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17/07/26 [Los Angeles Times on MSN] > Japan enacts law to punish national flag vandals. Opponents say it's a threat to free speech : The law punishes publicly damaging or defacing the national flag, known as "hinomaru". Opponents say the ambiguous law only intimidates people from using the flag in art, protests or other forms of ...
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17/07/26 [UPI on MSN] > Japan moves to reinvigorate royal family but keeps succession male-only : Japanese lawmakers revised succession rules to bolster the dwindling ranks of the royal family but ignored public backing to permit female succession.
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17/07/26 [UPI on MSN] > Roger Goodell says NFL wants to hold regular-season game in Japan : The NFL wants to hold a regular-season game in Japan, commissioner Roger Goodell said. A record nine international games will be held in 2026.
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17/07/26 [Town & Country] > Japan Revises Royal Succession Rules as Imperial Family Shrinks : For the first time since 1949, Japan has updated its Imperial House Law to expand the number of eligible members of the Japanese royal family, but the new rule continues to exclude women. Princess ...
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17/07/26 [TechSpot] > Japan's first national AI factory will use 27,500 GPUs across 382 Vera Rubin racks : In total, the project calls for 27,500 Rubin GPUs and 13,750 Vera CPUs connected through Spectrum-X Ethernet networking. The system is designed to handle the training ...
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17/07/26 [The New York Times] > Japan Criminalizes Flag Desecration in Nationalist Push : The new law is part of a campaign by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, a hard-line conservative, to build a more patriotic and assertive Japan. Critics say it undermines free speech.
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17/07/26 [NPR] > Japan revises law on royals, keeps blocking women from throne : A popular princess drives support for having a female Japanese Emperor. But the country's first female prime minister opposes it.
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17/07/26 [BBC] > Japan relaxes royal succession rules - but ban on female emperors remains : The Japanese parliament has approved a bill to relax imperial succession rules, amid concerns over the dwindling size of the imperial family. The bill, passed by the upper house on Friday, allows the ...
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16/07/26 [UPI] > South Korea, U.S., Japan military chiefs reaffirm cooperation against N. Korea : The top military officers of South Korea, the United States and Japan reaffirmed their commitment to closer security cooperation against North Korean threats, Seoul said Thursday.
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14/07/26 [CNBC on MSN] > Japan’s bond market is back in play after decades in the wilderness : JGBs have been selling off amid policy normalization and concerns over Tokyo's spending plans, but experts say that they deserve another look from investors.