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Uniqlo’s quest to conquer the US, one cashmere sweater at a time

The biggest challenge to Japanese fashion giant Uniqlo’s plan to take on the U.S.? Getting more Americans to know who they are.

Tribune News Service

North Korea warns of making 'Pacific our firing range' as it launches missiles

North Korea is ramping up its missile tests and pushing for more powerful weapons that it believes may increase its leverage during potential future negotiations with the US, some expert commentators on the Hermit Kingdom say

Daily Mirror

Atanu back in India archery side, no place for Deepika

KOLKATA: Olympian Atanu Das made a roaring comeback to the India side after being out for almost a year since losing to Japan's Takaharu Furukawa in the Tokyo Olympics. "It was quite a hard time for me to sit out after playing for the country for almost 10 long years,"…

The Times of India

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Reo Hatate Celtic success touted for Japan call-up as boss makes 'standard bearer' claim

Reo Hatate has eight goals and eight assists this season for Celtic but failed to make Japan's World Cup squad last year

Glasgow Live

Japan boss tells Celtic stars they can WIN World Cup as mystery Hoops hopeful told he's a 'standard bearer'

The boss in Asia is setting big goals that those in Glasgow will want to be part of.

Daily Record

Soho Farmhouse has stepped-up its wellness game with this latest outdoor bathing offering

The Japanese art of Kintsugi is a curious one. Rather than hiding the cracks in ceramic items, it binds the pieces together again using precious metals and lacquers (the word itself translates as ‘golden joinery’). Popularised in the late 16th century - thanks to the rising popularity of Japan’s teahouses…

Evening Standard

Japan to give Ukraine $5.5B, host online G-7 plus Zelenskyy

Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has announced a new $5.5 billion financial aid for Ukraine and will mark the first anniversary of the war by hosting an online Group of Seven summit with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy

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Hayashi underlines commitment to 'contribute to security'

MUNICH -- Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi on Saturday underlined Japan's determination to play a role in protecting a free and open international order.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Japan PM says to host G7 summit with Ukraine's Zelenskiy on Friday

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Monday Japan will host an online Group of Seven (G7) summit meeting on Friday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.

Reuters

Tung joins KCMG Honda team for Super Taikyu assault

Le Mans 24 Hours class winner Ho-Pin Tung will return to international motorsport this season as part of KCMG's assault on Japan's Super Taikyu series.

Motorsport

North Korea fires more missiles as Kim Jong Un’s sister warns of ‘using Pacific as our firing range’

The launches come just two days after North Korea fired an intercontinental ballistic missile into the sea off Japan’s west coast

Evening Standard

North Korea Fires Short-Range Missiles after Making Threats

North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles toward Japan on Monday in its second weapons test in three days that drew quick condemnation from its rivals and prompted Tokyo to request an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council. The weapons firings follow an intercontinental ballistic missile launch Saturday…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Japanese fans bid farewell to beloved giant panda Xiang Xiang after winning lottery

Only 2,600 winners of an extremely competitive lottery have been allowed one last look at Xiang Xiang before the Japanese-born giant panda returns to China.

ABC News

North Korea fires suspected ballistic missile

North Korea fired a suspected ballistic missile Monday, authorities in Japan and South Korea said, in its second launch in less than three days.

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The Independent UK

Japanese bid farewell to beloved panda returning to China

Thousands of Japanese fans, some wiping away tears, bid farewell to a beloved Japanese-born giant panda that made her final public appearance before flying to her home country, China

WEKU

The U.S. and South Korea staged a joint air exercise after the North's missile launch

North Korea said Sunday its latest intercontinental ballistic missile test was meant to further bolster its "fatal" nuclear attack capacity against its rivals.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Japan, S. Korea try to clear highest hurdle

MUNICH -- Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and South Korean counterpart Park Jin, meeting on Saturday on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, exchanged views on reaching a final solution for the unresolved issue of former wartime requisitioned workers from the Korean Peninsula, the most pressing matter currently between the…

The Japan News/Yomiuri

GSDF, U.S. marines hold joint training exercise in Oita

The Ground Self-Defense Force held a press viewing of Iron Fist, a joint Japan-U.S. training exercise, at the Hijudai maneuvering ground in Oita Prefecture on Saturday.

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An American submarine that went missing in World War II is found off of Japan's coast

The wreckage of the USS Albacore, credited with sinking at least 10 enemy vessels during the war, was identified, the Navy said — almost 80 years after it was presumed lost.

Asharq Al-Awsat

NKorea Says it Fired ICBM as Warning to US, Seoul

North Korea said Sunday it had test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile as a warning to Washington and Seoul, saying the successful "surprise" drill demonstrated Pyongyang's "capacity of fatal nuclear counterattack". Leader Kim Jong Un ordered the "sudden launching drill" at 8 am Saturday (2300 GMT) and a Hwasong-15 missile --…

Daily Mirror

Eerie wreckage of long-lost US World War 2 submarine finally found off Japanese coast

A US Navy submarine used in World War 2 has been located off the coast of northern Japan using underwater remote controlled vehicles, after its disappearance in 1944

Reuters

Japan, South Korea foreign ministers meet on sidelines of Munich Security Conference

Japan's foreign minister Yoshimasa Hayashi met his South Korean counterpart Park Jin on Saturday and reiterated the need for continued communications between the two countries to return to a "healthy relationship".

ABC News

Fumio Kishida bids farewell to Abenomics by appointing Kazuo Ueda as Bank of Japan boss

Investors say Kazuo Ueda's appointment as the Bank of Japan's new chief may indicate how soon it will shift away from extremely low interest rates — a transition that could have huge ramifications for global financial markets.

WEKU

North Korea fires a missile as the U.S. and South Korea prepare for military exercises

North Korea fired a long-range missile into the sea off Japan a day after it threatened to take strong measures against South Korea and the U.S. over their joint military exercises.

Reuters

Japan, China to hold security talks next week, Japan foreign minister says

Japan and China will hold security talks next week, Japanese foreign minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said after meeting his Chinese counterpart on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference on Saturday.

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