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Review: 'Black Snow' delivers an uncomfortable, important World War II history lesson

In 1940, Seattle-based Boeing engineers designed a massive beast of an aircraft. The B-29 Superfortress — composed of 55,000 parts — had a tail three-stories high, enormous propellers and a 5,500-mile range.

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Reality of overseas organ transplants / Trafficking worries mean recipients rejected by medical institutions

Some recipients of organ transplants abroad were refused medical examinations or regular visits to hospitals in Japan, contrary to explanations they had received from a Tokyo-based nonprofit organization that facilitated the surgeries, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Japan Denounces, Rejects Polisario Front’s Participation at TICAD

Japan condemns the participation of the separatist Polisario Front in the eighth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD), which was held on August 27 and 28 in the Tunisian capital, Tunis. The Japanese delegation made a statement during the proceedings of the first plenary session of the summit, in…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Japan to coordinate with Sri Lanka creditors to resolve debt crisis

Japan will coordinate with other creditors to resolve Sri Lanka's deepening financial crisis, Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Tuesday, urging all creditor nations to gather and discuss the South Asian nation's debt at the same table.

Reuters

Mixed-ability sports facilities a work in progress amid govt push

Thanks in part to Tokyo's hosting of the Paralympic Games last year, disabled athletes and the sports they compete in have been garnering increased public attention.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Australians stranded in Tokyo's Narita airport after cancelled Jetstar flight

A group of Australians are stranded at Narita airport in Tokyo "without food or water", unable to leave due to Japan's strict COVID controls, after Jetstar cancelled their connecting flight from Finland to Australia.

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Denmark's Axelsen beats Thailand's Kunlavut to win badminton world title

Denmark's Viktor Axelwon his second badminton world title on Sunday, beating Thailand's Kunlavut Vitidsarn 21-5, 21-16 in the final in Tokyo.

Bangkok Post

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Kunlavut powers into Tokyo final

Kunlavut Vitidsarn will battle it out against top seed Viktor Axelsen of Denmark for the world men’s singles badminton title in Japan today.

Bangkok Post

Japan Pledges $30 Bln in African Aid at Tunis Summit

Japan pledged $30 billion in aid for development in Africa on Saturday, saying it wants to work more closely with the continent, with the rules-based international order under threat after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Addressing a Japan-Africa summit in Tunisia, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Tokyo would work to ensure…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Japan PM Kishida: Tokyo will provide $30 billion in aid to Africa over three years

Japan will provide a total of $30 billion in aid to Africa over three years, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told an international conference on Saturday.

Reuters

The resurgence of Amit Panghal

The 26-year-old boxer had established himself as a world beater before suffering a heartbreaking loss at the Tokyo Olympics. But his inherent fighting spirit and never-say-die attitude have helped him bounce back in style on the big stage

The Hindu

Race of rescue skills

Firefighters compete in the rope-bridge race at the 50th National Rescue Meet, an event held Friday in Tachikawa, Tokyo, that drew the top firefighters in the nation featuring various techniques used in rescue operations. The event was held for the first time in three years, and drew about 930 highly…

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Kunlavut makes Tokyo semi-final

Rising Thai badminton star Kunlavut Vitidsarn has made it through to the semi-finals of the BWF World Championships in Tokyo, along with the women’s doubles pair of Sapsiree Taerattanachai and Puttita Supajirakul.

Bangkok Post

Reality of overseas organ transplants / Lack of organ donors needs to be immediately addressed

A Tokyo-based nonprofit organization called the Intractable Disease Patient Support Association is suspected of having facilitated a kidney transplant that used a trafficked organ from a living donor overseas. The Yomiuri Shimbun asked experts in the relevant legal and medical systems for their opinion on this matter. In this installment,…

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Goofy dances and instant noodles made this Japanese executive a TikTok star

The chief executive and general manager at a tiny Japanese security company are among the nation's biggest TikTok stars, drawing 2.7 million followers and 54 million likes.

The Hindu

Japanese company Rakuten opens office in Bengaluru, potential for 3,000 jobs

Rakuten India is a global product and innovation centre for Tokyo-based Rakuten Group that focuses on electronic commerce and online retailing

Reuters

Exclusive-Japan seeks to organise Sri Lanka creditors' meeting on debt crisis-sources

Japan is seeking to organise a Sri Lanka creditors' conference, hoping it could help solve the South Asia nation's debt crisis, but uncertainties cloud the outlook for any talks, three people with knowledge of the planning said.

Bangkok Post

Kunlavut and Busanan coast into QF

Kunlavut Vitidsarn and Busanan Ongbamrungphan advanced to the quarter-finals of the BWF World Championships on Thursday at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Japan.

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Shuttler Busanan advances in Tokyo

Busanan Ongbamrungphan of Thailand advanced to the quarter-finals of the BWF World Championships by defeating Saina Nehwal of India 21-17, 16-21, 21-13 in their women’s singles match Tokyo on Thursday.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Japan Seeks 'Sustainable World' in Africa Aid Forum

With its stated purpose to "create a sustainable world together", Japan on Saturday kicks off its aid conference for Africa, where rival China has invested heavily in recent years. The eighth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD8) comes against the backdrop of China's rising influence, cemented on the continent…

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Ukraine Plans International Court to Put Putin on Trial

Six months into Russia's invasion, Ukrainian officials are drawing up plans to make sure Russian President Vladimir Putin and his top military commanders will be tried for launching the war. The plan for a special international tribunal to investigate Russia's alleged "crime of aggression" is being spearheaded by Andrii Smirnov,…

Bangkok Post

Kunlavut, Ratchanok reach last 16

Rising star Kunlavut Vitidsarn joined Thai compatriot Ratchanok Intanon in the last 16 of the BWF World Championships in Tokyo on Wednesday.

The Hindu

PM Modi may attend state funeral of Shinzo Abe

Japanese media report on the planned visit, India yet to make announcement

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Indian PM Modi expected at Abe funeral

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to attend a state funeral for former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, slated to be held at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo on Sept. 27, several sources in both governments said.

The Hindu

Badminton | Mum’s the word for record-breaker Svetlana Zilberman

Nearly four decades after not getting picked for the Soviet Union’s badminton team, Svetlana Zilberman is playing on the sport’s highest stage and became the competition’s oldest-ever winner when she and her son, Misha, won their first-round mixed doubles match at the BWF World Championships

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