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Glowing opportunity: Japan to pay citizens up to $19k to settle around crippled Fukushima nuclear plant

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The Japanese government has taken an unprecedented step to revive areas near the Fukushima power plant, offering hefty sums of money to those agreeing to move there. There’s a catch though – they’ll have to stay for five years. … Read More >Glowing opportunity: Japan to pay citizens up to $19k to settle around crippled Fukushima nuclear plant

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Japan’s ‘Twitter killer’, who preyed on users sharing suicidal thoughts online & dismembered victims’ bodies, sentenced to death

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A court in Tokyo has sentenced a serial murderer, known as the ‘Twitter killer’ in Japan, to be executed. He picked his victims on social media, targeting girls with suicidal thoughts, and kept their dismembered bodies at home. … Read More >Japan’s ‘Twitter killer’, who preyed on users sharing suicidal thoughts online & dismembered victims’ bodies, sentenced to death

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America forced Tokyo to give up Kuril Islands, yet now it labels its Russian residents as Japanese, ex-diplomat tells RT

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The US’ decision to label residents of the disputed Kuril Islands as Japanese is a “very strange and irregular” move, former Australian diplomat Gregory Clark has told RT, adding it shows “rampant revisionism” on the US’ part. … Read More >America forced Tokyo to give up Kuril Islands, yet now it labels its Russian residents as Japanese, ex-diplomat tells RT

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Sorry Sergey, you’re Shinzo now! US tells 20,000 Russian islanders from disputed Kurils that it considers them to be Japanese

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Russian citizens of the disputed Kuril Islands are, according to US officials, actually Japanese – a result of the US’ policy of insisting much of the archipelago, governed by Moscow since World War II, rightly belongs to Tokyo. … Read More >Sorry Sergey, you’re Shinzo now! US tells 20,000 Russian islanders from disputed Kurils that it considers them to be Japanese

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India hosts allied war games with Australia, Japan & US in Arabian Sea amid heightened China tensions

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The Quad partners have kicked off part two of their naval drills with warships, including one of the world’s largest military vessels, gathering in the North Arabian Sea to showcase their capabilities in a four-day joint exercise. … Read More >India hosts allied war games with Australia, Japan & US in Arabian Sea amid heightened China tensions