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- Japan School Exits Hugely Popular Baseball Event Over Bullying (ニュース)
- CNA
A Japanese high school hit by a bullying scandal has withdrawn from the country's hugely popular summer baseball tournament after a social media frenzy, officials said on Sunday (Aug 10).
The...
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- More Of Kumamoto Facing Heavy Rain Emergency Warning (ニュース)
- NHK
The Japan Meteorological Agency has issued a heavy rain emergency warning for 5 cities and 2 towns in Kumamoto Prefecture.
A heavy rain emergency warning is in effect for the cities of Tamana...
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- Japan Summer Holiday Travel Rush Underway As Trains, Flights Full (ニュース)
- KYODO NEWS
Japan's summer holiday travel rush got underway Saturday, with many shinkansen bullet train services and flights fully booked as people returned to their hometowns or set off on domest...
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- Shigetoshi Kotari Dies Of Brain Injury Six Days After fight in Japan (ニュース)
- RING MAGAZINE
Shigetoshi Kotari died Friday from a brain injury he suffered during his draw with Yamato Hata on Aug. 2 in Tokyo, according to multiple reports.
Kotari, 28, lost consciousness ...
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- Nearly A Million More Deaths Than Births In Japan Last Year (ニュース)
- BBC
Almost a million more deaths than births were recorded in Japan last year, representing the steepest annual population decline since government surveys began in 1968.
Prime Minister Shigeru I...
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- Major Japan Newspaper Sues 'Free-Riding' AI Firm Perplexity (ニュース)
- JAPAN TIMES
Japan's Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper, one of the world's biggest by circulation, is suing U.S.-based AI firm Perplexity for allegedly "free-riding" on its content on its search engine.
T...
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- Sony Hikes Profit Forecasts After Strong Quarter For Games (ニュース)
- JAPAN TODAY
PlayStation-maker Sony raised its annual profit forecasts on Thursday, citing strong performance in its key gaming business and a smaller-than-expected negative impact of U.S. trade t...
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- Toyota Cuts Forecast For Full-Year Profit (ニュース)
- NHK
Toyota Motor says US tariff increases would shave almost 10 billion dollars off operating profit for the current fiscal year.
Japan's biggest automaker also said operating profit will probabl...
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- Crew Member Evacuates F2 Fighter Jet Belonging to Japan’s ASDF; Incident Occurred Over Pacific Ocean (ニュース)
- JAPAN NEWS
A crew member evacuated an F2 fighter jet flying off the coast of Ibaraki Prefecture, the Air Self-Defense Force has said on Thursday.
The jet crashed in the Pacific Ocean at around 12...
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- From Heatwaves To Floods: Extreme Weather Sweeps Across Asia (ニュース)
- BBC
While torrential rains lash China, Pakistan and parts of India, sweltering heat has enveloped Japan and South Korea as extreme weather claims hundreds of lives in the region.
Climate change h...
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- Japan's FY 2025 GDP Growth Projection Lowered to 0.7 Pct (ニュース)
- NIPPON
The Cabinet Office said Thursday that Japan's gross domestic product in fiscal 2025 is expected to grow a real 0.7 pct from the previous year, down from 1.2 pct shown in the government's e...
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- IQM And TOYO To Drive Quantum Computing In Japan (仕事)
- EE NEWS EUROPE
IQM Quantum Computers, a global leader in full-stack superconducting quantum computers, and TOYO Corporation have signed a distribution agreement to accelerate quantum computing ad...
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- Hiroshima Marks 80th Anniversary Of Atomic Bombing (ニュース)
- JAPAN TODAY
Hiroshima marked the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing on Wednesday, with a call for young people to take on the challenge of building broader support toward ridding the wor...
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- 4 Of Japanese Descent In Philippines Seek Japanese Citizenship (ニュース)
- NHK
Four people of Japanese descent who say they were left behind in the Philippines in the chaotic conclusion of World War Two have lodged citizenship claims with Japanese courts.
Eighty years o...
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- Asian Shares Trade Mostly Higher After Stocks On Wall Street Extend Losses (仕事)
- JAPAN TODAY
Asian shares were mostly higher in muted trading Wednesday, after discouraging signs about the U.S. economy sent Wall Street shares declining, and
Investors are sifting through a slew...
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