 2022
  • , The Asahi Shimbun , 12:58 p.m.
  • English Press

INTERNATIONAL

INTERNATIONAL

Japan must impose embargo on Russian oil and gas: Ukraine ex-PM

  • March 31, 2022
  • , Nikkei Asia , 6:21 p.m.
  • English Press

INTERNATIONAL

INTERNATIONAL

Infographic: Suppliers of crude oil to Japan (2021)

  • April 1, 2022
  • , Mainichi , p. 1
  • JMH Translation

INTERNATIONAL

Commentary: Biden joins the Putin and Xi miscalculation club

  • March 31, 2022
  • , The Japan Times
  • English Press

INTERNATIONAL

Cartoon: Paranoia in the Kremlin

  • April 1, 2022
  • , Asahi , p. 12
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INTERNATIONAL

Japan to impose additional sanctions on North Korea

  • April 1, 2022
  • , Yomiuri
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INTERNATIONAL

Kishida says Japan to continue LNG development in Russian Far East 

  • April 1, 2022
  • , Asahi, Yomiuri, Sankei
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INTERNATIONAL

Japan’s ODA projects for China all completed

  • April 1, 2022
  • , Asahi
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INTERNATIONAL

Japanese oil wholesalers steer clear of Russian products 

  • April 1, 2022
  • , Mainichi
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INTERNATIONAL

Japan now calls Ukrainian capital Kyiv  

  • April 1, 2022
  • , All national papers
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INTERNATIONAL

U.S. to partly waive tariffs on Japanese steel

  • April 1, 2022
  • , Nikkei
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ECONOMY

Japan lists 7 items for supply action over current Russia dependence

  • March 31, 2022
  • , Kyodo News , 11:31 a.m.
  • English Press

ECONOMY

Big Tech in sharper focus for new Japan antitrust team

  • April 1, 2022
  • , Nikkei Asia , 4:25 a.m.
  • English Press

ECONOMY

METI to draw up roadmap for innovative next-generation nuclear reactor

  • March 28, 2022
  • , Sankei , p. 2
  • JMH Translation

ECONOMY

Wakayama City Assembly approves IR project

  • March 31, 2022
  • , Mainichi , p. 24
  • JMH Translation

ECONOMY

Food inflation takes bigger bite in Japan, with bread leading way

  • April 1, 2022
  • , Nikkei Asia , 6:49 a.m.
  • English Press

ECONOMY

Editorial: Focus policy priority on those hardest hit by rising prices

  • March 31, 2022
  • , The Asahi Shimbun , 5:53 p.m.
  • English Press

ECONOMY

Japan’s long-term gov’t debt may be at worst level of $8 tril.

  • March 31, 2022
  • , Kyodo News , 11:33 p.m.
  • English Press

ECONOMY

U.S. and Japan to ask ASEAN to help avert next chip crisis

  • April 1, 2022
  • , Nikkei Asia , 1:24 a.m.
  • English Press

ECONOMY

Editorial: Blackout warning signals Japan’s energy shortage

  • March 31, 2022
  • , Japan Forward
  • English Press

SECURITY

SECURITY

U.S. soldier allegedly points gun at Ryukyu Shimpo photographer

  • April 1, 2022
  • , Okinawa Times, Ryukyu Shimpo
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SECURITY

Editorial: Steady progress must be made in shaping the future of Okinawan development

  • April 1, 2022
  • , The Japan News , 1:51 p.m.
  • English Press

SECURITY

U.S. military plane performs mid-air refueling in skies over Kofu

  • March 30, 2022
  • , Akahata , Lead
  • JMH Translation

SECURITY

ASDF permanently deploys radar unit to Yonaguni, Okinawa

  • April 1, 2022
  • , Okinawa Times, Ryukyu Shimpo
  • JMH Translation

SECURITY

BOJ to investigate financial institutions on cybersecurity risks

  • March 30, 2022
  • , Nikkei , p. 9
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SECURITY

Japan gears up unit for international cybercrime investigations

  • March 31, 2022
  • , The Japan News , 5:44 p.m.
  • English Press

SECURITY

Editorial: Create deterrence that won’t allow forcible attempts to change status quo

  • March 31, 2022
  • , The Japan News , 6:12 p.m.
  • English Press

SECURITY

U.S. Marine in Okinawa arrested for DUI

  • April 1, 2022
  • , Ryukyu Shimpo , p. 35
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SECURITY

SECURITY

Military leaders of U.S., Japan, South Korea affirm trilateral cooperation 

  • April 1, 2022
  • , Yomiuri, Nikkei , NHK , Jiji, Kyodo
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SECURITY

SECURITY

ASDF radar unit installed on westernmost island 

  • April 1, 2022
  • , Yomiuri
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POLITICS

Prime minister’s schedule on March 31, 2022

  • April 1, 2022
  • , Sankei , p. 5
  • JMH Translation

POLITICS

“Anti-war protests” are new elements in war, GSDF

  • March 31, 2022
  • , Mainichi , p. 5
  • JMH Translation

POLITICS

POLITICS

NPA names Kawahara as new head of cyber police bureau

  • March 31, 2022
  • , Nikkei , p. 5
  • JMH Translation

POLITICS

Former financial services minister Ito joins Motegi faction

  • April 1, 2022
  • , Nikkei , p. 4
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POLITICS

Japan has no legal stipulation for “evacuees”

  • March 31, 2022
  • , Nikkei , p. 4
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POLITICS

POLITICS

LDP drafts proposal for use of new digital technology

  • March 31, 2022
  • , Mainichi , p. 5
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POLITICS

TMPD to reshuffle organized crime unit

  • March 30, 2022
  • , Mainichi , p. 20
  • JMH Translation

POLITICS

SCIENCE

The space(port) race: Asian nations jostle for rocket launch business

  • April 1, 2022
  • , Nikkei Asia , 6:00 a.m.
  • English Press

SCIENCE

METI to designate model petrochemical complexes to promote decarbonization

  • March 28, 2022
  • , Yomiuri , p. 4
  • JMH Translation

SOCIETY

BA.2 concerns rise as COVID-19 cases increase in 37 prefectures

  • March 31, 2022
  • , The Asahi Shimbun , 6:03 p.m.
  • English Press

SOCIETY

SOCIETY

Sri Lanka trainee takes maternity leave, gives birth in Japan

  • March 31, 2022
  • , Kyodo News , 10:15 p.m.
  • English Press

SOCIETY

Gangs have had their heyday in Japan, or have they?

  • March 31, 2022
  • , The Asahi Shimbun , 5:36 p.m.
  • English Press

EDUCATION

Infographic: Trend in no. of Japanese students studying abroad

  • March 31, 2022
  • , Mainichi evening edition , p. 8
  • JMH Translation

EDUCATION

School is back in Japan. At last, so are foreign students.

  • April 1, 2022
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