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CNN Academy expands to Japan to empower future multimedia storytellers

HONG KONG, Sept. 2, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- CNN has successfully concluded the inaugural edition of CNN Academy in Japan, delivering an intensive, skills-focused journalism training experience ...
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Japanese citizens join in arduous search for a missing American who vanished in a mountainous forest

One stranger from Tokyo is shutting down his business for a week to help. Another volunteer dropped everything to provide transportation and translations for American parents desperate to find their ...
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A Japanese mayor is making history — by taking maternity leave

(CNN) — Japan’s youngest elected female mayor is making history again – by taking time off to become a first-time mom. Shoko Kawata, the 35-year-old mayor of Yawata city in Kyoto Prefecture, has ...
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The Japanese yen is at a 40-year low. Here’s why that matters

The Japanese yen has dropped to a 40-year low against the US dollar, putting investors on watch for potential government intervention by Japan that could ripple through US stocks, the Treasury ...
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Japan is launching its first centralized intelligence agency since WWII. Here’s why

(CNN) — Japan is launching a new centralized intelligence body for the first time since World War II – a controversial move that some fear deviates from Tokyo’s pacifist ideals, but one others say ...
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Japan is running out of royals. So why won’t it let women become emperor?

Tokyo (CNN) — Japan may have its first ever female prime minister, but her government’s attempts to avoid a royal succession crisis are making the chances of a woman taking the imperial throne ...

US Marine arrested on suspicion of murder in Okinawa, sparking outrage in Japan

A US Marine was arrested Sunday on suspicion of murder and robbery after a woman’s body was discovered in a hotel room in ...