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JAPAN: Plastic Waste Meeting & more – 26th Feb 2026
The future of US-Japan relations, Tokyo Skytree’s elevators stuck, a raid on Microsoft Japan, a US military fanboy, a new electric moped, and much more!
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Plastic pollution: https://japantoday.com/category/national/japan-to-hold-int'l-conference-on-plastic-pollution-in-tokyo-in-march (https://japantoday.com/category/national/japan-to-hold-int)
“In a new Cold War, Japan-U.S. ties grow in importance” by Stephen R. Nagy: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/02/20/japan/japan-us-ties-grow-in-importance/ (https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/02/20/japan/japan-us-ties-grow-in-importance/)
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19 Feb 2026
JAPAN: Prime Minister Reelection & more – 19th Feb 2026
US-Japan joint projects, Valentine Chocolate blues, PayPay on US Nasdaq, Winter Olympic wins, foreign tourism, new iPS cell treatments, and much more!
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Takaichi reelected: https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20260218/p2g/00m/0na/031000c (https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20260218/p2g/00m/0na/031000c)
“Japan’s election result redraws political lines across Indo-Pacific” by Shafraz Rasheed: https://japantoday.com/category/features/opinions/japan%E2%80%99s-election-result-redraws-political-lines-across-indo-pacific (https://japantoday.com/category/features/opinions/japan%E2%80%99s-election-result-redraws-political-lines-across-indo-pacific)
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5 Feb 2026
JAPAN: The Election Campaign & more – 5th Feb 2026
Snow-related accidents, the Pokémon Forest, the morning-after pill, 3-nanometer semiconductors, rare earth in the deep-sea, and much more!
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Heavy snow toll: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20260202_20/ (https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20260202_20/)
“Japan's ruling party cannot wish away its money scandal”: https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20260204/p2a/00m/0op/008000c (https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20260204/p2a/00m/0op/008000c)
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