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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.
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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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Japan Demands Apology From Russia After Diplomat Allegedly Blindfolded And Interrogated

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CNN
 
 
Japan is demanding a formal apology from Russia after Federal Security Service (FSB) agents allegedly blindfolded and interrogated a Japanese diplomat, before giving him 48 hours to leave the country.
Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said Vladivostok-based Japanese consul Motoki Tatsuno...

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VP Urges Indonesian Workers, Msmes To Enter Japan

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ANTARA NEWS
 
Vice President Ma'ruf Amin has urged human resources (HR) and micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) from Indonesia to enter the Japanese market.
"MSMEs in Indonesia had become the backbone of Indonesia's economy during the pandemic. We can rely on MSMEs," Amin said during a v...

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Japan Lodges Protest After Russia Detains Diplomat In Vladivostok

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AL JAZEERA
 
Tatsunori Motoki, accused of spying by Russia’s FSB, was held for a few hours before being released and ordered to leave the country.
Japan has accused Russia of “unreasonable” behaviour and threatened “equivalent steps” after the FSB, the Russian federal security agency, detained a ...

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