JAPAN TODAY
 
NEW YORK - U.S. President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe agreed on Wednesday to start trade talks in an arrangement that, for now, protects Japanese automakers from further tariffs, seen as a major threat to the export-dependent economy.
In a joint statement, th...

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BBC
 
Two robotic explorers are descending to the surface of an asteroid.
Japan's Hayabusa-2 spacecraft despatched a pair of "rovers" to the 1km-wide space rock known as Ryugu.
If all goes well, Hayabusa-2 will be the first spacecraft to successfully place robot rovers on the surface of an astero...

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
The heaviest wrestler in the history of the Japan Sumo Association — weighing slightly over 290 kilograms — has called it quits, saying he would return to his homeland of Russia after retirement.
Orora, a wrestler in the second-lowest jonidan division, won his last career bout at...

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CHANNEL NEWS ASIA
 
TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will visit Darwin in November in a first for a Japanese leader since the Japanese imperial army bombed the Australian city during World War II, Australian media reported on Saturday.
Abe will tour a US$40 billion liquefied natural gas ...

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BBC
 
Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa first entered the public eye as a drummer in a hardcore punk band.
He went on to make a fortune as an online fashion tycoon, and is best known outside Japan for spending tens of millions of dollars at record-breaking art auctions.
Mr Maezawa's ambitions n...

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
TOKYO (AFP-Jiji) — Japan’s Kento Momota outgunned Thai rival Khosit Phetpradab 21-14, 21-11 in a one-sided final to capture the Japan Open badminton title on Sunday.
The 24-year-old sank to his knees after a towering smash completed a comfortable win, kissing the Japanese badge o...

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ASAHI
 
Inspired by an American girl who wanted to make life sweeter for others in her condition, students and others are selling lemonade to help children suffering from tumors.
The campaign, started by a 4-year-old cancer patient 18 years ago to raise donations through sales of homemade lemonad...

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JAPAN TRENDS
 
Tokyo’s first permanent Pokémon cafe opened in March this year in the central district of Nihonbashi.
 
After welcoming patrons for several months, it’s time for the cafe to change its menu to suit the autumn season. And besides maple leaves and the rice harvest, autumn in Japan me...

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BBC
 
A proposal to create a whale sanctuary in the South Atlantic Ocean has been defeated at an International Whaling Commission (IWC) meeting in Brazil.
Japan and several other pro-whaling countries voted against the proposal, causing it to fall short of the two-thirds majority it needed to pas...

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ROCKET NEWS
 
Whatever happened to the spirit of volunteering?
Two years after announcing strict volunteer requirements for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and realizing they could not get enough help for free, the Japanese ministry has instead turned to universities and their vast human resources, going...

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