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The Latest Breaking News from Japan

Brendan Fraser lands first major role since Hollywood comeback

Actor who experienced an incredible career renaissance last year with role in ‘The Whale’ will travel to Japan for forthcoming comedy-drama

The Independent UK

Heatherwick Studio’s Azabudai Hills district launches as Tokyo’s newest city-in-a-city

Tokyo welcomes the Azabudai Hills district, designed by Heatherwick Studio and constructed as a city-in-a-city after over three decades of planning

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Pushing Buttons: I went to Japan’s Nintendo theme park – and it was a childhood dream come true

Hidden Pikmin, secret Mario logos and mad merch … the world of Mario has been brilliantly reconstructed in real life, letting me live out a fantasy decades in the making

The Guardian - UK

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Japan's government uses Minecraft to show off a huge, real-world infrastructure project

The Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism has been playing Minecraft

GamesRadar

Newcastle and Ube continue 'sister city' legacy

Newcastle and Japan's Ube mark sister city ties, tree planting

Newcastle Herald

India and Japan Converge in Southeast Asia

The conditions are prime for India and Japan to operationalise their shared vision for the Indo-Pacific

The Hindu

Japan's ispace unveils micro rover for its 2nd moon mission

Tokyo-based spaceflight company ispace just unveiled a mini rover that will fly on its next moon landing mission next year.

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MLB fans had so many jokes after Ichiro pitched a complete game against a HS girls team in Japan

And let's check in on Ichiro's retirement ... Oh?

USA Today Sports Media Group

Council boss Jeremy Bath named in Parliament as author of Scott Neylon letters

'It's undeniable that Mr Jeremy Bath ... is the author of the letters.'

Newcastle Herald

Looking for a new game to binge post-Starfield? Here's the best of what PC Game Pass has to offer

From claustrophobic spaceships, to neon-lit Japanese city-ships.

PC Gamer

North Korea could launch spy satellite as early as this week

Pyongyang says it will attempt its latest satellite launch before December 2 as Japan and South Korea on standby.

Al Jazeera

International Emmy Awards 2023 Complete Winners' List: Vir Das wins for Best Comedy, Karla Souza and Martin Freeman take home Best Actor trophies

The International Emmy Awards 2023 brought together 56 nominees across 20 countries together under one roof to award and recognise the best in the business.

The Times of India

North Korea reportedly tells Japan it will make 3rd attempt to launch spy satellite this month

North Korea has reportedly told Japan that it will make a third attempt to launch a military spy satellite later this month

The Independent UK

Cost-of-living crisis fuels global appetite for instant ramen

Middle-class consumers around the world – including in countries with no tradition of eating noodles – are turning to instant ramen in droves

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Hoard of 100,000 centuries-old coins discovered in Japan

A hoard of more than 100,000 coins found in Japan might have been buried by warriors centuries ago.

The Independent UK

Live updates | Shell hits Gaza hospital, killing 12, as heavy fighting breaks out

Gaza's Hamas-led Health Ministry says a shell has hit the second floor of a hospital in northern Gaza, killing at least 12 people, as Israeli troops work to clear medical facilities where they say Hamas militants take cover

Guitar World

Fender Japan has developed a rabid cult following, but do its crazy-limited electric guitars live up to the hype? I finally gave in and bought one to find out

The achingly chic Elemental Series is one of Fender Japan’s most lusted-after recent launches. I snapped up the Jazzmaster to discover if MIJ guitars are worthy of their obsessive fandom

Motorsport

Rovanpera to contest only partial WRC season in unchanged 2024 Toyota line-up

The reigning WRC constructors' champion has announced new contracts with Rovanpera, Elfyn Evans, Sebastien Ogier and Takamoto Katsuta following Toyota's dominant 1-2-3 at last weekend's season finale in Japan. Rovanpera, Evans and Ogier each scored three wins this year to help Toyota to a sixth world title.

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Rovanpera to contest partial WRC season in unchanged 2024 Toyota line-up

The reigning WRC constructors’ champions have announced new contracts with Rovanpera, Elfyn Evans, Sebastien Ogier and Takamoto Katsuta following Toyota’s dominant 1-2-3 at last weekend’s season finale in Japan. Rovanpera, Evans and Ogier each scored three wins this year to help Toyota to a sixth world title.

The Independent UK

3rd release of treated water from Japan's damaged Fukushima nuclear plant ends safely, operator says

The operator of Japan's damaged Fukushima nuclear plant says the release of a third batch of treated radioactive wastewater into the Pacific Ocean has ended safely as planned

Chicago Sun-Times

Former Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s Michigan home spray-painted with the word ‘Nazis’

Rahm Emanuel, the U.S. ambassador to Japan, was not at the home in Gordon Beach in southwest Michigan. He thanked law enforcement for its handling of the incident.

AAP

McLennan defends not grilling Jones over Japan report

Ousted Rugby Australia chairman Hamish McLennan says he's meeting Eddie Jones and hopes to get to the bottom of his links to Japan.

RideApart

Mark Your Calendars For The 2024 FIM E-Xplorer World Cup

Outlining the 2024 season, the FIM E-Xplorer World Cup will start from February 16 to December 1, 2024, with countries like Japan, Norway, France, Switzerland, and India included. \

The Guardian - AU

More support for hydrogen needed to stop Australia lagging on clean energy, Japanese expert warns

Tatsuya Terazawa says Albanese government must also consider carbon capture and storage and small modular nuclear reactors

The Independent UK

Daisaku Ikeda, head of global Japanese Buddhist organization Soka Gakkai, dies at 95

Daisaku Ikeda, who headed Soka Gakkai, a Japanese Buddhist organization, that includes Herbie Hancock and other celebrities in its fold, has died

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