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Japan Lose To China In Uber Cup Women's Team Final

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JAKARTA POST
 
Defending champions Japan allowed the Chinese women's badminton team to come from behind 3-1 in the final and capture the Uber Cup team title in Aarhus, Denmark on Saturday.
Akane Yamaguchi overcame Olympic gold medalist Chen Yu Fei 21-18, 21-10 in the opening women's singles match...

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Russia Rejects Japan's Territorial Claim Over Island Chain As Kremlin Chief Responds

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SKY NEWS
 
The long-running dispute has prevented Russia and Japan from signing a formal peace treaty.
The Kremlin has said it does not recognise Japan's claim to a chain of islands between the two countries.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Russia disagreed with comments made by Japan's n...

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Japan Boosts Vaccine Support For Foreigners

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NHK
 
Japan's Immigration Services Agency has launched a new drive to speed up coronavirus vaccinations among foreign nationals, including language assistance.
The move follows reports of a slow pace of inoculations among foreigners, with many unable to make appointments due to language barriers ...

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M5.9 Quake Hits Northeastern Japan, No Tsunami Warning Issued

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KYODO NEWS
 
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 struck northeastern Japan early Wednesday, leaving three people injured, but there was no threat of a tsunami and no major property damage reported, the weather agency and local authorities said.
The quake occurred at 2:46 a.m., logging upper 5 o...

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Japan New PM To Seek Fresh Mandate To Handle Virus, Economy

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AP NEWS
 
 
TOKYO (AP) — Newly elected Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said he will dissolve the lower house next week in preparation for Oct. 31 elections as he seeks a fresh mandate to deal with the coronavirus pandemic, the sagging economy and security threats from China and North Korea....

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Many Faces In Japan's New Government Belong To Allies Of PM Abe

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REUTERS
 
Japan's Fumio Kishida will formally take office as prime minister on Monday, with a government that includes numerous allies of former premier Shinzo Abe, whose conservative base is thus assured of retaining influence over the new cabinet.
Kishida, 64, a former foreign minister with an ...

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Jellyfish And Halloween In Perfect Harmony At Sumida Aquarium Event

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SORA NEWS
 
Jellyfish and Halloween go together like peanut butter and jellyfish.
With the concept of Halloween still in its relative infancy in Japan, it’s interesting to see what directions people take it here, such as with the creatively uncreative “Mundane Halloween” contests. Sometimes the i...

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Japan To Get New Prime Minister Oct. 4, General Election Seen In Nov.

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KYODO NEWS
 
Japan's parliament will elect a new prime minister on Oct. 4 at an extraordinary session, according to a Cabinet decision Tuesday, meaning a general election is likely to be held in November, coming after lower house members' terms expire for the first time in postwar history.
To hol...

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Japan Ruling Party Begins Race To Pick Suga Successor

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AP NEWS
 
The race is on for the next Japanese prime minister.
Official election campaigning kicked off Friday for the new head of Japan’s governing Liberal Democratic Party, a role that typically signals the next national leader.
Four candidates are competing in the Sept. 29 vote to replace outg...

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North Korean Missiles Land In Japan EEZ As Nuclear Threat Grows

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JAPAN TIMES
 
North Korea fired what appeared to be two ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan on Wednesday — an act Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga slammed as “outrageous” — just days after testing a new weapon believed to be capable of delivering a nuclear bomb to most of Japan.
The spate of te...

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