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Japan Looks To Prevent Water Shortage During Tokyo Olympics

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - Plans are in place to increase water levels in reservoirs serving Tokyo and surrounding areas in a bid to meet demand during the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic games.
With over 10 million people expected to arrive for the games, the central government and seven prefecture...

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Russia, Japan Say Differences Remain Over Disputed Islands

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JAPAN TODAY
 
MOSCOW - Russia and Japan's top diplomats said Friday there was a way to go before their countries could resolve a World War II-era dispute over a chain of islands, following a meeting in Moscow.
Ahead of talks, Russia's Sergei Lavrov said "significant differences" remained between ...

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Japan Tests World's Fastest Bullet Train

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CNN
 
 (CNN) — Japan has started testing its fastest-ever bullet train -- capable of reaching 400 kilometers per hour (249 mph) -- as it continues to develop the revolutionary mode of travel.
The ALFA-X version of the Shinkansen train began three years' worth of test runs on Friday.
Once it enter...

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Detective Pikachu Debuts In Pokémon GO In Event Saluting Franchise’s First Live-Action Film

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SORA NEWS
 
Adorable sleuth is joined by special color-versions of his Pokémon movie co-stars.
Here in Japan, we get plenty of chances to see Pikachu, what with the annual Pikachu Outbreak that occurs in Yokohama and the permanent Pokémon Cafe in Tokyo. This month, though, we’re getting even more...

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Japan Space Agency Finds 10 Other Artificial Craters Made On Asteroid

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Japan’s space agency said Thursday 10 other smaller man-made craters had been found on an asteroid after its Hayabusa2 space probe produced an artificial crater last month as part of its mission to explore the origin of life and the evolution of the solar system.
When the asteroid e...

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Pieces Of Lost Japanese Stealth Fighter Found

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CNN
 
Tokyo (CNN)Wreckage from a Japanese F-35 stealth fighter that crashed into the Pacific almost a month ago has been recovered, Japan's defense minister said Tuesday, but the reason for the loss of one of the world's most advanced warplanes remains a mystery.
Pieces of the jet's flight record...

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Japan's Emperor Naruhito Performs First Ritual Since Accession To The Throne

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EURO NEWS
 
Japan's Emperor Naruhito on Wednesday performed a Shinto ritual at the Imperial Palace to report to imperial family gods the plans for the main ceremonies of his succession later this year.
Naruhito ascended to the Chrysanthemum Throne on May 1, the day after his father Akihito abdica...

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No Conditions For Japan-N. Korea Summit, Abe Tells Trump

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told U.S. President Donald Trump during telephone talks on Monday night that he aims to realize a bilateral meeting with North Korea leader Kim Jong Un to resolve the issue of the abduction of Japanese nationals by North Korea without setting any precond...

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Rugby World Cup Committee Warns Japan Not To Run Out Of Beer

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THE GUARDIAN
 
It’s the stuff of nightmares for rugby fans: organisers of the upcoming World Cup in Japan have raised fears that bars and restaurants in host cities could run out of beer during the tournament.
As part of the planning for the 2019 Rugby World Cup, the organising committee has urge...

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With Little Fanfare, Japan Just Changed The Way It Uses Its Military

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FOREIGN POLICY
 
A new era may have dawned in Japan, but it has nothing to do with the country’s next emperor. Instead, without much fanfare, the government took a small but significant step in the security domain. On April 26, in a move unlike any since 1945, it deployed its Self-Defense Forces ...

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