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Chinese President Xi Jinping yet to confirm presence at G-20 summit in Delhi

G-20 Summit in Delhi nears, Chinese President Xi Jinping yet to confirm attendance; other leaders, including U.S. President Biden, U.K., France, Germany, Canada, Japan, Brazil, Indonesia, Saudi Prince MbS, have confirmed; Russian President Putin and Mexican President Obrador to send representatives. If Xi Jinping doesn’t attend, it is reported that…

The Hindu

Stocks See Support from U.S. Deflator Report

What you need to know… The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is up +0.20%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up +0.21%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up +0.38%. Stock indexes saw support after this morning’s news that...

Barchart

Takeshi’s Castle is back: All you need to know about the Japanese gameshow reboot

Think water guns, slippery slides, and vibrant challenges

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Takeshi’s Castle: The top five challenges on original Japanese gameshow

Skipping Stones and Bridge Ball could be back for Amazon Prime Video series

Evening Standard

In Japan, a third of today's 18-year-old women may not have children: Study

The number of children in Japan has been falling for more than four decades as the appetite for marriage and parenting has waned and financial worries have grown, surveys show.

The Hindu

Japan's Sogo & Seibu department stores are being sold to a US fund as 900 workers go on strike

Japanese retailer Seven & i Holdings Co. is selling department store chain Sogo & Seibu Co. to a U.S. investment fund, as the labor union went on strike ahead of the announcement

The Independent UK

Japan's defense ministry requests nearly 12% budget increase to bolster military's strike capability

Japan's defense ministry is requesting a nearly 12% budget increase that includes two warships with advanced radar and long-range cruise missiles

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Japan's PM visits fish market, vows to help fisheries hit by China ban over Fukushima water release

Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has sampled seafood and talked to workers at Tokyo’s Toyosu fish market on a visit to assess the impact of China’s ban on Japanese seafood in reaction to the release of wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi plant

The Independent UK

Google brings Search Labs to Japan and India with multilingual support

Google expands access to SGE to users in Japan and India with a new feature arriving for those in the U.S.

Android Central

Romantic comedies, Japanese reality television and New Zealand true crime: the best of streaming this September

We have never been more spoilt for choice when it comes to what we can watch on (streaming) television. But the downside of this gluttony of riches is the sheer overwhelm that can come from having to choose your next show.

The Conversation

Japan is getting a live-action Pokémon series about playing Pokémon

The series premieres this October

Total Film

Kobayashi hopes to open NASCAR doors for Japanese drivers

Ex-Formula 1 racer Kobayashi added his name to the growing list of international racers to try their hand at NASCAR in recent times when he joined Toyota squad 23XI Racing for the Verizon 200 at the Brickyard in August, finishing in 33rd place.

Motorsport

Japanese ministers eat Fukushima fish to show it's safe after nuclear plant wastewater is discharged

Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and three Cabinet ministers have eaten Fukushima fish sashimi at a lunch meeting in an apparent effort to show that fish is safe following the release of treated radioactive wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant

The Independent UK

Takeshi’s Castle is back! UK television gets its best ever version of the Japanese gameshow

Romesh Ranganathan and Tom Davis host a fun, refreshing reboot of the classic show. Brace yourself for charm, dodgy sets and ludicrously difficult challenges

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Japanese hair art: Yumeko Yume’s retro Osaka salon

An Osaka salon is the next stop in this photographic odyssey, exploring vibrant and varied Japanese hair art

The Guardian - AU

Japan and South Korea should be invited to join Aukus, UK parliamentary committee says

Influential UK foreign affairs select committee recommends Japan and South Korea join the security partnership to develop critical technology

Fortune

Just as China faces a Japan-style ‘lost decade,’ Japan thinks it’s near a ‘turning point’ in decades-long deflation battle

Japan may be emerging from a 25-year battle with deflation, the government said.

Windows Central

Former Sony executive joins Xbox to lead Japanese partnership operations

An update to Mena Sato Kato's LinkedIn reveals that the former Sony VP of Mobile Business has been hired by Xbox in a new role as the Director for Partnerships in Japan.

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PHOTOS: Best images from Tuesday’s Thunder-related 2023 FIBA World Cup games

SGA and Josh Giddey wrapped up FIBA World Cup group play with outstanding individual performances in blowout wins.

Louder

"It appeared that he had fallen down an elevator shaft, but we knew that he was murdered": the traumatic story of Deep Purple's visit to Indonesia in 1975

At the beginning of the Come Taste The Band tour, Deep Purple stopped off in Jakarta to play a show en route to Japan. It did not go well

USA Today Sports Media Group

2023 FIBA World Cup: Australia advances to second round with 109-89 win vs. Japan

Australia advances to the second round behind Josh Giddey's masterful performance in a 109-89 win over Japan.

Barchart

Markets Today: Stock Slip as Bond Yields Climb Ahead of U.S. Economic News

Morning Markets September E-Mini S&P 500 futures (ESU2 3) this morning are down -0.13%, and Sep Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQU2 3) are down -0.19%. Stock indexes this morning are slightly lower, awaiting news later this morning on July JOLTS job openings, June home prices, and August consumer confidence. Higher...

The Independent UK

Investigation finds late founder of Japanese talent agency for boy bands sexually assaulted teens

A team investigating sexual assault allegations against the late founder of a talent agency for boy bands says it has found the charges credible and is calling for financal compensation for the victims

Motor1

Toyota Temporarily Halts Production At All 14 Japanese Plants

This represents roughly a third of the company's global production output.

Al Jazeera

N Korea’s Kim eyes naval readiness as US, Japan, S Korea hold sea exercises

Kim accuses the US, South Korea and Japan of increasing threat of nuclear war over naval exercises off Korean Peninsula.

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