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Boeing And Mitsubishi Sign Agreement To Support Japan F-15 Upgrades

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DEFENSE NEWS
 
 
American firm Boeing has signed an agreement with Japanese company Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to support upgrades to Japan’s fleet of F-15 fighter jets.
The agreement, made through the U.S. Direct Commercial Sales process, is part of a larger $4.5 billion modernization program f...

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Osaka Marks New Record High Of 149 Coronavirus Cases

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
A record 149 people were newly confirmed as being infected with the novel coronavirus in Osaka Prefecture on Friday, exceeding Wednesday’s high of 121, according to the prefectural government.
It was the third day in a row that the prefecture’s daily figure exceeded 100.
 
 

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Japan To Negotiate Easing Travel Bans With China, S. Korea, Taiwan

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KYODO NEWS
 
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Wednesday Japan will commence negotiations to resume business travel with some 10 countries and regions including China, South Korea and Taiwan, easing entry bans currently in place to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus.
At the coronavirus task fo...

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Human Rights Watch Criticises Japan After Report Reveals Abuse Of Athletes

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THE GUARDIAN
 
 Physical and sexual abuse has led some to take their lives‘Sport has been a cause of pain, fear and distress for too many’ 
A damning new study of sport in Japan has found child athletes have routinely suffered physical, sexual and verbal abuse from their coaches, which led severa...

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Japan Launches First Arab Space Mission To Mars

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JAPAN TIMES
 
A rocket from Japan carried the first Arab space mission to Mars into space Monday, with the probe dubbed “Hope” successfully separating about an hour after liftoff.
Carrying a Mars orbiter developed by the United Arab Emirates, the H-IIA rocket launched by Mitsubishi Heavy Industri...

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Japanese Actor Haruma Miura Dies in Apparent Suicide

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NIPPON.COM
 
Tokyo, July 18 (Jiji Press)--Popular Japanese actor Haruma Miura, 30, has died in apparent suicide, it was learned Saturday.
Miura was found hanging at his condominium in Tokyo's Minato Ward on the day and was later confirmed dead at a hospital, investigative sources said. Circumstan...

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2 People Missing After Mudslide In Western Japan

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KYODO NEWS
 
Two people went missing Tuesday morning after a mudslide hit an area in western Japan's Hiroshima Prefecture, local authorities said.
Rescue workers are searching for a woman in her 80s and her son, in his 50s, in the city of Higashihiroshima after receiving an emergency call reporti...

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Japan Sumo Association To Allow Fans Into July Tourney In Tokyo

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KYODO NEWS
 
The Japan Sumo Association said Monday it will allow spectators to attend its July grand tournament in Tokyo despite a recent rise in the number of people infected with the novel coronavirus in the Japanese capital.
The association decided at an extraordinary board meeting to admit a...

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Japan Says Chinese Ships Spend Record Time Violating Its Territorial Waters

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CNN
 
Chinese coast guard ships have twice intruded into Japan's territorial waters in the past four days, forcing Japanese coast guard vessels to block the Chinese ships from approaching Japanese fishing boats on at least one occasion, authorities in Tokyo said Monday.
The Chinese vessels came w...

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Floods, Mudslides Hit Southern Japan

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NHK
 
Torrential downpours lashed parts of southern Japan on Saturday morning.
With the rain easing, the heavy rain 'emergency warning' issued for Kumamoto and Kagoshima prefectures in the Kyushu region has been changed to a 'warning'.
However, weather officials continue to urge people to remain ...

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