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Thai golf star Pajaree beats Japan's Furue in LPGA Match-Play final

Thailand's Pajaree Anannarukarn defeated Japan's Ayaka Furue 3&1 in Sunday's LPGA Match-Play final to capture her second career tour title.

Bangkok Post

India enter Junior Asia Cup semifinal with 17-0 win over Thailand

India top the four-team Pool A with 10 points from four games after victories over Chinese Taipei, Japan and Thailand and a 1-1 draw against Pakistan, were unstoppable with Angad Bir Singh scoring four goals (13th, 33rd, 47th, 55th min).

The Hindu

North Korea has notified Japan it plans to launch a satellite in the coming days

North Korea said that it plans to launch a satellite, which may be an attempt to put its first military reconnaissance satellite into orbit. It said the launch window is from May 31 to June 11.

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Baby boomtown: does Nagi hold the secret to repopulating Japan?

Fertility rate is more than twice the national average and nearly half of households have three or more children – thanks in no small part to generous daycare and an all-in approach to raising families

The Guardian - AU

Japan on standby for N Korea ‘satellite’ launch in next two weeks

Pyongyang has said previously it completed work on a spy satellite, but Tokyo says launch could be ballistic missile.

Al Jazeera

North Korea tells neighboring Japan it plans to launch satellite in coming days

Japan’s coast guard said North Korea has notified it that it plans to launch a satellite in coming days, which may be an attempt to put a military reconnaissance satellite into orbit

The Independent UK

A.J. McKee, Scott Coker agree McKee vs. Patricky Freire perfect fight for Bellator X Rizin 2 in Japan

For the second straight time, Bellator is taking one of its biggest stars to Japan.

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Japanese startup says Hakuto-R failed Moon landing was caused by altitude miscalculation

Tokyo- based ispace made a failed attempt to complete the world's first commercial soft-landing on the Moon last month.

ABC News

Japan puts missile defences on alert as North Korea warns of satellite launch

Japan put its ballistic missile defences on alert on Monday and vowed to shoot down any projectile that threatens its territory, after North Korea notified it of a planned satellite launch between May 31 and June 11.

Reuters

At Hiroshima, Japan’s moment to reinforce partnerships

The Hiroshima G-7 Summit has reinforced Japan’s re-emergence as a critical security actor

The Hindu

We will protect Tamil diaspora worldwide: CM

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin says the State government has the responsibility to protect the Tamil diaspora that has spread far and wide

The Hindu

Scott Coker: Bellator’s Japan collaboration with Rizin should be MMA’s future

Bellator and Rizin are starting to get comfortable working together, it seems.

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Stalin takes Bullet train ride in Japan; bats for ‘equivalent’ service in India

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin had earlier embarked on a two-nation official trip of Singapore and Japan

The Hindu

Air France flight turns back to Osaka after malfunction -Kyodo

An Air France KLM SA passenger plane flying from Osaka in western Japan to French capital Paris turned back on Sunday after weather radar and speed meters malfunctioned while flying over the Pacific Ocean, Kyodo news agency reported.

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Thailand, 11 other Indo-Pacific nations vow to fortify supply chains

Ministers from Thailand, the United States, Japan and 11 other Indo-Pacific nations agreed Saturday to strengthen supply chain resilience for critical items such as semiconductors and medicines to respond more promptly to emergencies.

Daily Record

Kyogo gives Celtic fans a glimpse inside dressing room mindset as top scorer delivers heartfelt future vow

Kyogo says he wants to stay at Celtic for 'a long time' and so do his teammates.

Daily Mirror

West Ham star faces court date over £750,000 jewellery raid in Japan

Japanese authorities allege that Kaine Wright, 26, and two accomplices carried out a violent robbery at the upmarket Harry Winston jewellers in Tokyo in November 2015

The Guardian - AU

Defeat would leave Russia brutal and vindictive even if Putin ‘disappeared’, says RAF chief – as it happened

Air Chief Marshall Sir Mike Wigston says Russian threat to UK could get worse if Putin was ousted

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Scott Coker bullish on Bellator’s future in Japan

Bellator will return to Japan as part of another co-promotion with Rizin, which Scott Coker has teased for a while.

France 24

Russian forces temporarily ease attacks on Bakhmut to regroup, says Kyiv

Russian forces have temporarily eased their attacks on the besieged eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut to regroup and strengthen their capabilities, a senior Kyiv official said on Saturday. This comes as Ukraine struck oil pipeline installations deep inside Russia on Saturday with a series of drone attacks. Read our live…

Reuters

Russia accuses Japan of ‘cynical speculation’ after Tokyo’s nuclear rebuke

Russia on Saturday accused Japan of "cynical, unscrupulous speculation" over Tokyo's comments around the nuclear threat Moscow poses and promised to respond to Japan's latest round of sanctions imposed over Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Bangkok Post

Hydrogen car in 24-hour race a world first

TOKYO: Toyota Motor Corp on Saturday entered a racing car powered by liquid hydrogen into a 24-hour endurance race in Japan, making it the first such car in the world to participate in an officially sanctioned auto race.

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Bellator X Rizin 2 to feature AJ McKee vs. Patricky Freire, Kyoji Horiguchi in inaugural men’s flyweight title fight

Bellator returns to Japan in July to continue the lightweight world grand prix and crown an inaugural men's flyweight champion.

Reuters

Japan PM Kishida says willing to meet Kim Jong Un over kidnappings

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Saturday he was willing to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to try and resolve the issue of Japanese nationals abducted in the 1960s and 1970s, media reported.

The Times of India

Sindhu, Prannoy march into semifinal of Malaysia Masters

PV Sindhu and HS Prannoy sailed into the semifinals of the Malaysia Masters BWF Super-500 tournament in Kuala Lumpur on Friday. While Sindhu registered a hard-fought 21-16, 13-21, 22-20 victory against Zhang Yi Man of China, Prannoy defeated Kenta Nishimoto of Japan 25-23, 18-21, 21-13.

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