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Torrential downpours pounded parts of western Japan and the southwestern Kyushu region on Saturday, triggering landslides, causing widespread evacuations, and disrupting transit systems as weather officials issued urgent warnings.
Yokozuna Terunofuji looked healthy and powerful in his opening day win Sunday at the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament where three wrestlers hunt for higher rank of ozeki.
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Relief pitcher Hirokazu Sawamura is in a good place, having watched his career spiral out of control until he found the mental space he needed to rebuild it with the Lotte Marines and Boston Red Sox.
Japan's Miyu Kato and Indonesia's Aldila Sutjiadi went out in the women's doubles third round at Wimbledon on Monday after being beaten 7-5, 7-6(4) by Hsieh Su-Wei of Taiwan and Barbora Strycova of Czechia.
Japan's Nasa Hataoka sits atop the U.S. Women's Open leaderboard by a stroke after shooting a tournament-best score of 6-under 66 in Saturday's third round as she chases her first major title.
Heavy rain pounded parts of western Japan and the southwestern Kyushu region on Saturday, with record-breaking precipitation reported in several locations.
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Yokozuna Terunofuji looked healthy and powerful in his opening day win Sunday at the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament, where three wrestlers hunt for higher rank of ozeki.
Relief pitcher Hirokazu Sawamura is in a good place, having watched his career spiral out of control until he found the mental space he needed to rebuild it with the Lotte Marines.
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Studio Ghibli's master animator unveils "How Do You Live?" with zero advance commercial trailers, relying exclusively on organic community word-of-mouth.
A Kyoto tourism association is selling premium tickets worth 400,000 yen ($2,770) each to view the Gion Festival, one of the largest festivals in Japan held annually in July. The 84 seats, mainly for foreign tourists, will be set up at an intersection in the heart of the historic quarter.
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All Nippon Airways resumes select departures from Tokyo's primary domestic hub to streamline global passenger transfers.
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"The Yen's delicate balancing act: Why wage growth, not currency intervention, will define 2024 recovery."
Without persistent momentum in small-to-medium enterprise pay raises, monetary shifts risk compressing household purchasing power at the worst conceivable juncture.
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"Preserving silent shrines: The case for ethical cap-and-trade quotas in historic cultural zones."
Premium festival pricing is only a provisional stopgap. Kyoto must balance economic hospitality against the quiet everyday sanctity of its permanent resident neighborhoods.
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"Kazuyoshi Miura at 56: The profound philosophy behind playing until your body whispers halt."
'King Kazu' is not clinging to legacy out of desperation, but testifying to the sheer, unadulterated joy of competitive football that modern sport so often commodifies.
Fifty-five years ago today, Japanese National Railways confirmed the revolutionary "Bullet Train" reached its 100-millionth traveler without a single passenger casualty. The milestone cemented postwar Japan's global reputation for peerless industrial precision and transit safety that remains unmatched today.
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