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World's Oldest Person Dies in Japan at 119

A Japanese woman certified the world's oldest person has died at the age of 119, local officials said Monday. Kane Tanaka was born January 2, 1903, in the southwestern Fukuoka region of Japan, the same year the Wright brothers flew for the first time and Marie Curie became the first…

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World's oldest person Kane Tanaka dies aged 119

The Japanese woman was born in the same year the Wright Brothers did their first controlled flight

Liverpool Echo

World's oldest person Kane Tanaka dies at the age of 119 in Japan

Kane Tanaka was born on January 2, 1903 - the year of the Wright Brothers' first controlled flight of their motor-driven airplane.

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Ukraine removes Hirohito from video after Japan protests

Japanese officials say the Ukrainian government has removed a photo of Japanese wartime Emperor Hirohito from a video showing him with Adolph Hitler and Benito Mussolini after Tokyo protested

The Independent UK

World’s oldest person dies in Japan aged 119

A Japanese woman believed to be the oldest person in the world has died, aged 119.

Evening Standard

The world's oldest person, 119-year-old Kane Tanaka, dies in Japan

A Japanese woman recognised as the world's oldest person dies, aged 119, according to Japan's public broadcaster.

ABC News

World's oldest person Kane Tanaka dies in Japan at the age of 119

Kane Tanaka was confirmed by Guinness World Records in 2019 as the oldest living person. She died on Tuesday of old age

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Ukraine apologises for juxtaposing Japan emperor to Hitler in video

TOKYO: The Ukrainian government has apologised over a video shared on Twitter that juxtaposed a picture of the late Japanese emperor Hirohito to those of Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini in describing Nazism and fascism.

Bangkok Post

Japan to send envoy to Solomons amid worry over China pact

Japan is sending a vice foreign minister to the Solomon Islands amid worry over a security agreement it struck with China that could increase Beijing’s military influence

The Independent UK

Child's body found after tour boat sank in Japan's far north

Rescuers searching since a tour boat carrying 26 people apparently sank off far northeastern Japan have found the body of an 11th victim

The Independent UK

Inquiries start into disappearance of Japan tourist boat, with at least 11 dead

Inquiries began into what caused the disappearance of a Japanese tour boat off the nation's northern coast as search efforts intensified on Monday to find the boat and its missing passengers, with the confirmed death toll rising to 11.

Reuters

Japan, South Korea look to repair ties ahead of Biden visit

Japan and South Korea look set to try to revive a relationship that has hit new depths in recent years, with President-elect Yoon Suk Yeol offering an olive branch to Tokyo weeks before U.S. President Joe Biden is likely to visit both countries.

Tribune News Service

Why American parents love "Old Enough!"

The show is the antithesis of "helicopter parenting" — and a reminder of how unsafe American pedestrians are today

Salon

Kyogo nets in first Celtic start since Boxing Day to help Hoops to Ross County win as they stand on brink of title win

The Japanese headed the early opener before Jota sealed the points

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Under 14 boys face tough challenges ahead

Unseeded India is grouped with second seed Japan, eighth seed Uzbekistan and Jordan

Daily Mirror

Ten people confirmed dead after Japan tourist boat sinks with 16 still missing

Out of a total of 26 occupants, 10 people have been confirmed dead by the coastgaurd after a search of the tip of Shiretoko Peninsula in northern Japan

Reuters

Japan's Shionogi says COVID-19 pill shows rapid clearance of virus

An experimental treatment from Shionogi Co Ltd has shown rapid clearance of the virus that causes COVID-19, according to new data, the Japanese drug maker said on Sunday.

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Ten People from Missing Japanese Boat Confirmed Dead

Ten people found so far from a Japanese tour boat missing off the country's northern coast have been confirmed dead, the coast guard said on Sunday. The boat went missing on Saturday with 26 people on board during a cruise off the main northern island of Hokkaido. Of the 10,…

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Evening Standard

Ten people confirmed dead after tourist boat sinks off Japan

Rescuers found four people near the tip of Shiretoko Peninsula and five more people in the same area a few hours later

Bangkok Post

9 people from stricken tour boat off Hokkaido found, 8 unresponsive

SAPPORO: Ten people were confirmed dead Sunday after a tourist boat with a total of 26 passengers and crew aboard went missing in rough waters the previous day off a World Heritage site on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido, the country's coast guard said.

Reuters

Search continues as 10 people from missing Japanese boat confirmed dead

Ten people found by rescue workers on Sunday after a tour boat went missing in frigid waters off Japan's northernmost island have been confirmed dead, the coast guard said.

ABC News

Broome's Japanese history uncovered with find of cocaine eye drop bottle

Ingrid Otaola Zarraga was wandering around the mangroves when she came across a small bottle that unearthed a big part of the WA town's multicultural past.

Salon

Pachinko told me what my family couldn't

When the homeland became uninhabitable, my great-grandfather left for the land of the colonizer to ensure survival

Reuters

Japan's foreign minister promises a stronger military in visit to US carrier

Japan's foreign minister promised his country would bolster its military to help the United States maintain regional security during a visit on Saturday to a U.S. aircraft carrier patrolling Asian waters.

Evening Standard

Tourist boat with 26 people aboard missing after ‘sinking’ off Japan

The Kazu 1 made a distress call in the early afternoon local time, saying the ship’s bow had flooded and was beginning to sink and tilt off the western coast of Shiretoko Peninsula

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