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Osaka Expo Association Set To Join Forces Toward Path To Success

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
OSAKA — With the Wednesday launch of a steering association for the Osaka-Kansai Japan Expo 2025, its members are set to join forces from all over the nation to successfully bring off the World Expo.
The Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition, a general incorporated asso...

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Bluefin Tuna Catches Off Japan Sluggish As Fishers Curb Operations Due To Stricter Overfishing Rules

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Bluefin tuna catches in coastal waters off Japan have been sluggish so far in the current fishing season that runs from July 2018 to March this year.
Many fishers have apparently curbed operations following the introduction this season of stricter rules designed to tackle overfishin...

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Japan Cruise Past Iran Into Final

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FIFA.COM
 
Three second-half goals saw Japan ease past in-form IR Iran to reach their fifth AFC Asian Cup final, denying their opponents a first appearance in the continental decider since 1976.
FIFA.com reviews the first semi-final at the AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019.
Both sides have had impressive mo...

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Illuminated Wonderland

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
About 30 ice sculptures were lit up in numerous bright colors on Thursday evening during a lighting test for the Lake Shikotsu Ice Festival in Chitose, Hokkaido, from Friday.
The sculptures were built around the clock by Lake Shikotsu from late December by spraying lake water ont...

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Kisenosato, Japan's Last Remaining Sumo Champion, Retires

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BBC
 
Japan's last remaining home-grown sumo champion has announced his retirement after a string of tournament losses.
Kisenosato Yutaka said he had been struggling with injuries but had wanted to continue wrestling to repay fans for their support.
In 2017, he became the first Japan-born wrestle...

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SUMO ABC No. 93 / Tipping The Scales A Weighty Trend Among New-Age Wrestlers

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
“Knowing no limit” would be the best description of the weight of makuuchi wrestlers right now.
Their average weight measured just before the current New Year Grand Sumo Tournament was a record 166.2 kilograms, up 1.9 kilograms from before the Autumn tournament in September last ...

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Anime Director Mamoru Hosoda’s Mirai Nominated For Academy Award, Achieves Historic First

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ROCKET NEWS
 
The latest film from the creator of Summer Wars and Wolf Children may or may not take home the gold statue, but it’s already done something incredible.
For a brief period, anime felt like it was going to become a permanent presence on the list of nominees for the Best Animated Featu...

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Putin Looks to Play on U.S.-Japan Jitters

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WALLSTREET JOURNAL
 
MOSCOW—Russia’s diplomatic outreach to Japan over a 70-year territorial dispute is aimed partly at securing a more valuable prize for the Kremlin: new political inroads with one of the U.S.’s biggest regional allies.
Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Japanese Prime Mi...

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Russians Protest Putin And Abe's Talks Over Returning Kuril Islands To Japan

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TELEGRAPH
 
Hundreds of Russians have protested talks over giving some of the Kuril Islands back to Japan ahead of a meeting between Shinzo Abe and Vladimir Putin.
Demonstrators chanted “the Kurils are our lands!” and “dismiss the government!” in a park in front of the Russian army theatre in dow...

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World’s Oldest Man Dies In Japan Aged 113

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THE GUARDIAN
 
Masazo Nonaka, who enjoyed watching sumo wrestling and eating sweets, died at home
The world’s oldest man has died at his home, a hot springs inn on Japan’s northern main island of Hokkaido, at the age of 113.
His family said Masazo Nonaka died peacefully from natural causes in the...

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