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Japan Sees 1 Mn More Tourists Post-pandemic, Breaking Half-year Record

Japan welcomed a million more foreign visitors in the first half of 2024 compared to pre-pandemic levels, logging a new record of 17.78 million, the national tourism organisation said Friday.

International Business Times

Japan Inflation Rises Slightly To 2.6% In June

Japanese inflation was slightly higher in June, with prices rising 2.6 percent on-year compared with 2.5 percent in May, internal affairs ministry data showed Friday.

International Business Times

Playing for survival: the blind Japanese woman keeping a music tradition alive

Goze – women who earned a living as musicians despite sight impairments – are all but forgotten in Japan but Rieko Hirosawa has learned their songs

The Guardian - UK

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Japanese Gymnast Shoko Miyata Sent Home From Olympics for Smoking, per Report

The 19-year-old won Japan's all-around national title in April.

Sports Illustrated

Japanese gymnastics star Shoko Miyata sent home from Olympics for smoking

The captain of Japan’s Olympic women’s gymnastics team has been sent home from Europe after allegations she was caught smoking

The Guardian - US

Cubs, Dodgers to Open 2025 MLB Season With Two-Game Series in Tokyo

Two of baseball's Japanese superstars are heading home.

Sports Illustrated

Akane Yamaguchi Showcasing Exceptional Badminton Skills In Competitive Match

Akane Yamaguchi, the talented badminton player from Japan, showcased exceptional skills in a thrilling match, solidifying her status as a top player in the...

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Stock market today: Asian shares mostly fall as dive for Big Tech stocks hits Wall St rally

Asian shares are mostly lower, with Tokyo's benchmark dipping more than 2%, after Wall Street’s record-breaking rally slammed into a wall of worries over potentially worsening trade tensions with China

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The Independent UK

Japan's trade deficit for first half declines as exports recover

Japan has reported it logged a trade surplus in June, the first in three months, highlighting a recovery in exports

The Independent UK

US Army honors Nisei combat unit that helped liberate Tuscany from Nazi-Fascist forces in WWII

The U.S. military is celebrating an all-Japanese U.S. Army unit that was key in liberating Italy’s central Tuscan region from Nazi-Fascist forces in July 1944, even while their family members were interned at home as enemies of the state following Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor

The Independent UK

Japan hosts Pacific Island leaders summit to firm cooperation amid growing China influence in region

Japan is hosting a summit with leaders from more than a dozen Pacific island nations, seeking to deepen cooperation and increased support for a rules-based free and open Indo-Pacific

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This Euro Truck Simulator 2 mod is so realistic it's tricked people into thinking they're watching real-life footage of Japan's roads: "It took me more than 10 seconds to realize"

Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?

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International Business Times

'Shogun' Tops Television's Emmy Nominations With 25

Hit drama series "Shogun," which transported viewers to early 17th-century Japan, topped television's Emmy nominations on Wednesday, earning 25 nods.

The Guardian - UK

Sessue Hayakawa: cinema’s forgotten sex symbol who was saved from death by his dog

The brooding and brilliant Japanese actor rivalled Rudolph Valentino but battled orientalist caricature before finding solace in Zen and watercolours

The Guardian - US

A baseball gaijin: an American pitcher’s journey to Japan and back again

Tony Barnette was stumbling around the minor leagues until a spell with the Tokyo Yakult Swallows transformed his life

Autosport

From open-heart surgery to rally stages – how Kovalainen overcame his "biggest challenge"

For many, undergoing open-heart surgery would usually spell an end to any extreme activities like tearing through a Finnish forest or navigating through a twisty Japanese mountain road in a rally car. Not for Heikki Kovalainen.

AAP

Foreign minister to meet with Pacific leaders in Japan

Australia's foreign minister will meet with Pacific leaders in Tokyo amid diplomatic jostling for influence in the region.

Metal Hammer

"Everything that could go wrong, did go wrong": Praying Mantis once vied with Iron Maiden for attention, but setbacks and bad decisions took them on a very different journey

Praying Mantis ran alongside Iron Maiden in the early days of the NWOBHM race, but only Maiden shot to fame

International Business Times

IMF Maintains 2024 Global Growth Forecast, Warns Of Inflation Risk

The IMF held global growth expectations for 2024 steady in a report Tuesday even as it cut forecasts for the United States and Japan, while warning of inflation risks and trade tensions ahead.

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