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Olympic Torchbearers Run Through Empty Osaka Park As Virus Surge Tops 1,000

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Torchbearers for this summer's Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday ran through an empty park in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, after the flame relay in the western prefecture was rerouted from public roads due to a sharp rebound in coronavirus infections.
Daily coronavirus cases in the prefecture w...

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Hideki Matsuyama Masters Japan’s Golfing Nerves To Lift Pre-Olympic Spirits

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THE GUARDIAN
 
TV commentators ‘could hardly speak’ as 29-year-old becomes first Japanese man to win a major
Hideki Matsuyama has recorded one of Japan’s greatest international sporting successes after winning the US Masters golf , months before Tokyo is scheduled to host the summer Olympics.
His...

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Arsonist At Idol Concert Says He Was Imitating The Kyoto Animation Arson Attack

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SORA NEWS
 
Japanese laws may need to be strengthened to stop more copycat attacks from occurring.
On 24 March, a man was arrested on suspicion of setting fire to a building in the city of Tokushima, where a Japanese idol group concert was taking place. Today, investigators revealed that the man ...

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Japan Swimmer Ikee Wins Olympic Relay Spot After Surviving Leukemia

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CNA
 
Japanese swimmer Rikako Ikee said she "didn't know what had just happened" after qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics medley relay on Sunday (Apr 4), just two years after being diagnosed with leukaemia.
Ikee, who only resumed training in March last year after being hospitalised for around 10 m...

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Japan PM Offers Condolences Over Deadly Train Accident In Taiwan

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KYODO NEWS
 
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga offered his condolences following a deadly train accident on Friday in Taiwan that resulted in dozens of casualties.
"I am extremely heartbroken," Suga wrote on Twitter, which also appeared in Chinese. "I express my heartfelt sympathies to those...

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With an Eye on Beijing, Japan and Indonesia Sign Arms Export Equipment

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THE DIPLOMAT
 
The pact is the latest milestone in Tokyo’s growing security engagement with the nations of Southeast Asia.
Japan and Indonesia have signed an agreement allowing the transfer of Japanese military equipment and technology to the Indonesian armed forces, the latest sign of Tokyo’s de...

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Tokyo Reports 414 Coronavirus Cases; Nationwide Tally 2,832

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - The Tokyo metropolitan government on Thursday reported 414 new cases of the coronavirus, up 50 from Tuesday.
The number (236 men and 178 women) is the result of 1,724 tests conducted on March 28. By age group, people in their 20s (115 cases) accounted for the highest number,...

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Shadowed by Pandemic, Olympic Torch Relay Begins in Japan

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NEWS YORK TIMES
 
The ceremony kicked off in Fukushima Prefecture, a heavily symbolic choice a decade after the tsunami and nuclear disaster there.
When Bruna Noguchi signed up to be a torchbearer for the Tokyo Olympics a year and a half ago — before the coronavirus pandemic, before the resignati...

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Scepticism, Hope As Tokyo Olympic Torch Relay Kicks Off In Japan

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AL JAZEERA
 
Japan’s PM hopes ‘momentum rises in all regions’ as torch relay begins amid strong public opposition to Tokyo Olympics.
The Olympic torch relay has kicked off in Japan amid continued public opposition, a year after authorities delayed the Tokyo 2020 Summer Games due to the coronaviru...

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The U.S.-Japan Relationship: Modeling New Frontiers in Subnational Diplomacy

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TOKYO REVIEW
 
 
 
 
 
In our increasingly networked world, the international activities of states, cities, and other subnational actors are expanding rapidly. 
Their rising importance has spurred Congress to consider legislation establishing an Office of Subnational Diplomacy within the U.S. Sta...

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