AP NEWS
 
A slow-moving storm has been dumping intense rains on northern Japan, swelling rivers, sending residents to shelters and disrupting traffic during a Japanese Buddhist holiday week.
The storm was once Typhoon Maria but has weakened, with winds now blowing up to 72 kph (45 mph). It made l...

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NHK
 
The Japan Meteorological Agency continues to urge people to keep up their guard against a possible mega-quake in the Nankai Trough along the Pacific coast.
The agency is keeping in place its special advisory issued on Thursday after a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck off Miyazaki Prefecture ...

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REUTERS
 
Sweden fought back from a two-match deficit to beat fourth-seeded Japan in a men's team table tennis semi-final at the Paris Olympics on Wednesday, securing a medal.
Japan opened with a 3-1 doubles win, before Tomokazu Harimoto added a valuable point by defeating singles silver medallis...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck off the coast of Miyazaki Prefecture on Thursday, initially prompting a tsunami advisory for parts of the coast of Kyushu and Shikoku and for the Meteorological Agency to issue an alert warning of a further possible megaquake along the Nankai Trough...

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KYODO NEWS
 
An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 hit southwestern Japan on Thursday and tsunami advisories were issued for the Pacific coast extending to the western part of the country, sparking concerns that a megaquake may occur in the near future.
The Japan Meteorological Agency issued an u...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Hiroshima marked the 79th anniversary on Tuesday of its atomic bombing by the United States, with its mayor urging people to unite in prompting world leaders to shift away from nuclear deterrence amid global conflicts including Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the Israel-Hamas war i...

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JAPAN NEWS
 
Japan’s Yui Susaki lost to India’s Vinesh Vinesh 2-3 in her first match in the women’s wrestling freestyle 50-kilogram division, suffering an upset and failing in her bid to win a gold medal in consecutive Olympic Games.
The 25-year-old Tokyo Games gold medalist can move on to repech...

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KYODO NEWS
 
Japan's  women's volleyball team wrapped up third place in its pool by beating Kenya on Saturday, but now has a nervous wait to see whether it can sneak into the quarterfinals at the Paris Olympics.
The 25-17, 25-22, 25-12 victory at South Paris Arena was Japan's first of the tournam...

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JAPAN NEWS
 
Shinnosuke Oka won the bronze medal in the artistic gymnastics men’s parallel bars on Monday at the Paris Olympics.
It was the 20-year-old gymnast’s third medal at the Paris Games after winning gold in the gymnastics team event and the men’s individual all-around event.
 
 

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Japan will support Ukraine in its judicial reforms and fight against corruption, the two countries agreed Monday.
Justice Minister Ryuji Koizumi, who is Japan’s first justice minister to visit Ukraine, met with his Ukrainian counterpart Denys Maliuska in Kyiv on Monday morning ahead...

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