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Injury forces pole vault star Kennedy out of worlds

Pole vaulter Nina Kennedy, who won gold at last year's Olympics, is out of the Tokyo world championships because of a new leg injury.

AAP

Trump Signs Order To Lower US Tariffs On Japan Autos To 15%

US President Donald Trump signed an order Thursday to lower tariffs on Japanese autos, as Washington moves to implement its trade pact negotiated with Tokyo.

International Business Times

Why the ‘Hawaii of Japan’ should be your next beach holiday

Snorkeling and kayaking in Japan’s paradisiacal archipelago offered everything I could have wanted from my first visit to the country, says Marianna Hunt

The Independent UK

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Huge Australian team for world athletics championships

The Australian team for the upcoming world athletics championships in Tokyo will be even bigger than the one at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

AAP

Gout Gout headlines record Australian athletics squad for world championships

Teenager will make his senior national team debut in Tokyo as part of Australia’s biggest ever worlds team

The Guardian - AU

See what would happen to Tokyo if Mount Fuji erupted 'without any warning' in new AI-generated video

Japanese government officials have released an AI video to show just how devastating an eruption at Mount Fuji could be. But don't worry, the dormant volcano is currently not at risk of blowing.

LiveScience

Olympic champion Gabby Thomas ruled out of Tokyo World Championships

The 28-year-old will miss out on the chance to improve on her silver medal from the 2023 World Championships in Budapest

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Police arrest South Korean man accused of murdering girlfriend in Tokyo

Park Yongjun, 30, was detained at Haneda airport near Tokyo

The Independent UK

Tokyo uses AI to warn residents to prepare for the worst with simulation of Mount Fuji erupting

The AI-generated video released by Japanese officials for Volcanic Disaster Preparedness Day in Japan shows a simulation of a potential violent eruption of the active volcano.

Euronews

Chinese Cluster Now World's Top Innovation Hotspot: UN

Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Guangzhou has overtaken Tokyo-Yokohama to become the world's top cluster for innovation, the United Nations said Monday.

International Business Times

'More important than a Michelin star': Lithuanian chef named best sushi master

The World Sushi Championship is held annually in Tokyo, Japan, to promote food safety and authentic sushi cuisine. It is organised by the World Sushi Skills Institute, established with the support of the Japanese government.

Euronews

Eric Trump To Attend Shareholder Meeting Of A Company In Japan That Is Emulating Michael Saylor's Bitcoin Hoarding Strategy: Report

Eric Trump, son of U.S. President Donald Trump, is set to attend a shareholder meeting for Japanese Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) treasury firm Metaplanet in Tokyo on Monday.

Benzinga

Pole vault queen Kennedy shifts the goalposts for Tokyo

After recovering from major hamstring surgery, pole vault superstar Nina Kennedy is taking a whole new mindset into her world championships title defence.

AAP

Australia’s pole vault queen Nina Kennedy: ‘I’m in full force to go to the world champs’

The Paris gold medallist opens up on her comeback from surgery, her longtime US rival, and the inner ‘mongrel’ that drives her to win

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Capitalism in the Cracks: How Japan's Microspaces Unleash Economic Experimentation

These spaces are so small that most cities would ignore them. Tokyo doesn't.

International Business Times

Pacifist Japan Struggles To Boost Troops As China Anxiety Grows

Sporting dark face paint and clutching a gun, teenage soldier-in-training Takuma Hiyane crawls across a field on Japan's Okinawa, the front line of the nation's defence as anxiety grows over China's territorial ambitions.

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50 Examples Of Brilliant Infrastructure That Are A Testimony To Human Ingenuity (New Pics)

Are these the coolest infrastructure pics you've ever seen or what?

The Independent UK

India's Modi meets Japan's Ishiba as he begins Asia tour

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has met his Japanese counterpart at a Tokyo business forum as he begins a trip to Japan and China

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'Female Power': Japan Erotic Art Destigmatised In New Exhibit

Graphic depictions of enormous phalluses and acrobatic sex positions have long rendered centuries-old Japanese "shunga" art taboo, but a rare exhibition aims to prove the genre is a world apart from male-centred porn.

The Independent UK

Japan uses AI-generated eruption of Mount Fuji to prepare Tokyo for worst-case scenario

Japanese officials have released AI-generated videos simulating a potential eruption of Mount Fuji

The Independent UK

Japan says security ties with the UK at 'a new level' as aircraft carrier arrives in Tokyo

Japanese and British defense ministers praised their growing security ties as they welcomed a Royal Navy aircraft carrier made its first visit in Tokyo

The Independent UK

Japan's chief trade envoy postpones US trip as Tokyo calls for faster action on its tariffs deal

Japan’s top trade negotiator has abruptly canceled a trip to Washington aimed at issuing a joint statement on a tariffs deal with the Trump administration

International Business Times

Tokyo Logs Record 10 Days Of 35C Or More

Tokyo experienced a record 10 consecutive days of temperatures 35C or above, the weather office said Wednesday, after the country sweltered through its hottest ever June and July.

The Guardian - UK

Hodgkinson and Hunter-Bell seek British 800m one-two at world championships

The Olympic champion will go for gold in Tokyo while the British team could equal their record total of 10 medals

The Independent UK

Georgia Hunter Bell to challenge Keely Hodgkinson in 800m as Great Britain’s World Championship team announced

World champions Katarina Johnson-Thompson and Josh Kerr also handed wildcards to compete

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