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Starbucks Releases Special Sparkly Tumbler In Japan To Support Diversity

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Starbucks tumblers are some of the most sought-after items around, and Japan has been blessed with a lot of the most desirable varieties.
This trend for spoiling Japanese customers with regional-exclusives shows no signs of stopping, especially now that the chain is releasing a new ...

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Osaka Not Needed As Japan Reach BJK Cup Finals For First Time

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FRANCE 24
 
Naomi Osaka was not required to play after team-mate Nao Hibino sent Japan to their first Billie Jean King Cup finals Saturday in a 3-1 qualifying win over Kazakhstan.
Former world number one and four-time Grand Slam winner Osaka was appearing at the competition for the first time sin...

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Japan PM Conveys "Future-Oriented" Messages In State Visit To U.S.

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KYODO NEWS
 
Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida emphasized Friday that he was able to convey "future-oriented" messages on relations with the United States during his state visit to the country, the first by the Asian nation's leader in nine years.
"I believe that I could send such messages thr...

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Biden Meets Japan’s PM Kishida Over Shared Concerns About China And Differences On US Steel Deal

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AP NEWS
 
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida began a much-anticipated visit to Washington on Tuesday that spotlights shared concerns about provocative Chinese military action in the Pacific and at a rare moment of public difference between the two nations over a Japanese company’s plan to buy ...

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Okinawa Feels Impact Of U.S. And Japan Military Shifts

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NPR
 
President Biden and visiting Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will discuss upgrades to the two countries' alliance that are being felt on this island, which hosts some 70% of U.S. military bases in Japan.
The two nations are expected to tighten cooperation between their military comman...

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Verstappen Bounces Back With Dominant Win At Japanese Grand Prix

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AP NEWS
 
Max Verstappen’s record-breaking dominance in Formula 1 resumed Sunday with his victory in the Japanese Grand Prix, leading almost the entire race on a sunny day in central Japan.
His abrupt breakdown two weeks ago in Melbourne, Australia, looks like a blip in his total command over F1....

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Kishida Arrives In U.S. For Summit, State Dinner

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JAPAN NEWS
 
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is making an official visit to the United States this week. He will hold a summit with President Joe Biden that's meant to achieve a major upgrading of their defense alliance.
He will also join a first-ever summit of the U.S., Japanese and Philip...

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M5.1 Quake Hits Southwestern Japan, No Tsunami Warning Issued

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KYODO NEWS
 
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 hit Miyazaki Prefecture and other areas in southwestern Japan on Monday but no tsunami warning was issued, Japan's weather agency said.
The 10:25 a.m. quake registered lower 5 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 in the prefecture, with n...

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Japan’s Kishida Warns World At ‘Historic Turning Point’ As He Touts US Alliance Ahead Of Biden Summit

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CNN
 
Spiraling geopolitical tensions have pushed the world to a “historic turning point” and are forcing Japan to change its defense posture, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told CNN Sunday ahead of a closely watched summit with US President Joe Biden next week.
“As we are witnessing Russi...

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9-Year-Old Girl Dies After Being Hit By Train Gunma Prefecture

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JAPAN TODAY
 
A nine-year-old girl died after she was hit by a train in Takasaki City, Gunma Prefecture, on Saturday.
The incident occurred at around 8:50 a.m. on a crossing on the Joshin Electric line, TV Asahi reported. Police said a witness called 119 and said a girl had been hit by a train af...

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