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Indian women's boxing team leaves for Turkey for World Championship camp

NEW DELHI: The Indian women's boxing team, led by Tokyo Olympic bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain, left for Istanbul, Turkey in the early hours of Thursday to participate in the training camp as part of the team's preparation for 2022 IBA Women's World Boxing Championships.

The Times of India

Energy Minister leads Roadshow to Japan

Mr. Supattanapong Punmeechaow, Deputy Prime Minister and Energy Minister, together with Ms. Duangjai Asawachintachit, Secretary General, Thailand Board of Investment (BOI) and a delegation of Thai economic agencies held a meeting with executives of The Japan Business Federation (KEIDANREN), a comprehensive economic organisation with a membership of over 1,400 companies.…

Bangkok Post

China, South Korea protest over Japanese PM's offering to war dead

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida sent on Thursday a ritual offering to Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine for war dead, and several political leaders visited it in person, drawing condemnation from neighbouring China and South Korea.

Reuters

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Putin's war in Ukraine opened a 76-year-old wound for Japan. This time, it isn't willing to appease Russia

Decades after the end of World War II, a small chain of islands claimed by both Russia and Japan have again become entangled in a conflict as Tokyo refuses to submit to Vladimir Putin any longer.

ABC News

Japan Formally Revokes Russia's 'Most Favored Nation' Status

Japan formally revoked Russia's “most favored nation” trade status Wednesday over its invasion of Ukraine, as Tokyo steps up sanctions amid revelations of the Russian military's widespread atrocities against civilians. The stripping of Russia’s trade status is Japan's latest move against Moscow and was part of a list of sanctions…

Asharq Al-Awsat

E-chopsticks help reduce salt intake

TOKYO: Japanese researchers have developed computerised chopsticks that enhance salty tastes, potentially helping those who need to reduce sodium in their diets.

Bangkok Post

Japan formally revokes Russia's 'most favored nation' status

Japan has formally revoked Russia's “most favored nation” trade status over its invasion of Ukraine, as Tokyo steps up sanctions amid revelations of the Russian military's widespread atrocities against civilians

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Yoshinoya sacks MD over sexist remarks

TOKYO: A managing director for "gyudon" beef bowl restaurant chain Yoshinoya has been dismissed over inappropriate remarks about young women made at a university-hosted lecture, the parent company said yesterday.

Bangkok Post

Japan trebles loans to Ukraine to $300 million -PM Kishida to other leaders

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told a video call with U.S. President Joe Biden and other leaders that Tokyo now plans to extend $300 million in loans to Ukraine, up from an original offer of $100 million, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said.

Reuters

Exclusive: 'Complete focus on my wrestling career, coach Shako wasn't pushed out' - Bajrang Punia on his comeback after injury, the Olympic bronze & more

SONEPAT: August 7, 2021. Bajrang Punia, debilitated and frustrated by his knee injury, was warming up for his 65kg freestyle bronze-medal bout. It was the biggest stage of them all -- the Olympics. He had landed in Tokyo virtually on one leg, carrying a knee injury he suffered in Russia…

The Times of India

Japan’s struggling tourism sector despairs at lack of COVID exit

Japan is increasingly an outlier in a region that is lifting border restrictions and reviving quarantine-free travel.

Al Jazeera

The ballad of the deadline café

Kiwi writers respond to Tokyo's Manuscript Writing Café

Newsroom.co.nz

Elaine Thompson-Herah posts fastest women’s 100m sprint time of 2022 before opting out of final in California

Last year was an incredible one for the Jamaican as she picked up three golds in Tokyo

The Independent UK

Mariko Yugeta, the 63-year-old limbering up to run a sub-three-hour marathon

The Japanese runner finds age no barrier and may even challenge the world record she already holds in Monday’s Boston marathon

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'Kingdom Hearts 4': Here's how much Sora's swanky Tokyo apartment costs

Kingdom Hearts 4' Quadratum is based on Tokyo's fashion district of Shibuya. The apartment Sora is living in also happens to be in one of the most expensive neighborhoods.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Damage to Shinkansen line raises questions about quake resistance

Passengers arriving on the Tohoku Shinkansen platform at Tokyo and Fukushima stations Thursday -- the day operations resumed along the full length of the line, almost one month after a powerful earthquake -- were greeted by station attendants holding banners. A 60-year-old company employee, traveling from Fukushima Station to Sendai…

Daily Mirror

Novak Djokovic told he made one big 'mistake' that saw him miss out on Calendar Slam

World No 1 Novak Djokovic's coach has told the 20-time Grand Slam champion he made a crucial error in deciding to play at the Tokyo Olympics last summer

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Bereaved man's message on traffic safety resonates with young people

It was three years ago on April 19 that an 87-year-old man accidentally ran a red light and plowed his car into a crowd of pedestrians and cyclists in Tokyo's Ikebukuro district, leaving two dead and injuring nine others, some severely.

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Daily Mirror

Allyson Felix set to retire as most successful female track and field Olympian

Allyson Felix, who competed at her fifth and final Olympics in Tokyo last summer, has announced she will retire at the end of the season

Financial Times

The pervasive succession crisis threatening Japan’s economy

The world’s third-largest economy was built on craftsmanship and family enterprise. A shortage of heirs jeopardises that legacy

Sports Illustrated

Jade Carey’s ‘Quiet Fierceness’ Has Been on Full Display at Oregon State

The Olympic champ has hit 44 consecutive routines with only two scores below a 9.900 this season, and is competing as the top-ranked all-arounder at the NCAA championships.

Benzinga

Japan-Based Shinogi's COVID-19 Drug Associated With Birth Defects: Bloomberg

Shionogi & Co stock slumped 16% in Tokyo after preclinical studies showed its experimental COVID-19 drug disturbed fetal development, triggering concerns about its approval. Kyodo News reported that the drug likely wouldn’t be recommended for pregnant women without giving attribution. The animal data, which showed harm when given at high doses, was…

The News Lens

The Russia–Ukraine Crisis and Japan’s Energy Dilemma

The war in Ukraine has led to renewed momentum for Japan to accelerate investment in energy efficiency, electrification, and renewables, which are being proposed as a solution to the global energy market turmoil.

The Independent UK

Ukrainian in Japan returns home to help parents, country

Millions of Ukrainians have fled their country, but Sasha Kaverina did just the opposite

Irish Mirror

Kellie Harrington reflects on 'bloody amazing' wedding day with wife Mandy Loughlin

The victorious Tokyo boxer loved her big day but is now turning her attention to the world championships next month

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