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Tokyo to Host 2025 World Athletics Championships

The 2025 World Athletics Championships will return to Tokyo, the sport's global governing body announced Thursday. The World Athletics Council confirmed that Tokyo would stage the championships for the second time after beating out competition from Kenya, Poland and Singapore, AFP said. It means Tokyo's Olympic Stadium will get the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Japan and South Korea Can No Longer Let History Thwart Cooperation

How Washington Can Strengthen Relations Between Its East Asian Allies

Foreign Affairs

South Korea seeks to kickstart talks to resolve historical feuds with Japan

South Korea hopes a high-level visit to Tokyo next week will kickstart talks aimed at a breakthrough in historical disputes despite concerns the death of former Japanese premier Shinzo Abe could change Japan's policy priorities, Seoul officials said.

Reuters

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Tokyo to host World Athletics Championships in 2025

The decision comes on the eve of the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene

The Independent UK

Dina Asher-Smith: ‘You can’t run fast with baggage – you gotta throw it out’

Injury destroyed the British sprinter’s Olympic dreams in Tokyo but she is looking forward and ready to defend her world 200m title

The Guardian - UK

Tom Pidcock tops 100km an hour on sensational Tour de France maiden stage win

Just 50 weeks ago, Pidcock was announcing himself as a supreme talent as he rode to Olympic mountain bike gold in Tokyo - but his breathtaking win on Le Tour's signature climb and its 21 hairpin bends was the stuff of a future Yellow Jersey winner

Daily Mirror

Exclusive-Britain and Japan aim to merge Tempest and F-X fighter programmes-sources

Britain and Japan are close to an agreement to merge their next-generation Tempest and F-X fighter jet programmes, with the two countries aiming for a deal on a new joint project by year-end, three sources told Reuters.

Reuters

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Drax aims to be big in Japan as Tokyo office opens to launch Asia subsidiary

Ambassador welcome as biomass is the focus for transformed renewable energy giant

Birmingham Post

England’s Beth Mead: From missing out on Tokyo 2020 to becoming a ‘goalscoring monster’

Mead has wowed everyone with her goalscoring exploits to date, and her hat-trick against Norway made it the fourth time she has achieved this feat in the last year

Football London

Japan court holds ex-TEPCO execs liable for Fukushima crisis

A Tokyo court on Wednesday ordered four former executives of the utility behind the tsunami wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant to pay 13 trillion yen ($94 billion) to the company, holding them liable for the 2011 meltdown crisis

The Independent UK

Fukushima nuclear disaster: ex-bosses of owner Tepco ordered to pay ¥13tn

Firm’s president at time of disaster among four defendants found liable for £80bn in damage by Tokyo court

The Guardian - UK

Bathhouses launch new services to stay afloat

Soaring prices for fuel and other commodities have delivered further blows to sento bathhouses still reeling from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Exclusive: Won't lie, there's a bit of pressure heading into the World Athletics Championships, says Neeraj Chopra

NEW DELHI: No athlete is immune to pressure. Some get bogged down by the enormity of the occasion, others battle past their inner demons to conquer the emotions. Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra is one of them. Even if the Tokyo Games gold medallist doesn't want to be fluttered by the…

The Times of India

Funeral held for Japan’s Abe

A private funeral was held Tuesday for former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, whose assassination last week shocked a nation and brought renewed attention to his key policies such as bolstering the nation’s defenses.

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Former prime minister's funeral held in Tokyo

Family members and people close to former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attended his funeral at a Buddhist temple in Tokyo on Tuesday afternoon.

Benzinga

A High-Profile Taiwan Leader Visits Japan For 1st Time In 50 Years To Mourn Shinzo Abe: Why It's Significant

The wake for Japan’s assasinated former Shinzo Abe was held Monday in Tokyo. Among the visitors was Taiwan’s Vice President William Lai, who made a rare but significant trip to the neighboring archipelago.

Manchester Evening News

Manchester ranked 13th best city in the world by Time Out - beating New York, Melbourne and Tokyo

Personally, we think it deserves the top spot

Evening Standard

Thousands line streets of Tokyo to give farewell to Shinzo Abe

New prime minister Fumio Kishida leads mourners at event

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Japanese people say their final goodbyes to former leader Shinzo Abe at his funeral

Japanese bid their final goodbye to former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday as a funeral was held at a temple days after his assassination that shocked the nation.

The Guardian - UK

Family and friends of Shinzo Abe attend private funeral in Tokyo

Members of the public pay their respects to former prime minister outside Buddhist temple

Asharq Al-Awsat

‘Thank You for Your Work!’: Japan Bows in Somber Farewell to Slain Shinzo Abe

With prayers, flowers and flags draped in black ribbons, Japan on Tuesday said farewell to Shinzo Abe, a polarizing figure who dominated politics as the country's longest-serving premier, before being gunned down at a campaign rally last week. Crowds packed pavements lined with a heavy police presence as the hearse…

ABC News

Shinzo Abe, Japan's assassinated former prime minister, remembered in Tokyo on day of private funeral

With prayers, flowers and flags draped in black ribbons, Japan bids a tearful farewell to its longest-serving PM, who was gunned down at a campaign rally last week.

Bangkok Post

Private funeral for slain former PM Abe held in Tokyo

TOKYO: Family and friends of assassinated former prime minister Shinzo Abe gathered at a Tokyo temple Tuesday for a private funeral, as mourners outside condemned the leader's "despicable" murder.

Tribune News Service

Funeral held for Japan’s Abe as successor revives his agenda

A private funeral is being held Tuesday for former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, whose assassination last week shocked a nation and brought renewed attention to his key policies such as bolstering the nation’s defenses.

Reuters

Fatty 'katsuo' fish may foreshadow climate change, threat to Japan's sushi

For half a century, Takeo Nakajo has been catching katsuo, or skipjack tuna - indispensable in Japanese cuisine whether eaten raw, dried or used as a base for the broth.

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