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Japan main opposition party in lower house signals split

KYODO NEWS — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 22:55:00 +0900

Japan's largest opposition party in the powerful House of Representatives will likely split just seven months after its format

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Basketball: Hachimura leads Japan to big win over Qatar in Tokyo

KYODO NEWS — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 22:20:00 +0900

Rui Hachimura poured in a game-high 30 points as Japan cruised to a 123-70 win over Qatar in the second phase of Asian qualifying

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Baseball: NPB set to introduce PitchCom communication system next season

KYODO NEWS — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 22:02:00 +0900

Nippon Professional Baseball has decided to introduce the PitchCom wireless communication system from next season and has already

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Large fire spreads in central Japan shopping district near Ise Jingu shrine

KYODO NEWS — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 22:00:00 +0900

A large fire broke out Monday afternoon and spread to multiple buildings in a shopping district near Ise Jingu shrine in Ise, cent

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BREAKING NEWS: Japan urges flood-hit Nepal to help rescue 5 missing Japanese nationals

KYODO NEWS — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 21:29:00 +0900

BREAKING NEWS: Japan urges flood-hit Nepal to help rescue 5 missing Japanese nationals

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Japan's oldest person, 115-year-old woman from Nara Prefecture, dies

KYODO NEWS — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 20:03:00 +0900

Japan's oldest person, Shigeko Kagawa, a 115-year-old resident of Nara Prefecture, western Japan, died late last week, the Min

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US carrier visit to Thailand's Pattaya lifts hope and sex-tourism risk

Reuters — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 20:00:00 +0900

After a long deployment in the Middle East, a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier will dock in Thailand's resort city of Pattaya this w

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Kyodo News Digest: Aug. 31, 2026

KYODO NEWS — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 20:00:00 +0900

The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News.----------Japan FY 2027 budget requests to hit new high

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Hong Kong's independent bookstores, a refuge for Chinese readers, are under threat

AP News — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 19:00:00 +0900

Chinese university student Fleming Cheng found the political books he had only glimpsed online in a Hong Kong bookstore

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Japan FY 2027 budget requests to hit new high of about 143 tril. yen

KYODO NEWS — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 18:28:00 +0900

Japan's budget requests for fiscal 2027 are set to hit a new high of about 143 trillion yen ($890 billion), as Prime Minister

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Japan gov't eyes city near Tokyo as possible nuclear waste disposal site

KYODO NEWS — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 18:16:00 +0900

Japan's industry ministry sought Monday to conduct a preliminary survey in a city in Ibaraki Prefecture, near Tokyo, with a vi

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BREAKING NEWS: Centrist Reform Alliance to form joint lower house bloc after split: Ogawa

KYODO NEWS — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 17:56:00 +0900

BREAKING NEWS: Centrist Reform Alliance to form joint lower house bloc after split: Ogawa

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BREAKING NEWS: Chief of Japan's biggest lower house opposition party confirms split

KYODO NEWS — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 17:54:00 +0900

BREAKING NEWS: Chief of Japan's biggest lower house opposition party confirms split

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BREAKING NEWS: Japan's Defense Ministry requests 8.89 tril. yen budget for FY 2027

KYODO NEWS — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 17:45:00 +0900

BREAKING NEWS: Japan's Defense Ministry requests 8.89 tril. yen budget for FY 2027

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BREAKING NEWS: Honda, Nissan to standardize control units for next-generation vehicles

KYODO NEWS — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 17:24:00 +0900

BREAKING NEWS: Honda, Nissan to standardize control units for next-generation vehicles

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Centenarian athlete grabs 2 golds at World Masters Athletics

Yonhap — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 17:00:00 +0900

DAEGU, South Korea - Sawang Janpram, the oldest competitor taking part in the World Masters Athletics Championships (WMAC) un

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Why a newly formed lake is sparking fears of more flooding along the Nepal-China border

AP News — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 16:00:00 +0900

Even as rescuers worked through mud and debris Friday in areas devastated by a catastrophic flash flood along the Himalayan b

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Sumo: Aonishiki vows to keep pushing for yokozuna after ozeki return

KYODO NEWS — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 15:37:00 +0900

Ukrainian star Aonishiki has expressed his determination to reach sumo's highest rank of yokozuna after his return to ozeki wa

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BREAKING NEWS: Japan's largest opposition party in lower house set to split: executives

KYODO NEWS — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 14:32:00 +0900

BREAKING NEWS: Japan's largest opposition party in lower house set to split: executives

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OPINION: Disaster misinformation raises stakes for Japan's social media users

KYODO NEWS — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 14:26:00 +0900

In the immediate aftermath of the Kumamoto earthquake on July 28, social media was flooded with unverified information, including

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BREAKING NEWS: Japan to buy back 210,000 tons of emergency rice to prevent price collapse

KYODO NEWS — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 14:23:00 +0900

BREAKING NEWS: Japan to buy back 210,000 tons of emergency rice to prevent price collapse

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Baseball: Okamoto hits 28th homer as Blue Jays rout Mariners

KYODO NEWS — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 13:41:00 +0900

Kazuma Okamoto hit his 28th home run of the season as the Toronto Blue Jays routed the Seattle Mariners 7-0 on Sunday.Okamoto laun

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No. of food items to see price hikes in Japan to more than triple in Sept.

KYODO NEWS — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 13:38:00 +0900

The prices of 4,923 food and beverage items in Japan are set to rise in September, up more than threefold from a year earlier and

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