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Japan Warns Of Intervention As Yen Falls, BOJ Chief Rejects Criticism

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KYODO NEWS
 
Japan warned Tuesday of "appropriate" action to counter excessive volatility in the currency market after the yen hit a 32-year low against the U.S. dollar amid jitters over further possible intervention and its impact on the economy.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said in parliament t...

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Yuta Watanabe Likely To Make Nets Even Bigger In Japan

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NETS DAILY
 
With Yuta Watanabe now seemingly secure on the Nets roster, expect Brooklyn to be an even bigger hit in Japan than in the past ... and they were already No. 2 behind Watanabe’s Raptors in jersey sales last year and Watanabe the clear No. 1 among all NBA players, ahead of Steph Curry....

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Japan Unveiled As First Hosts Of Olympic Qualification Tournaments

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VOLLEY BALL WORLD
 
Teams head to Japan to compete for a ticket to Paris and to contest the country’s ‘World Cup’ in 2023
Volleyball World and the FIVB can announce that Japan is the first country to be confirmed as a host for one of the eagerly anticipated FIVB Road To Paris Volleyball Qualifier...

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Ukrainian Lawmakers Visit Japan, Call For More Pressure On Russia

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NHK
 
A Ukrainian parliamentary delegation visiting Japan is calling on countries to put more pressure on Russia. This is the first time that a delegation from Kyiv has visited Japan since Moscow's invasion of Ukraine began in February.
The group consists of five members of the Ukrainian parliame...

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Indonesia, Japan Discuss Cooperation On Boosting Coastal Defense

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ANTARA NEWS
 
Commander of the Indonesian National Armed Forces General Andika Perkasa and Chief of Staff of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force General Yoshida Yoshihide have discussed cooperation in the military sector, including strengthening coastal defense.
"Several Indonesia-Japan cooperati...

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'Smart Farming' Expo Opens Near Tokyo

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NHK
 
Japanese farmers and others are getting a glimpse of the future at the trade show, "Next Generation Agriculture Expo Tokyo."
The event focuses on smart farming, or ways to boost production and cut costs. It comes amid soaring import costs of fertilizer due to the war in Ukraine and the weak...

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North Korea Fires Two Ballistic Missiles, South Korea And Japan Say

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CNN
 
North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles from the Munchon area of Kangwon Province to the waters off the peninsula’s eastern coast, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff told reporters on Sunday.
The missiles were launched between 1:47 a.m. and 1:53 a.m. local time Sunday, accordi...

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Japan To Expel Russia Consul As Ties Worsen Over Ukraine

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AP NEWS
 
Japan on Tuesday ordered the Russian consul in the northern city of Sapporo to leave the country within six days in retaliation for Moscow’s expulsion of a Japanese diplomat last month for alleged espionage.
Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said his ministry declared the cons...

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Myanmar Jails Japanese Filmmaker For Sedition

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REUTERS
 
A court in military-ruled Myanmar has sentenced a Japanese documentary filmmaker to 10 years in prison for violating sedition and communications laws, a Japanese foreign ministry official said on Thursday.
Toru Kubota, 26, was arrested in July at a protest in Myanmar's main city of Yang...

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North Korea Conducts Longest-Range Missile Test Yet Over Japan

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REUTERS
 
Missile flies over Japan for first time since 2017Seoul says it appears to have been intermediate-range missileJapan issues shelter warning, stops some trainsTest condemned by U.S., South Korea, Japan
SEOUL/TOKYO, Oct 4 (Reuters) - Nuclear-armed North Korea test-fired a ballistic missil...

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