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Honda's left-field pick for a shot at F1 feeder series glory

Honda junior drivers racing in Formula 2 has become a regular sight in recent years, but eight years ago the Japanese marque made a rather left-field choice for its first driver to send to race in the F1 support series.

Motorsport

Kishida, Yoon hold talks, agree to improve Japan-S Korea ties

Japan and S Korea’s leaders agree to improve relations soured by disputes over WWII forced labour and sexual slavery.

Al Jazeera

Biden, Japan's Kishida discuss importance of strengthening security alliance - White House

U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida emphasized in a meeting on Wednesday the importance of strengthening and modernizing their countries' security alliance, the White House said in a statement.

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Leaders of S. Korea, Japan agree to strive to improve ties

The governments of South Korea and Japan say their leaders have agreed to accelerate efforts to mend ties frayed over Japan’s colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula

The Independent UK

S.Korea, Japan hold first bilateral talks since 2019, seek stronger ties

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida held their first one-on-one talks on Wednesday and agreed on the need to improve relations dogged by historical disputes.

Reuters

Mama, just killed a samurai! How Japan used Queen to liven up Romeo and Juliet

How do you give the star-cross’d lovers a lift? Drop them in 12th-century Japan and add a classic Queen album. As it opens in Britain, A Night at the Kabuki sends shivers down our writer’s spine

The Guardian - UK

Floyd Mayweather vs Mikuru Asakura time: When are ring walks for fight this weekend?

All you need to know as the boxing icon takes on the mixed martial artist in Japan

The Independent UK

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Floyd Mayweather vs Mikuru Asakura live stream: How to watch fight online this weekend

All you need to know as the boxing icon takes on the mixed martial artist in Japan

The Independent UK

Floyd Mayweather boasts of earning $20million for nine-minute exhibition fight

Mayweather will take on Japanese MMA fighter Mikuru Asakura this Sunday in Japan in his latest exhibition fight, and he has claimed that he will make up to $20 million for the nine-minute fight

Daily Mirror

A man sets himself on fire in an apparent protest of Japanese leader Abe's funeral

More protests are expected before the state funeral next week for Japan's divisive former leader. Shinzo Abe's assassination in July has highlighted the Unification Church's ties to Japanese politics.

WEKU

Japan to conduct joint fighter drill with Germany in Japan

The Defense Ministry said Tuesday that Japan and Germany will carry out a joint drill with their fighter jets in Japan on Sept. 28 with the aim of strengthening defense cooperation between the two nations.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

The Legend of Heroes: Trails from Zero review: A charming but gritty JRPG that's been worth the wait

Nihon Falcom's classic JRPG The Legend of Heroes: Trails from Zero finally gets released outside of Japan

Daily Mirror

Japanese man sets himself alight ‘in protest at state funeral for ex-Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’

A number of protests are being planned in the lead up to the funeral next week

Evening Standard

Man sets himself on fire outside Japanese prime minister's office in apparent protest over Shinzo Abe state funeral

A man sets himself on fire near the Japanese prime minister's office in Tokyo in an apparent protest against the state funeral planned next week for former leader Shinzo Abe.

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Japan weighs plan for ban on hotel guests without masks -media

Japan's government is considering allowing hotels to refuse entry to guests who do not wear masks and follow other measures to control infection during an outbreak, Fuji News Network said on Wednesday.

The Guardian - AU

Shinzo Abe: man sets himself alight in protest at state funeral for killed Japan PM

Protester sustains widespread burns as Japan wrestles with legacy of leader whose death revealed scale of politicians’ links to Unification church

The Independent UK

Man sets himself on fire in apparent protest of Abe funeral

A man has set himself on fire near the Japanese prime minister’s office in Tokyo in apparent protest of the state funeral for former leader Shinzo Abe

Daily Mirror

Horror as man sets himself on fire in protest before Japan's ex-Prime Minster's funeral

Controversy surrounding the state funeral of Shinzo Abe has continued after a man set himself on fire in a protest, resulting in him being left unconscious and a police officer left injured

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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine ‘tramples’ UN charter: Japan PM

Fumio Kishida steps up calls for reform of UN system after failure of Security Council to respond to Russian attack.

Salon

The science of squirting

Using blue food coloring, Japanese scientists gained new insight into the orgasmic phenomenon known as "squirting"

Reuters

Japanese man sets himself on fire in apparent protest at former PM state funeral

A man set himself on fire near the Japanese prime minister's office on Wednesday in an apparent protest at the government's decision to hold a state funeral for former premier Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated earlier this year, media reported.

Reuters

Russia's invasion of Ukraine tramples U.N. charter: Japan PM

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, addressing the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, condemned Russia's invasion of Ukraine as destabilising the international order to its core and said the rule of law, not coercion by power, should prevail.

The Independent UK

Japan PM calls for UN reforms to address Russian aggression

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida expressed disappointment over the failure of the United Nations Security Council to respond to the Russian invasion of Ukraine because of Russia’s right of veto

Reuters

UK's Truss and Japan's Kishida to work on countering China -statement

British Prime Minister Liz Truss condemned provocations over Taiwan by China in a meeting with her Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida at the United Nations General Assembly, a Downing Street spokesperson said on Tuesday.

The Guardian - UK

Flying motorbikes: something out of a bad 1980s sci-fi movie or the future of the commute?

The Japanese-made Xturismo is on sale at £680,000 apiece – and was greeted with huge enthusiasm when it was launched in the US this week

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