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Researchers in Japan conduct multifetal pregnancy reduction surgeries
Japan Times
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July 16, 2025
Osaka – Researchers at the University of Osaka Hospital conducted surgeries last year to reduce the number of fetuses in 10 cases of multiple pregnancy, it has been learned. It was the first time that the procedure was carried out as clinical...
New network links Home Team psychologists, mental health bodies to boost emergency response
The Straits Times
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July 16, 2025
SINGAPORE – A new initiative bringing together Home Team psychologists and correctional rehabilitation specialists, as well as professionals from mental health associations, has been rolled out to enhance Singapore’s crisis management and...
Fact Check: Did COVID-19 Vaccines Kill 600K in Japan?
Tech ARP
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July 16, 2025
Did Japan confirm that COVID-19 vaccines have now killed over 600K of its citizens? Take a look at the shocking claim, and find out what the facts really are! Claim : COVID-19 Vaccines Killed 600K People in Japan People are sharing posts (1, 2, 3,...
Fitch analyst sees fiscal policy as main risk to Japan’s credit rating
KFGO - North Dakota
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July 16, 2025
By Makiko Yamazaki TOKYO (Reuters) -Fitch Ratings sees fiscal policy as the main risk to Japan’s credit rating, its Japan sovereign analyst said on Wednesday, as calls for aggressive spending and consumption tax cuts intensify ahead of Sunday’s...
Japanese man sentenced by China court to 3.5 yrs in prison for spying
Kyodo News+
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July 16, 2025
BEIJING - A Beijing court on Wednesday sentenced a Japanese man to 3 years and six months in prison for spying, the Japanese Embassy in Beijing said, with the guilty verdict likely to impact bilateral ties. The No. 2 Intermediate People's Court in...
Labor and Coalition in lockstep as Trump threatens to pull pharma tariffs forward
The Age
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July 16, 2025
However, he said the prime minister had not “done everything he can to advance” Australian-American relations. “This should have been raised at the highest level months ago. It is frankly embarrassing that our prime minister has still not secured...
Fujitsu and Acer Medical deploy AI tool to assess disease risk in elderly patients through gait abnormality
Biospectrum Asia
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July 15, 2025
Fujitsu and Acer Medical deploy AI tool to assess disease risk in elderly patients through gait abnormality July 16, 2025 | Wednesday | News Expected to be introduced by Acer Medical to elderly care facilities across Taiwan by the end of 2025...
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Trump signals ‘very high’ pharma tariffs by Aug 1, warns rates could reach 200%
Firstpost
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July 16, 2025
President Donald Trump recently indicated his intention to impose tariffs on pharmaceuticals and semiconductors as early as the end of July. These import taxes are likely to align with broader "reciprocal" rates set to take effect on August 1st....
"I cracked my skull and was in the hospital. And nobody called me": How America's most dysfunctional band grew to hate each other but learned to love again
Louder
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July 16, 2025
In 2012, as Aerosmith released Music From Another Dimension!, their first album of all-new material since 2001's Just Push Play, Classic Rock despatched Boston writer Ken McIntyre to Los Angeles to interview Boston's favourite sons. In this...
Australia, US and Japan sign naval logistics agreement
Naval Today
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July 16, 2025
The US, Australian, and Japanese officials have signed a naval logistics agreement to further enhance logistics interoperability among their maritime forces. Credit: US Embassy in Australia As disclosed, the intent is to enable deeper maritime...
Medtronic to distribute Future Medical’s peripheral guidewires
MassDevice
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July 15, 2025
Medtronic (NYSE: MDT) + today announced an exclusive U.S. distribution agreement for Future Medical Design peripheral guidewires. Japan-based Future offers specialty and workhorse guidewires. The agreement includes the first 400 cm, 0.018″...
From 10% to Tokyo: Brielle Worley’s inspiring story of overcoming the odds
KFDA - Texas
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July 16, 2025
AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) - There are few achievements more difficult for an athlete than earning a spot to represent your country on an international stage. Amarillo High alumna Brielle Worley, however, has been overcoming the odds since the day of...
‘Hugely important’: Melbourne Lord Mayor defends $82,000 trip to China and Japan
Sky News Australia
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July 16, 2025
Melbourne Lord Mayor Nicholas Reece has defended an upcoming trip to China and Japan that will cost ratepayers a massive $82,000. Mr Reece is set to travel to six cities in China and Japan from 16 to 29 September as part of a North Asia Business...
Japanese company to create 56 jobs at subsidiary in White House
Nashville Post - Tennessee
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Officials with Advanex Americas announced Tuesday that the company will invest $11.4 million in its U.S. headquarters in White House, a move expected to yield 56 jobs. The announcement comes about four years after Advanex said it would relocate...
Chinese court jails Japanese executive for 3.5 years in spying case
The Straits Times
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July 16, 2025
BEIJING – A Chinese court sentenced a Japanese citizen to prison for espionage, Nippon TV reported, citing an unidentified Japanese government official, in a verdict that threatens to damage ties between Asia’s two largest economies. The Nikkei...
Rising sun: why Japanese fiction is booming in the west
Prospect
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When Shōmetsu Sekai (Vanishing World) hit Japan’s bookshops in 2015, its author, Sayaka Murata, was all but unknown on British shores. More Japanese books were starting to appear in English (notably Takashi Hiraide’s The Guest Cat), but...
JW Bioscience Launches Japan’s Sakura Finetek’s Continuous Automated Embedding System ‘Tissue-Tek AutoTEC a120’ in Korea
Korea IT Times
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July 16, 2025
JW Bioscience announced on July 16 that it has launched the 'Tissue-Tek AutoTEC a120,' Japan’s leading pathology automation company's continuous automatic embedding system from Sakura Finetek, into the Korean market. The AutoTEC a120 is the...
Trump’s trade blitz continues with Indonesia deal, pharma tariff plans, and global warnings
Cyprus Mail
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July 16, 2025
President Donald Trump said the U.S. would impose a 19% tariff on goods from Indonesia under a new agreement with the Southeast Asian country and more deals were coming, while offering fresh details on planned duties on pharmaceuticals. Trump...
Japan’s Charm Obsession - The Pocket-Sized Revolution
Yokogao Magazine
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Before Labubu became the forest-dwelling mischief idol of Gen Z collectors, before pants charms dangled from belt loops, and long before Pokémon swung from the flip phones of middle schoolers, there was a single knot: the omamori. Sold at temples,...
First Anantara project in Japan signed by Royal Minor and List Development
Travel Weekly
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July 16, 2025
Slated to open in 2030, the new-build Anantara property, partnering with List Development, will feature 51 keys, comprising suites and branded residences, on a serene 10-acre forested site facing Mount Asama in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, Japan....