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Japanese lawmaker meets Myanmar junta as Tokyo calls for filmmaker's release

A Japanese ruling party lawmaker has met with Myanmar's junta leader, according to Myanmar state media, days after a Japanese documentary filmmaker was arrested while covering a protest in the Southeast Asian country.

Reuters

Issey Miyake obituary

Fashion designer whose innovative hi-tech creations were inspired by the ancient principles of Japanese clothing

The Guardian - UK

Illness knocks out two Irish crews in Munich but six more will go for Euro medals over the weekend

Three more boats have now made A finals through repechage events to go with the men's lightweight double sculls, the women's fours and the para mixed double sculls

Irish Mirror

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Xi ‘let missiles fall in Japanese waters’

TOKYO: Chinese President Xi Jinping personally decided to let ballistic missiles launched by the military during recent drills near Taiwan fall in Japan’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) to deter Tokyo’s interference in any cross-strait contingency, according to sources close to the matter.

Bangkok Post

Japan's summer holidays in full swing with lack of Covid restrictions

TOKYO: Japan's summer holiday season started in full swing on Thursday, with reservations for domestic trains and flights leaving Tokyo reaching a peak as travelers took advantage of a lack of coronavirus restrictions for the first time in three years.

Bangkok Post

Charlotte Worthington drops hint about 'top secret' plan that can fire her to European Championship glory

The Tokyo Olympic champion, 26, will compete in Munich's multi-sport European Championships on Thursday

Manchester Evening News

Issey Miyake- Creator of the true milestones in the history of fashion

“Beauty is like a sunset; it goes as soon as you try to capture it. The beauty you like is precisely that which escapes you” a very well-known quote by Japanese fashion heretic Issey Miyake, which signifies his balance of practical and poetic wisdom, sadly passed away on August 5th…

The Times of India

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Book of the week: Tokyo gothic

Anna Rankin on a beautiful and profound meditation on grief

Newsroom.co.nz

Much-changed Great Britain track cycling team head to Munich

Only five of the 18 riders who travelled to Germany competed at the Tokyo Olympics

The Independent UK

Factbox-Profiles of Japanese cabinet ministers after Kishida reshuffle

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida reshuffled his cabinet on Wednesday, dropping some ministers with links to the Unification Church.

Reuters

Guterres: Any Attack on a Nuclear Plant is 'Suicidal'

Any attack on a nuclear plant is "suicidal", United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Monday after fresh shelling hit a huge atomic power complex in southern Ukraine. Moscow and Kyiv blame each other for the latest strike at the Zaporizhzhia plant, Europe's largest nuclear power site, which has been under…

Asharq Al-Awsat

‘We are so far behind’: Japan laments lack of progress on same-sex marriage

Advocates hope upcoming ruling in Tokyo district court will help spur progress on issue that already has public backing

The Guardian - AU

CWG 2022: Nikhat Zareen, Amit Panghal shed cloaks of the past

Both power into respective gold medal rounds with consummate ease

The Times of India

Nirani invites Tokyo Kannada diaspora to GIM

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CWG 2022: When Neeraj, Sreejesh offered Sreeshankar support in tough times

KOCHI: A year can be a long time in an athlete's life. Just ask Murali Sreeshankar. Almost a year ago, the man who leaped to a silver medal in Birmingham late on Thursday night was experiencing the worst time of his life. A leap of just 7.69m on his Olympics…

The Times of India

Boxer Lovlina Borgohain targets bigger goals, says CWG 'not important'

BIRMINGHAM: Star Indian boxer Lovlina Borgohain is not losing sleep over her shock quarter-final exit and says a Commonwealth Games success would not have helped her much in her quest for a second successive Olympic medal in 2024 as she was competing in a non-Olympic category in Birmingham CWG.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

China expresses anger at Japan over Taiwan

PHNOM PENH / BEIJING -- The impact of U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan spilled over into a high-level dialogue between Japan and China. A meeting between the foreign ministers of Japan and China scheduled for Thursday in Cambodia was shelved at the last minute at…

Evening Standard

Nancy Pelosi: China cannot stop US officials from visiting Taiwan

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday that China will not isolate Taiwan by preventing U.S. officials from traveling there.She made the remarks in Tokyo on the final leg of an Asia tour highlighted by a visit to Taiwan that infuriated China.The Chinese have tried to isolate Taiwan, Pelosi said,…

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Tensions rise as China ratchets up wargames near Taiwan

Taiwan and Tokyo protest as Beijing sends warships and planes near island

The Guardian - AU

China missile drills around Taiwan a threat to regional security, says Japan PM

Fumio Kishida welcomes Nancy Pelosi in Tokyo and urges Beijing to halt planned four days of military exercises sparked by US House speaker’s visit

The Times of India

CWG 2022: Medal rush continues as Sagar Ahlawat joins Amit Panghal, Jaismine Lamboria in boxing semifinals

BIRMINGHAM: Remember Amit Panghal at last year's Tokyo Olympics, when he just froze in the ring against Colombian boxer Yubrejen Martinez?

Asharq Al-Awsat

Pelosi: China Cannot Stop US Officials from Visiting Taiwan

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday that China will not isolate Taiwan by preventing US officials from traveling there. She made the remarks in Tokyo on the final leg of an Asia tour highlighted by a visit to Taiwan that infuriated China. The Chinese have tried to isolate Taiwan,…

Reuters

Pelosi praises Taiwan, says Asian trip wasn't to change status quo

U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday praised Taiwan, pledged U.S. solidarity and said her trip through Asia, which led to unprecedented military drills by an angry China, was never about changing the regional status quo.

The Guardian - AU

Australian swimmers throw down gauntlet for Paris after Games pool dominance

Tokyo Olympics stars hoovered up Commonwealth Games medals as a new, even younger crop of athletes progress through the ranks

The Conversation

Japan's Old Enough and Australia's Bluey remind us our kids are no longer ‘free range’ – but we can remake our neighbourhoods

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