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South Asia

Japan's Mount Aso erupts, people warned to stay away

South Asia

China, Russia navy ships jointly sail through Japan strait

Coronavirus chronicle

Lack of vaccination passport, testing threaten Japan's reopening

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a news conference at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo, Japan October 14, 2021. Eugene Hoshiko/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

Politics

Japan kicks off election campaign as support for the ruling LDP dips

Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who is also the ruling Liberal Democratic Party President, attends a debate session with other leaders of Japan's main political parties ahead of October 31, 2021 lower house election, at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo, Japan October 18 , 2021. REUTERS/Issei Kato/Pool

Analysis

Echoing the opposition, Japan's Kishida woos voters with Abenomics critique

Leaders of Japan's main political parties the Social Democratic Party head Mizuho Fukushima, the Democratic Party for the People leader Yuichiro Tamaki, the Japanese Communist Party Chairman Kazuo Shii, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan leader Yukio Edano, Japan’s Prime Minister and ruling Liberal Democratic Party President Fumio Kishida, Komeito party leader Natsuo Yamaguchi, The Japan Restoration Party, also known as the Japan Restoration Association, leader Ichiro Matsui, Reiwa Shinsengumi party leader Taro Yamamoto and leader of the party fighting against NHK in the trial for violating Article 72 of the Attorney Act Takashi Tachibana attend a debate session ahead of October 31, 2021 lower house election, at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo, Japan October 18 , 2021. Photo :Reuters

World+Biz

Heads of Japan major parties to hold debate ahead of key election

In this Sept. 13, 2021, file photo, a woman receives the first shot of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine as others wait for their turn in front of pachinko pinball machines at the pachinko parlor Freedom in Osaka, western Japan. Almost overnight, Japan has become a stunning, and somewhat mysterious, coronavirus success story. Case numbers are way down, but experts worry that without knowing how exactly it cut cases so drastically, the nation may be in store for another devastating wave like during the summer. Photo :AP via UNB

Coronavirus chronicle

Vaccines, masks? Japan puzzling over sudden virus success

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World+Biz

New Japan PM sends offering to controversial Yasukuni shrine

Honda unveils e:N series electric concept cars

Wheels

Honda unveils e:N series electric concept cars

Global Economy

Japan PM Kishida launches flagship panel to look into wealth redistribution

Japan to provide more vaccine doses through COVAX in November

Covid-19 in Bangladesh

Japan to provide more vaccine doses through COVAX in November

Bangladesh new frontier of investment in Asia: Japanese envoy

Economy

Bangladesh new frontier of investment in Asia: Japanese envoy

A boy and a girl wearing protective masks look through the fence of Aomi Urban Sports Park, hosting 3x3 basketball tournaments, a day after the official opening of Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan July 24, 2021. Photo: Reuters

World+Biz

Suicides among Japanese children at record high during pandemic -media