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Kobayashi hopes to open NASCAR doors for Japanese drivers

Ex-Formula 1 racer Kobayashi added his name to the growing list of international racers to try their hand at NASCAR in recent times when he joined Toyota squad 23XI Racing for the Verizon 200 at the Brickyard in August, finishing in 33rd place.

Motorsport

Japanese ministers eat Fukushima fish to show it's safe after nuclear plant wastewater is discharged

Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and three Cabinet ministers have eaten Fukushima fish sashimi at a lunch meeting in an apparent effort to show that fish is safe following the release of treated radioactive wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant

The Independent UK

Takeshi’s Castle is back! UK television gets its best ever version of the Japanese gameshow

Romesh Ranganathan and Tom Davis host a fun, refreshing reboot of the classic show. Brace yourself for charm, dodgy sets and ludicrously difficult challenges

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Japanese hair art: Yumeko Yume’s retro Osaka salon

An Osaka salon is the next stop in this photographic odyssey, exploring vibrant and varied Japanese hair art

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Japan and South Korea should be invited to join Aukus, UK parliamentary committee says

Influential UK foreign affairs select committee recommends Japan and South Korea join the security partnership to develop critical technology

The Guardian - AU

Just as China faces a Japan-style ‘lost decade,’ Japan thinks it’s near a ‘turning point’ in decades-long deflation battle

Japan may be emerging from a 25-year battle with deflation, the government said.

Fortune

Former Sony executive joins Xbox to lead Japanese partnership operations

An update to Mena Sato Kato's LinkedIn reveals that the former Sony VP of Mobile Business has been hired by Xbox in a new role as the Director for Partnerships in Japan.

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Swimming's young and restless

Just back from the World Aquatics swimming championships in Japan, teenager Summer Osborne has now left for her next big test, the world junior champs in Israel

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PHOTOS: Best images from Tuesday’s Thunder-related 2023 FIBA World Cup games

SGA and Josh Giddey wrapped up FIBA World Cup group play with outstanding individual performances in blowout wins.

USA Today Sports Media Group

"It appeared that he had fallen down an elevator shaft, but we knew that he was murdered": the traumatic story of Deep Purple's visit to Indonesia in 1975

At the beginning of the Come Taste The Band tour, Deep Purple stopped off in Jakarta to play a show en route to Japan. It did not go well

Louder

2023 FIBA World Cup: Australia advances to second round with 109-89 win vs. Japan

Australia advances to the second round behind Josh Giddey's masterful performance in a 109-89 win over Japan.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Markets Today: Stock Slip as Bond Yields Climb Ahead of U.S. Economic News

Morning Markets September E-Mini S&P 500 futures (ESU2 3) this morning are down -0.13%, and Sep Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQU2 3) are down -0.19%. Stock indexes this morning are slightly lower, awaiting news later this morning on July JOLTS job openings, June home prices, and August consumer confidence. Higher...

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Investigation finds late founder of Japanese talent agency for boy bands sexually assaulted teens

A team investigating sexual assault allegations against the late founder of a talent agency for boy bands says it has found the charges credible and is calling for financal compensation for the victims

The Independent UK

Toyota Temporarily Halts Production At All 14 Japanese Plants

This represents roughly a third of the company's global production output.

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N Korea’s Kim eyes naval readiness as US, Japan, S Korea hold sea exercises

Kim accuses the US, South Korea and Japan of increasing threat of nuclear war over naval exercises off Korean Peninsula.

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Japan says brick thrown at Beijing embassy amid Fukushima spat

Tensions have soared since Japan began releasing Fukushima’s wastewater into the Pacific despite China’s opposition.

France 24

Japan asks China to urge citizens to stop harassment over Fukushima wastewater

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida asked China on Monday to urge its citizens to halt acts of harassment, including crank calls and stone throwing at Japanese diplomatic facilities and schools, in response to Japan's release of treated radioactive wastewater from the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant.

The Independent UK

All assembly lines at Toyota's auto plants in Japan have been shut down by computer problems

All 28 vehicle assembly lines at Toyota’s 14 auto plants in Japan have shut down over a problem in its computer system that deals with incoming auto parts

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Toyota halts production at all Japanese factories after system failure

Japanese car giant suspends operations at 14 domestic plants after glitch leaves company unable to order components.

The Conversation

Talk of a new Cold War is overheated – but NZ faces complex challenges in the era of ‘strategic competition’

As the general election nears, the campaign focus so far has been almost exclusively on domestic issues. And yet, over the past two months, no fewer than five government documents have been released outlining the significant defence and security challenges the country now faces.

The Independent UK

Japan asks China to urge citizens to halt harassment after start of Fukushima wastewater release

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has asked China to urge its citizens to halt acts of harassment, including crank calls and stone throwing at Japanese diplomatic facilities and schools, in response to Japan's release of treated radioactive wastewater from the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant

France 24

Japan summons Chinese ambassador after stones thrown at embassy, schools

Japan's prime minister urged China to ensure its people "act in a calm and responsible manner" after instances of stones being thrown at diplomatic missions and schools, following the release of wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear plant.

Motorsport

Vandoorne replaces injured Muller in Peugeot's Fuji WEC line-up

Vandoorne will share the #94 Peugeot 9X8 in the six-hour fixture in Japan with Loic Duval and Gustavo Menezes for what would be his first WEC outing in any category since the 2021 WEC season finale in Bahrain.

The Hindu

Removing Fukushima's melted nuclear fuel will be harder than the release of plant's wastewater

Treated radioactive wastewater from Japan is being released into the Pacific Ocean but the removal of melted fuel debris from nuclear plant will be difficult

Wallpaper

Photographer David Abrahams captures quiet moments in Japan for his new London show

‘Kyushu’ is a new show from photographer David Abrahams that documents his trip to a town on the Japanese island

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