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Al Hilal, Urawa face off for long-delayed Asian title

Tokyo (AFP) - Al Hilal of Saudi Arabia and Urawa Red Diamonds finally meet in the Asian Champions League final on Saturday -- almost nine months after the Japanese side booked their place in the two-legged showdown.

AFP

Japan population forecast to shrink 30% by 2070

TOKYO: Japan’s total population in 2070 is expected to fall to 87 million, shrinking 30% from its level in 2020, according to a new government estimate.

Bangkok Post

Scotland rugby great Laidlaw announces retirement at 37

Tokyo (AFP) - Scotland rugby great Greig Laidlaw announced his retirement on Wednesday aged 37, ending a career that saw him captain his country more times than any other player.

AFP

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Fly me to the Moon: Firms lining up lunar landings

Tokyo (AFP) - Japan's ispace on Wednesday became the latest company to try, and fail, at a historic bid to put a private lunar lander on the Moon.

AFP

Hit Japan anime genre offers escape, second chances

Tokyo (AFP) - Getting hit by a truck doesn't sound like anyone's favourite fantasy, but it's an idea central to an escapist type of Japanese anime exploding in popularity.

AFP

Anime luminary Maruyama warns Japan's top spot at risk

Tokyo (AFP) - Japan's powerhouse anime business risks being overtaken by rising Chinese competition because a tilt towards commercialism has stifled creativity, industry heavyweight Masao Maruyama has warned.

AFP

Scotland rugby great Laidlaw retires aged 37

Tokyo (AFP) - Scotland rugby great Greig Laidlaw announced his retirement on Wednesday aged 37, ending a career that saw him captain his country more times than any other player.

AFP

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Hard landing: Japan firm fails in historic Moon bid

Tokyo (AFP) - Japanese start-up ispace conceded Wednesday its ambitious attempt to become the first private company to land on the Moon had failed but pledged to move ahead with new missions.

AFP

Japan firm fails in bid for historic Moon landing

Tokyo (AFP) - Japanese start-up ispace conceded Wednesday its attempt to become the first company to land on the Moon had ended in failure, but pledged to move ahead with new missions.

AFP

Tokyo company loses contact with moon lander

A Japanese company tried to land its own spacecraft on the moon, but its fate was unknown as flight controllers lost contact with it moments before the

The New Daily

Radio silence suggests failure of Japan Moon landing

Tokyo (AFP) - A Japanese startup attempting the first private landing on the Moon said Wednesday it had lost communication with its spacecraft and assumed the lunar mission had failed.

AFP

Japan firm's pioneering Moon landing fails

Tokyo (AFP) - A Japanese startup attempting the first private landing on the Moon said Wednesday it had lost communication with its spacecraft and assumed the lunar mission had failed.

AFP

Private Japanese spacecraft apparently fails on historic moon landing try

The Hakuto-R lander, built by Tokyo-based company ispace, seems to have failed today (April 25) in its attempt to become the first private spacecraft to touch down on the moon.

Space

'The longest ten seconds' Aidan Walsh on his Olympic Boxing bronze medal at the Tokyo games

Walsh became just the 16th Irish person to win an Olympic boxing medal at the Tokyo games.

Irish Mirror

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Japan Supports Industrial Use of Generative AI, PM Says

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Tuesday the country supports the development of industrial uses of generative artificial intelligence technologies such as OpenAI's ChatGPT. Kishida met the chief executive of Microsoft-backed OpenAI in Tokyo earlier this month and has reportedly said the Group of Seven summit meeting next month…

AFP

Republican hopeful DeSantis backs Taiwan deterrence

Tokyo (AFP) - US presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis on Tuesday stressed the importance of warding off conflict over Taiwan, telling a Japanese media outlet that "what China respects is strength".

Bangkok Post

Japanese firm to attempt historic lunar landing

TOKYO: A Japanese space startup will attempt on Tuesday to become the first private company to put a lander on the Moon.

AFP

Moon shot: Japan firm to attempt historic lunar landing

Tokyo (AFP) - A Japanese space start-up will attempt Tuesday to become the first private company to put a lander on the Moon.

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The Independent UK

Tokyo company aims to be 1st business to put lander on moon

A Japanese company is about to attempt what no other private business has done: land on the moon

The National (Scotland)

Scottish Energy Secretary heads to Japan to seek renewables investment

Energy Secretary Gray will spend three days in Tokyo and Osaka this week

AFP

Japan's 'cringeworthy' cartoon cars make image U-turn

Tokyo (AFP) - Yosuke Takahata doesn't care what people think of his "itasha" car, which has his favourite anime character -- a sexy, red-eyed horse-woman -- emblazoned across both sides.

Insider UK

Energy Secretary heads to Japan to seek renewables investment

Neil Gray will spend three days in Tokyo and Osaka this week

Al Jazeera

South Korea restores Japan to trade white list amid warming ties

Seoul restores preferential trade status three years after neighbours restricted trade over historical grievances.

Reuters

DeSantis praises 'strong Japan' military build-up in PM Kishida meeting

Potential U.S. presidential candidate Ron DeSantis on Monday met with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and lauded bilateral ties, especially the idea of a "strong Japan".

AFP

US presidential hopeful DeSantis kicks off tour in Japan

Tokyo (AFP) - Florida Governor Ron DeSantis praised Japan's push to bolster its defences as he kicked off an international tour in Tokyo on Monday before a possible presidential run.

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