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Japan on Thursday formally inaugurated an independent mission to the NATO military alliance as Tokyo and NATO seek to bolster cooperation amid escalating tension from Russia, China and North Korea.

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The centers offer management and Japanese language courses to cultivate and train personnel who then go on to work in Japan-Russia economic relations, the ministry said. Japan, in lockstep with its ...

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Japan has formally inaugurated an independent mission to the NATO military alliance as Tokyo and NATO seek to bolster cooperation amid escalating tensions from Russia, China and North Korea.

The statement may be intended to encourage Japan, which has imposed sanctions on Russia over its aggression against Ukraine, to make a compromise to improve its ties with Russia. The Russian ...

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