BWF
 
Hundred years down the road, any discussion about the Japan Open would not be complete without the mention of Akane Yamaguchi’s name.
On Sunday, at the Yokohama Arena, the 27-year-old won the event for the fourth time, twice more than the legendary Kento Momota and Misaki Matsutomo – alongs...

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KYODO NEWS
 
A strong typhoon traveling in the south of the Japanese archipelago is heading toward the southwestern island of Amami-Oshima on Tuesday, the weather agency said, warning of heavy rains and violent winds.
The Japan Meteorological Agency said Typhoon Shanshan could make landfall on We...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
The newly completed Ginza Sony Park, a renovation project on the former site of the iconic Sony Building in Tokyo, was unveiled to the press Friday, with the new complex promising to be a modern space that carries on the vision of its predecessor.
Scheduled to open to the public in ...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
A two-day ministerial meeting of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development, or TICAD, ended Sunday with the adoption of a joint communique aimed at strengthening collaboration toward next year's summit.
The first joint statement issued in a TICAD ministerial meeting ...

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NIPPON
 
Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te has met with members of the Japanese ruling Liberal Democratic Party's Youth Division, including its director, Takako Suzuki, at the president's office in Taipei.
According to the office, Lai said at the meeting, held Tuesday, that Japan and Taiwan both f...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Hikikomori is the Japanese term used to refer to shut-ins, individuals who have withdrawn from educational, professional, and social life.
Entirely dependent on others, usually family members, to put a roof over their head, clothes on their back, and food in their stomach, hikikomor...

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KYODO NEWS
 
Manager Futoshi Ikeda has parted ways with the Japan women's national football team upon the expiry of his contract, the Japan Football Association said Wednesday.
The 53-year-old took Nadeshiko Japan's reins in October 2021 and guided them to the quarterfinals both at the 2023 World...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Government officials considered taking action against mpox on Friday, following the World Health Organization's declaration earlier that week of a public health emergency due to outbreaks in Africa.
The officials reviewed strategies for response, including methods for gathering and ...

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BBC
 
Thirty six flights were cancelled and 201 delayed at a Japanese airport on the weekend after a pair of scissors went missing in a store near the boarding gates.
Security checks at Hokkaido’s New Chitose Airport domestic terminal were suspended for about two hours on Saturday morning, leavin...

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NIPPON
 
The number of people in Japan who were sent to hospital due to heatstroke climbed by some 20 pct in July from a year before to 43,195, the second highest level for the month since records began in 2008, the Fire and Disaster Management Agency said Tuesday.
The country saw scorching weath...

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