(4) Japanese courts granted compensation to Iwao Hakamata, the world’s longest-serving death row inmate, for being wrongly convicted in 1966.
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(2) Tokyo’s government created a four-stage plan in case of a Mount Fuji eruption, each based on the amount of ash falling from the eruption.
(3) Japan, South Korea, and China had a big meeting to talk about peace and cooperation, but China doesn’t have a great track record on keeping promises
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Last week in Japan , March 25th , rundown:
(1) A Tokyo District Court ordered the Unification Church to disband as a religious corporation. The church will likely appeal the court’s decision.
Japan, South Korea, and China had a big meeting to talk about peace and cooperation, but China doesn’t have a great track record on keeping promises.
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Japanese courts granted compensation to Iwao Hakamata, the world’s longest-serving death row inmate, for being wrongly convicted in 1966.
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Japan's government will fund the development of AI-driven robots designed to help with elderly care.
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(4) Toyota created a 10-billion-dollar hub for robotics, AI, and self-driving, hydrogen-powered transportation, near Mount Fuji.
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(2) Forest fires broke out in Ofunato City and firefighters still haven’t been able to put them out.
(3) Viral Twitter posts have stirred up anti-Kurd sentiment when a Turkish IT worker tweeted that Japan is actually the Kurds’ homeland.
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Last week in Japan , February 27th , rundown:
(1) A professor filed a criminal complaint against Shinji Ishimaru, the runner-up in Tokyo’s 2024 gubernatorial race, for allegedly violating election laws
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Viral Twitter posts have stirred up anti-Kurd sentiment when a Turkish IT worker tweeted that Japan is actually the Kurds’ homeland.
This and more in the latest episode of the Rorshok Japan Update. Click on the link in bio to listen to the full story!
Toyota created a 10-billion-dollar hub for robotics, AI, and self-driving, hydrogen-powered transportation, near Mount Fuji.
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(4) Thai authorities rescued a 16-year-old Japanese boy who had been forced to work at a scam base in Myanmar
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(2) Grossi, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, will check out the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, which suffered a meltdown in 2011.
(3) The court sentenced the man who threw a pipe bomb at ex-Japanese PM Kishida to 10 years in prison.
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Last week in Japan , February 20th , rundown:
(1) The approval of PM Ishiba’s cabinet rose mainly due to his meeting with Trump, avoiding making Japan a target of US tariffs.
The court sentenced the man who threw a pipe bomb at ex-Japanese PM Kishida to 10 years in prison.
This and more in the latest episode of the Rorshok Japan Update. Click on the link in bio to listen to the full story!
