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EXPENDITURE ON NEW YEAR 2025 TRAVEL IN JAPAN COUNTRY SET TO REACH RECORD HIGH - TOKYO JAPAN

EXPENDITURE ON NEW YEAR 2025 TRAVEL IN JAPAN COUNTRY SET TO REACH RECORD HIGH - TOKYO JAPAN

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TOKYO

The average amount spent per person for domestic travel in Japan during the New Year vacation period is expected to rise 4.9 percent from a year earlier to a record 43,000 yen due to an increase in accommodation costs, a travel agency said Thursday.

The expected amount is up 2,000 yen from the 2023/2024 holiday period in part because travelers are likely to take a longer holiday, as Dec 28 and 29, and Jan 4 and 5 fall on the weekend, JTB Corp said.

While the major Japanese travel agency projects the number of domestic travelers to remain unchanged from a year earlier at 28 million people, the number is around 4 percent lower than the 2019/2020 pre-pandemic level.

The number of holidaymakers traveling abroad is expected to rise by 60,000 people to 520,000 but that is down approximately 37 percent from the 2019/2020 holiday period.

JTB's annual New Year holiday forecast is based on surveys and hotel reservations.

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UNITED STATES, JAPAN AND PHILIPPINES FORCES JOINTLY PATROL IN SOUTH CHINA SEA AFTER HOSTILITIES INVOLVING CHINA - MANILA PHILIPPINES REPORTS

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MANILA, Philippines

The United States deployed a reconnaissance aircraft while Japan and the Philippines sent navy ships in a joint patrol in the disputed South China Sea on Friday, two days after the allied forces condemned actions by Chinese coast guard vessels against Philippine patrol ships.

The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said the joint patrol was conducted in the Philippines' exclusive economic zone by allies and partners to “uphold the right to freedom of navigation and overflight " and "other lawful uses of the sea and international airspace."

Those phrases are used by the U.S., Japan and the Philippines to oppose China’s increasingly aggressive actions in the disputed waters.

Two Philippine security officials said the patrol was staged about 40 nautical miles (74 kilometers) from Scarborough Shoal, a fishing area hotly disputed by Beijing and Manila off the northwestern Philippines. The two officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they didn't have authority to discuss such details publicly.

China claims the South China Sea virtually in its entirety and has guarded it assertively with its coast guard, navy and suspected militia fleets. They have confronted forces from rival claimant states including the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia and Brunei.

Indonesia also has had faceoffs with Chinese coast guard ships escorting fishermen in the gas-rich Natuna waters in the southern fringes of the South China Sea.

The joint naval patrol, the latest in recent months by the Philippines, the U.S. and their security partners, was delayed by several typhoons that battered the region and was not in reaction to a confrontation on Wednesday that involved Chinese and Philippine ships off Scarborough Shoal, the two Philippine officials said.

The Philippine coast guard said Chinese coast guard vessels, backed by navy ships, fired powerful water cannons and blocked and sideswiped a much smaller Philippine bureau of fisheries vessel escorted by coast guard ships off Scarborough Shoal.

The Philippine vessels were delivering fuel, food and other aid to Filipino fishermen in the shoal, which has been closely guarded by the Chinese coast guard since a tense 2012 territorial standoff with Philippine ships.

The Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs protested the Chinese actions.

The Chinese coast guard provided another account of the incident. It said the Philippine vessels encroached on China’s territory, prompting it to take action. It said, without offering proof, that a Philippine vessel maneuvered in a way that led to a collision.

The United States, Japan, the European Union and other Western allies expressed alarm over the hostilities, which have increased in frequency since last year.

Japan, which also has territorial conflicts with Beijing in the East China Sea, said the “use of water cannon and obstructive maneuvers undermine the safety of ship and crew.” It’s ambassador to Manila, Endo Kazuya, said “Japan upholds the rule of law and opposes any actions which increase tensions."

Japan is providing 1.6 billion yen ($10.6 million) in security assistance this year to provide the Philippine navy with coastal radars, inflatable boats and other defense equipment to strengthen surveillance of Philippine sea lanes, including in the South China Sea. Japan has also helped improve the Philippine air force’s aerial surveillance radar, the two countries said Thursday.

The U.S. has warned that it is obligated to defend the Philippines, a treaty ally, if Filipino forces come under attack in the South China Sea.

The U.S. defense commitment to the Philippines has received strong bipartisan support in Washington, which Philippine officials say they expect will continue under the incoming Trump administration.

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HAND-BUILT FANTASY TOWER BRINGS VALUE TO TOKYO - TOKYO JAPAN

HAND-BUILT FANTASY TOWER BRINGS VALUE TO TOKYO - TOKYO JAPAN 

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TOKYO

Passers-by stop and stare at the ramshackle, hand-built concrete tower that looks like it has been lifted right out of a Japanese animation and dropped onto a real-life Tokyo street.

Its creator, who spent almost 20 years making the distinctive four-story Arimaston Building, thinks his slow approach to construction can be an example to the world.

"It used to be that there weren't enough things in the world, but now there are too many," 59-year-old Keisuke Oka told AFP inside the building's curved gray walls. "We need to stop mass-producing things and find another way, otherwise we'll be in trouble."

With its wobbly lines and weird, wonderful ornamentation, Oka's building has been compared to the animated Studio Ghibli movie "Howl's Moving Castle".

The architect himself has been dubbed the Gaudi of Mita, referencing the famed Spanish architect and the Tokyo area where Arimaston Building is located.

Inspired by Japan's avant-garde butoh dance, Oka made up the design as he went along.

Growing up, he felt buildings in Japan's towns and cities looked "very sad and devoid of life", as if they were "all designed on a computer".

"The person who constructs a building and the person who designs a building are very far apart," he said. "In order to give the building some life, I thought I would try to think and build together at the same time."

Oka started construction in 2005. Apart from the help of a few friends, he made the entire building himself by hand.

He claims the concrete -- which he mixed himself -- is of such high quality that it will last for over 200 years.

Oka says the structure is basically finished. He plans to live in the top three floors and use the ground and basement floors as a studio and exhibition space.

When he started, he had no idea the project would take almost two decades.

"I thought with the ability I had, I could do it in three years," he said, explaining that the improvised nature of his design brought constant challenges.

Oka grew up in rural Japan and was an exceptional architecture student who was told by his teachers he would go a long way.

He suffered a physical breakdown in his 30s and gave up architecture for a while, before his wife persuaded him to buy a small plot and build a house.

He says making Arimaston Building has restored his confidence, and he enjoys the amazed reaction of people walking past.

"It's very easy to understand the contrast with the high-rise buildings right behind it," he said. "I think there is some value that the city can take from it."

Arimaston Building stands alone on a sloped street, making it all the more striking.

The area is undergoing large-scale redevelopment, and the apartments that once stood next door have been demolished.

As part of the changes, Oka's building is scheduled to be moved 10 meters backwards in a process that involves transporting the entire structure on rails.

Once that is complete, he intends to move in and continue working on the finishing touches, alongside his university teaching jobs.

Amid all the upheaval in the area, Oka hopes people will be able to see the value of making something by hand.

He says he was inspired by his upbringing, when his mother made clothes for the family because they couldn't afford to buy them.

"More than half of the clothes we make now, we throw away, he said, describing a world "overflowing with things".

"We need to start making things at a slower pace," Oka said.

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MOTHER OF 1985 JAL CRASH VICTIM SHINES AS BEACON FOR DISASTER BEREAVED - HAARLEM, NETHERLANDS

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HAARLEM, Netherlands

Kuniko Miyajima, 77, had been expecting a day like any other, with her family gathered around the dinner table, smiling and enjoying the meal she lovingly prepared. But her life changed forever when her 9-year-old son Ken died in the 1985 Japan Airlines jumbo jet crash.

The mother has since led an association of the families bereaved by the world's deadliest single-aircraft accident, which started off as a mutual support group and has, over the decades, become a beacon for others in Japan dealing with similar tragedies.

Taking part in a U.N. aviation agency symposium on Tuesday in the Netherlands that brought together families of aircraft accident victims from various countries, Miyajima hoped her experience would again light the way for others -- this time across borders.

"I believe other families are already focusing on what's next...and I like to think that I helped them in some small way," she said after speaking about her past 39 years at the event, which was aimed at promoting global cooperation in supporting those mostly affected by aircraft disasters.

It has not been an easy journey for Miyajima since JAL Flight 123, while en route from Tokyo to Osaka, slammed into a mountain in an area northwest of Tokyo on Aug. 12, 1985, claiming the lives of all but four of the 524 passengers and crew aboard.

While coping with her own deep regret over letting her son fly alone, on what was supposed to have been a reward trip for his achievement of swimming 25 meters in a pool, Miyajima took on a central role in the victims' relatives association "8.12 Renrakukai," meaning liaison group, launched about four months after the accident.

At a time when there was no such thing as the internet and scant public recognition of the importance of supporting the bereaved, the group's activities were "a trial and error process," Miyajima had earlier recalled.

With many of the bereaved families scattered across Japan, newsletters the group published and delivered by mail helped create a bond among them, serving as a key venue to exchange information, including on compensation issues and memorial events, and an outlet to share their emotions.

Miyajima remembers thinking she must "pull myself together" when a reporter's question about who she had lost caused her to choke up and retreat to the restroom -- an episode that occurred less than a year after the accident.

"I wondered regretfully how somebody as pathetic as me had taken on this (leading) role. But I decided to fulfill my responsibility and instead asked the media not to pose questions about Ken, knowing it would make me tear up."

After largely devoting the first five years to campaigning for thorough accident investigations and an unsuccessful attempt to seek justice for the victims, the 8.12 group has carried on with its efforts to keep the tragedy alive in the public consciousness and advocate for air safety.

From its inception, the association vowed to work toward improving the safety of skies worldwide. The term "bereaved families" was deliberately left out of its name to avoid the perception that its members were simply people overwhelmed with grief.

Its persistent calls to preserve the wreckage of the crashed plane bore fruit as Japan Airlines Co. in 2006 opened a publicly accessible center in Tokyo displaying parts of the aircraft blamed for the accident, as well as other debris and actual notes and photos of the last messages written by those who were on board.

In 2011, nearly 26 years after the crash, the bereaved families' push for accountability led Japan's accident investigation board to release a guidebook for the original official accident investigation report released in 1987, which spanned around 400 pages and was rife with technical terms.

The 8.12 group has also interacted with other families of the victims of transportation accidents and natural calamities, including the 2005 fatal derailment of a commuter train in western Japan, at times helping them cope with the grief and sharing experiences on ways to run associations.

Christopher Hood, an academic based at Britain's Cardiff University whose research has included the JAL accident and Japan's bullet train, said Miyajima and the 8.12 group deserve "recognition" not just in Japan but also internationally for their activities that continue until today.

"Mrs. Miyajima and the Renrakukai have almost become a model for other families when there have been other events, and this is not necessarily now limited to transportation accidents," he said in a recent interview, touching on her exchanges with the bereaved families of the massive earthquake and tsunami that devastated northeastern Japan in March 2011.

He also suggested that the weight of the Renrakukai stems from the scale of the accident involving a single plane -- the deaths of 520 people across 401 households -- which was "almost like nothing we've really seen before" and enabled "a critical mass of people to come together."

Annual memorial pilgrimages to the 1,565-meter crash site, the Osutaka Ridge in Gunma Prefecture, have been joined by families impacted by other accidents and disasters who have come to know Miyajima and hope to strive for a safer society together.

The Japanese government, meanwhile, has become more inclined to reflect the voices of the victims and their families to improve their assistance to people in transportation disasters.

Following a survey of families affected by Japan's major airline and train accidents, including the JAL crash, the government in 2012 launched an office for public transportation disaster victims aimed at assisting the affected in the immediate aftermath, such by offering necessary information, as well as in the longer term by coordinating psychological and other care.

After participating in Tuesday's symposium organized by the International Civil Aviation Organization, Miyajima appeared encouraged to see families of aircraft disaster victims around the world raising their voices for better support in future tragedies.

"Definitely, it's that anger, grief and suffering that can bring changes to societies. I've always thought so and still carry those feelings within me," she said.

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JAPAN'S SPACE AGENCY HALTS EPSILON S ROCKET ENGINE TEST AFTER FIRE - TOKYO JAPAN

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TOKYO

Japan's space agency aborted an engine test for the Epsilon S rocket on Tuesday following a fire at the test site, a failure that could push the rocket's debut launch beyond the March-end target and cause further delays in the national space program.

An explosion could be heard and a blaze could be seen shortly after the ground combustion test started at the Tanegashima Space Center in southwestern Japan, according to footage from public broadcaster NHK.

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) said the engine test encountered a "combustion abnormality" 49 seconds after the ignition. It said there was no indication of injury or damage to the outside facility.

"JAXA will conduct a thorough investigation into the cause of the problem and consider countermeasures," Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said at a regular press briefing.

Hayashi, the top government spokesperson, said rocket development is "extremely important" to ensure the autonomy of Japan's space program.

JAXA partnered with the aerospace unit of heavy machinery maker IHI to develop Epsilon S, the next generation in the Epsilon solid-fuel small rocket series.

Shares in IHI were down as much as 6% in Tokyo trade. An IHI Aerospace spokesperson said the company is investigating the cause.

Epsilon S's debut flight was slated by the end of the fiscal year through March 31 depending on the success of Tuesday's engine test.

The test was conducted after previous failures triggered months of investigation that have delayed space missions and satellite launch plans.

In July last year, an Epsilon S engine test failed due to thermal damage to its ignition systems. That followed a launch failure in 2022.

JAXA's larger flagship rocket H3, built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, failed at its first launch last year but has succeeded in three flights this year, launching Japanese satellites and winning orders including from French satellite operator Eutelsat.

The H3 and Epsilon S are central to JAXA's ambition to build cost-competitive rockets amid the rise of American commercial launch providers such as market leader SpaceX and small rocket maker Rocket Lab.

In the private sector, IHI-backed Space One is set to attempt the second launch of its Kairos small rocket on Dec 14 after the first flight exploded in March. It aims to become the first Japanese business to put a satellite in orbit.

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MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE INFECTIONS HIT RECORD HIGH IN JAPAN - TOKYO JAPAN

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TOKYO

Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections, which affect the respiratory tract, have hit a weekly record high in Japan, the National Institute of Infectious Diseases said Tuesday.

Cases confirmed at about 500 specified medical institutions across the country between Nov. 11 and 17 numbered 1,363, or an average of about 2.84 patients per facility, according to the institute.

Infections are at their highest since the current methodology for gathering data was implemented in 1999, with cases in early October surpassing the previous record set in 2016 and continuing to rise, the institute said.

By prefecture, Fukui marked the highest at 8.83 patients per designated medical institution. Aomori came in second at 5.00, followed by Ibaraki at 4.92.

Mycoplasma pneumoniae are bacterial infections, the symptoms of which are a fever and persistent cough. Infections are prevalent in the fall and winter, and spread through air droplets and close contact.

Most patients gradually recover, although symptoms become more severe in some cases.

Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections decreased from 2020 to 2023 amid the coronavirus pandemic, presumably due to more people taking measures to avoid catching diseases such as wearing masks.

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