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Nishida And Ishikawa Power Japan’s Win Over China

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VOLLEY BALL WORLD
 
Eight aces push Philippe Blain’s squad to second VNL victory in Brasilia
Japan celebrated their second Volleyball Nations League win in Brasilia after downing Asian rivals China on Thursday.
Opposite Yuji Nishida and team captain Yuki Ishikawa led their team at the net and fro...

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Man Gets 18-Year Prison Term For 2017 Expressway Road Rage Deaths

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JAPAN TODAY
 
A Japanese court on Monday sentenced a 30-year-old man to a prison term of 18 years in a retrial over a 2017 road rage incident that resulted in the deaths of a couple and injuries to their two daughters.
The Yokohama District Court convicted Kazuho Ishibashi of dangerous driving af...

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PS Plus' PS1 Games Use Superior NJapan Announces Indo-Pacific Warship Deployment Ahead of U.S.-led RIMPAC ExerciseTSC 60Hz Format in Japan

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USNI
 
Four Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force warships will leave later this month for a four-month deployment throughout the Indo-Pacific region, Japan’s Ministry of Defense recently announced.
From June 13 to Oct. 28, Indo-Pacific Deployment 2022 (IPD2022) will involve three ships, a submari...

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Praying For Peace

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JAPAN NEWS
 
Daruma dolls painted in blue and yellow, the colors of the Ukrainian flag, await shipment from the Daruma no Koki manufacturer in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture.
The palm-sized daruma were made to support Ukraine as it fights against the Russian invasion, and the proceeds from their sale...

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‘Empress Of Terror’: Japanese Red Army Founder Released From Prison

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THE GUARDIAN
 
Fusako Shigenobu, who served 20 years for French embassy siege, believed to have masterminded deadly Tel Aviv attack
The founder of one of the most feared terrorist organisations of the 1970s has walked free from a Japanese prison after completing a 20-year sentence for the siege o...

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First Tourists In Japan Face Covid-19 Tests, Chaperones And Little Free Time

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STRAITS TIMES
 
For the first time in more than two years, tourists are coming back to Japan.
The few allowed in under a trial programme were subject to tight hygiene measures and closely monitored, giving a glimpse of what visiting will be like after next month's limited border reopening.
"We're...

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Japan To Slowly Resume Accepting Foreign Tourists From June 10

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KYODO NEWS
 
Japan will begin accepting foreign tourists in stages starting June 10, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Thursday, as the country continues to ease its COVID-19 border controls after suspending inbound traveler entries for around two years.
The government will initially limit eligib...

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U.S. And Japan Teaming To Put First Japanese Astronaut On Moon

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CBS NEWS
 
Japan and the United States said Monday they want to put the first Japanese astronaut on the moon, as the allies deepen cooperation on space projects.
No non-American has ever touched down on the lunar surface, and Japan has previously said it hopes to achieve a Moon landing by the end...

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China Tensions Loom As Japan's Okinawa Marks 50 Years Since US Handover

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CNN
 
 
The Japanese island chain of Okinawa marked the 50th anniversary on Sunday of the end of US occupation and its return to Japan with ceremonies and celebrations amid growing worry about its proximity to an increasingly assertive China.
Okinawa, a string of tropical islands off far southwes...

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In Honor Of Tour Boat Victims

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Piles of flowers, food and drink items left in honor of people killed in a tour boat accident off Hokkaido's Shiretoko Peninsula are seen at a flower stand in the town of Shari on Tuesday.
 

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