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A chemical tanker and cargo ship crashed near southwestern Japan

Some oil leaked from the engine area of the cargo ship, which initially started to sink, but it was brought under control, an official with the Kushimoto Coast Guard said.

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Chemical Tanker, Cargo Ship Crash near Southwestern Japan

A Japanese chemical tanker ship crashed into a cargo ship off the coast of southwestern Japan, the coast guard said Saturday. No one was injured among the six Japanese crew aboard Ryoshinmaru, the tanker, and 14 Chinese crew aboard the Belize-registered cargo ship, Xin Hai 99, The Associated Press said.…

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Chemical tanker, cargo ship crash near southwestern Japan

A Japanese chemical tanker ship has crashed into a cargo ship off the coast of southwestern Japan

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Truly Tasteless: Japan's Plastic Food Artists Get Creative

From the "leaning tower of pizza" to a fish slicing and cooking itself and a dragon emerging from a dragon fruit, Japanese artisans' quirky plastic food sculptures went on display this week at an exhibition in Tokyo. The models were made with the same painstaking detail as the rock-solid noodle…

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Power company paid 'biggest fine ever' of £330 BILLION after nuclear disaster

A company in Japan was issued 'with the biggest ever fine' when the Fukushima power plant tragically went into meltdown in 2011. They were ordered to pay out billions

Daily Mirror

The sento owners making group bathing in Japan cool again

Covid accelerated a decline but a new breed of bathhouse is reimagining a Japanese tradition

The Guardian - UK

Japan probing mistreatment of pregnant foreign trainees

The Japanese government is conducting a survey to determine whether foreign technical trainees have been forced by employers or intermediary groups to leave the country because they fell pregnant or gave birth.

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Exercise Pitch Black begins in Darwin after COVID hiatus, with Germany, Japan and South Korea joining for the first time

Featuring high-stakes training scenarios and up to 100 fighter jets from across the world, the Royal Australian Air Force's biggest international training exercise is back after a four-year hiatus.

ABC News

Police in China arrest cosplayer for ‘wearing a kimono’ near anniversary of Japan’s WWII surrender

In a video reportedly filmed on August 10, a policeman in China accuses a young woman wearing a kimono, a traditional Japanese outfit, of "causing trouble" before arresting her. The scene, which has gone viral, is the subject of debate on Chinese social networks, 77 years after Japan's surrender in…

France 24

Blinken reaffirms U.S. commitment to defend South Korea and Japan -State Dept

Secretary of State Antony Blinken reaffirmed the United States' "ironclad commitment" to the defense of South Korea and Japan in a call with South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin on Friday, the State Department said.

Reuters

What time and TV channel is Japan v Ireland on in women's rugby international?

TV and stream information as the Irish team look to reboot after a tumultuous last 12 months

Irish Mirror

Japan, China move to rebuild ties ahead of diplomatic milestone

Recent high-level talks between Takeo Akiba, secretary general of the National Security Secretariat, and China's top diplomat Yang Jiechi were aimed at rebuilding relations between Japan and China, which had lacked momentum for dialogue in the run-up to the 50th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic ties.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Foreign students return / Support for foreign students helps them adjust

Sarah Welch, 37, could not believe the sentence she found on a real estate website while searching for a place to live in Japan. Welch, a Briton, came to Japan in late March to study at Kai Japanese Language School. She was searching for a home while she stayed in…

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Japan to look into summit meet with China - Nikkei quotes Japan minister

Japan will look into holding a summit meeting between Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chinese President Xi Jinping, the Nikkei business daily quoted Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi as saying in an interview on Friday.

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Japan court recognises trans woman as parent of girl born before transition

A Tokyo court on Friday acknowledged the parent-child relationship between a transgender woman and her daughter conceived using her frozen sperm and born to her female partner before legally transitioning, partially overturning an earlier family court decision.

Reuters

Japan court refuses to recognise trans woman as parent of child born after transition - media

A Japanese court on Friday ruled that only the child born before a trans woman went through her surgical and legal transition could be recognised legally as her child, while the child born after her transition cannot be, media said.

Benzinga

Alibaba, Other Hong Kong Stocks Show Optimism In Early Trade Even As Analysts Downgrade China Growth Projections

Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index opened in the green on Friday, gaining 0.12% in opening trade, following a muted session on Wall Street. Investors also digested macro news from Japan where the headline inflation rose to 2.6% in July as compared to 2.4% in June.

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Drink more alcohol, Japanese tax agency tells young adults

Industry in a post-Covid slump

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Wife of Navy officer jailed in Japan for killing to pedestrians takes pleas for his release to DC

Navy Lieutenant Ridge Alkonis’s wife, Brittanny Alkonis, relatives and friends rallied outside of the White House for his release

The Hindu

India envisages free, open, inclusive and peaceful Indo-Pacific built on rules-based order: EAM Jaishankar

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar also said that Quad—comprising the U.S., India, Japan and Australia—is the most prominent plurilateral platform

The Hindu

What does Japanese designer Issey Miyake’s inspiration mean today for Indian fashion?

Miyake’s passing is a black and white reminder of what cloth and cultural identity mean on the global stage

Reuters

Exclusive-Crisis-hit Sri Lanka to ask Japan to open talks with main creditors, says Wickremesinghe

Sri Lanka will ask Japan to invite the Indian Ocean island's main creditor nations, including China and India, to talks on bilateral debt restructuring as it seeks a way out of its worst economic crisis in decades, its president said on Thursday.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Japan national security chief Akiba criticizes China's military exercises

Takeo Akiba, secretary general of the National Security Secretariat, criticized Beijing's extensive military exercises around Taiwan earlier this month in a recent meeting with Yang Jiechi, China's top diplomat, the Japanese government said Thursday.

Bangkok Post

Japanese taxman takes heat for pro-booze campaign

TOKYO: A campaign by Japan’s tax agency to prop up alcohol revenue by encouraging young people to drink up has met fierce backlash, with people criticising the taxman for dictating lifestyle choices.

Reuters

Pioneering Japanese 'butterflies' designer Hanae Mori dies at 96

Hanae Mori, a pioneering designer who brought Japanese motifs to the global haute couture stage and created the wedding dress worn by Empress Masako, had died aged 96.

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