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Philippines, Japan On Verge Of Key Defence Pact

The Philippines and Japan are set to sign on Monday a key defence pact that will allow the deployment of troops on each other's territory.

International Business Times

Cult Japanese director who practically invented the 'cozy' genre 20 years ago with Boku no Natsuyasymi is back with an open-world game coming worldwide this year

Natsu-Mon: 20th Century Summer Kid gets an English translation in about two months

GamesRadar

This Custom Dirt Bike Was Made To Shred the Streets, and Comes From Japan

Coming from Japan's legendary Dirt Freak tuning house, this Honda CRF250L is one sick super moto that we can't get enough of. I'd like one, Dirt Freak.

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Man who spent 45 years on death row in Japan hopes for chance to clear name

Iwao Hakamada, 88, who spent longer than anyone in the world awaiting execution, awaits murder retrial verdict

The Guardian - UK

Voters in Tokyo cast ballots to decide whether to re-elect incumbent conservative as city's governor

Voters in Tokyo are casting ballots to decide whether to re-elect conservative Yuriko Koike as governor of Japan’s influential capital for four more years

The Independent UK

US envoy to Japan expresses regret over alleged sex crimes by military personnel in Okinawa

U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel expressed regret for the handling of two cases of sexual assaults allegedly committed by American military personnel on Okinawa, which have again stoked resentment of the heavy U.S. troop presence on the strategic island in Japan’s far south

The Independent UK

Women Fight Tokyo Election In Male-dominated Japan

Polls opened Sunday to elect a new Tokyo governor with incumbent Yuriko Koike challenged by opposition figure Renho, two prominent women in Japan's male-dominated political sphere.

International Business Times

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Ukraine war briefing: Russian shelling kills three in Kherson region as road crash in west leaves 14 dead

Two bodies recovered from rubble of southern house while collision of oil truck and minibus in western Rivne region leaves single survivor. What we know on day 865

The Guardian - AU

F1 team-mates' qualifying battles: British GP

After every F1 qualifying session, Motorsport.com publishes each team's qualifying record in terms of team-mate duels.

Motorsport

Japan partners with Cambodia to share demining knowledge with Ukraine, other countries

Japan’s foreign minister has announced a joint project with Cambodia to share knowledge and technology on land mine removal with countries around the world, including Ukraine

The Independent UK

1 ETF Set to Benefit from the Weak Japanese Yen

The Japanese stock market, driven by powerful exporters like Toyota, could benefit from persistent weakness in the yen.

Barchart

35 Years Ago, an Infamously Disturbing Cyberpunk Movie Saved Japanese Sci-Fi

Long before cyberpunk went mainstream in the west, a fever dream from an outsider director catapulted Japanese filmmaking back into international relevance.

Inverse

Journey to JAXA: Why I skipped Mount Fuji and went straight to the Japanese space agency

Japan has many iconic tourist destinations, but one place unlikely to be on many itineraries is about 90 minutes from central Tokyo – and it's just as intriguing as one of the world's most photogenic mountains.

Space

Akira Endo obituary

Japanese biochemist whose work on fungal extracts led to the creation of the first statin

The Guardian - UK

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‘There is a sex crisis here. Couples stop having sex after kids’: This is how we do it in Japan

Aoi and Jiro have regular intercourse – so how did they buck what seems to be a national trend?

Digital Camera World

Sigma's first Canon RF lens is so popular, it's already sold out in Japan

Demand for Sigma's first Canon RF lens is so high that the manifacturer is "unable to keep up" in Japan

Latin Times

Asian Markets Down As Traders Await US Jobs Report

Japan's Nikkei 225 ended flat while the broader Topix index, which a day earlier surpassed its previous peak set in 1989, also shed some of its gains.

Top News

US Military To Deploy Newest Fighter Jets To Japan

US military to upgrade forces in Japan with new fighter jets to strengthen regional security and US-Japan Alliance.

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International Business Times

Asian Markets Down As Traders Eye US Jobs Report

Japanese markets started higher before seeing early gains erased on Friday with Tokyo's benchmark Nikkei 225 index briefly hitting a record high, as traders prepared for a key US jobs report.

PC Gamer

'We have won the war on floppy disks!' Japan finally declares independence from floppy media

Good news for Japan, bad news for my nostalgic heart.

GamesRadar

Prolific Japanese outsourcing studio that's quietly worked on Zelda, Final Fantasy, and Resident Evil for over 44 years is in trouble due to game cancellations

Mass layoffs might not be hurting Japanese studios, but game cancellations certainly are

The Conversation

Japan’s looming imperial crisis – why it’s time to open the succession to female heirs

Japan’s Emperor Naruhito has finally admitted that the future of the Chrysanthemum Throne is in peril. Speaking on the eve of his state visit to the UK in mid-June, Naruhito noted that the number of male heirs in the imperial family was shrinking and they were ageing.

GamesRadar

Rest in Peace, Wii U: Nintendo bids an even more-final farewell to its dead console after finally running out of the parts needed to fix them

Customers in Japan can no longer get repairs for Wii Us or their peripherals

The Independent UK

Stock market today: Japan's Nikkei 225 hits new record close, leading Asian shares higher

Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 has surged to a record close of 40,913.65, leading markets in most of Asia higher

The Independent UK

Japan's Nikkei 225 index hits a record high close of 40,913.65

Japan’s Nikkei 225 benchmark has closed at a fresh record high of 40,913.65, pushing past its most recent record close set in March

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