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Japan's National Soccer Team Heads Into The Unknown In Qatar

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JAPAN TODAY
 
The Japanese soccer team's final two games against the United States and Ecuador last month in preparation for the upcoming FIFA World Cup in Qatar were supposed to determine who should be part of manager Hajime Moriyasu’s squad. Instead, the results produced more questions than ans...

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North Korea Fires Missile Over Japan Prompting Warnings For Residents To Shelter

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THE GUARDIAN
 
Launch is the first time the North has apparently sent a missile over Japanese territory since 2017
North Korea has launched a intermediate-range ballistic missile over northern Japan for the first time in five years, prompting the government to urge people to shelter from falling ...

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South Korean And Japanese Defense Stocks Are Rallying After North Korea Fired A Missile Over Japan

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CNBC
 
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 In South Korea, shares of Hanwha Aerospace, an aircraft engine manufacturer, rose more than 3% in the morning session, while Korea Aerospace, which also develops fighter jets, jumped more than 4%.Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries gained more than 3% and Hosoya Pyro-Engineerin...

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Japan's Kishida Vows To Regain Trust In Church Controversy

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CNA
 
Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Monday (Oct 3) that he will humbly listen to people’s “harsh voices” criticising his governing party’s cozy ties to the ultra-conservative Unification Church and help victims of its allegedly fraudulent businesses and huge donation collection.
Ki...

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Swallows’ Murakami Hits 56th Homer, Breaks Oh’s Record

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Munetaka Murakami of the Tokyo Yakult Swallows hit his 56th home run of the season Monday night, breaking the Nippon Professional Baseball record for a Japanese-born player.
Murakami surpassed former Yomiuri Giants legend Sadaharu Oh’s 1964 record during the final game of the reg...

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Japan WWII Poison Gas Agents Still Scarring People Today

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Japan and China recently marked the 50th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations, but traces of around 7.46 million poison gas weapons produced mainly during their war from 1937 to 1945 remain in both countries.
Some of the weapons abandoned or disposed of at the en...

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S. Korea, Us And Japan Hold Anti-N. Korean Submarine Drills

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AP NEWS
 
South Korea, U.S. and Japanese warships launched their first trilateral anti-submarine drills in five years on Friday, after North Korea renewed missile tests this week in an apparent response to bilateral training by South Korean and U.S. forces.
The North’s recent five missiles launch...

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Japan Wrestling Legend Antonio Inoki Dies At 79

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CNA
 
Flamboyant Japanese professional wrestler turned politician Antonio Inoki died on Saturday (Oct 1) aged 79, local media reported.
Public broadcaster NHK said that he died of heart failure.
Standing 1.9m tall, Inoki was a pioneer of mixed martial arts in Japan, and shot to fame in 1976 for t...

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China Ships Enter Japan Waters Near Senkakus, Day Before Key Anniv.

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KYODO NEWS
 
Three Chinese coast guard vessels entered Japan's territorial waters near the Senkaku Islands on Wednesday and stayed for more than eight hours, a day before the 50th anniversary of the normalization of the countries' diplomatic ties.
The Japan Coast Guard said the intrusion, the fir...

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Japan's Restart Of Nuclear Reactors Will Help Europe's Winter Energy Supply, Says IEA Chief

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CNA
 
Japan's restart of more nuclear power plants would help ease Europe's energy supply fears during the winter as more liquefied natural gas (LNG) will become available to the global market, the head of the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Tuesday (Sep 27).
Europe is racing to prepare...

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