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Japan sees record 2.73m visitors in December in Covid recovery year

TOKYO (AP) — Japan welcomed a record number of migrants in December, official data showed Wednesday (Jan. 17), capping a year of immediate recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic. The number of foreigners for business and recreation rose to 2. 73 million last year. month from 2. 44 million in November, according to the Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO). Was. . .

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Japan resumes landfill work at new US military site on Okinawa despite local opposition

Japanese construction workers on Wednesday resumed landfill work at the new site of the U.S. military base on Okinawa despite protests by the island’s residents that the move tramples on their rights and raises environmental concerns. The planned relocation site for the base, on Okinawa’s eastern coast, has been at the center of a dispute between the government in Tokyo and the local authorities at a time of the island’s growing strategic importance. Okinawa is becoming key for the Japan-U.S. mi

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The little Japanese moon toy: the photo probe ready to roll

Aboard the Japanese spacecraft “Moon Sniper” is a small robot with a big mission: to open up like a Transformer toy, writhe on the lunar surface and send photographs back to Earth. The SORA-Q sonar, co-developed through a parent toy company, has been a cute “Star Wars” droid and sea turtle because of the way its metallic form can navigate the dusty landscape of the Moon.

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