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A group of disputed islands, Uotsuri island (top), Minamikojima (bottom) and Kitakojima, known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China is seen in the East China Sea, in this photo taken on September 2012.

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Chinese ships spend record amount of time near Japan-controlled islands, Tokyo says

A newly-made whaler Kangei Maru is seen in Shimonoseki City, Yamaguchi Prefecture on March 29, 2024. The whaler is owned by Kyodo Senpaku Co., the only company in the world that uses a mother ship-based catcher boat. A signing ceremony for the handover was held on the same day. ( The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP Images )

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Japan is determined to keep hunting whales. And now it has a brand new ‘mothership’

4D photogrammetry model of USS Harder (SS 257) wreck site by The Lost 52. The Lost 52 Project scanned the entire boat and stitched all the images together in a multi-dimensional model used to study and explore the site.

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USS Harder: Wreck of famed US Navy World War II sub found off the Philippines

Saudi's King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud waits for Lebanon's Christian Maronite patriarch prior to their meeting on November 14, 2017, in Riyadh. - (Photo by Fayez Nureldine / AFP) (Photo by FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP via Getty Images)

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Saudi Arabia’s King Salman being treated for lung inflammation

Japan's national flag flutters at the Bank of Japan headquarters in central Tokyo on April 26, 2024.

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Japan’s economy contracts in first quarter

Women take part in a ritual event of naked festival, for the first time in its 1250 years of history, at Owari Okunitama Shrine, also known as Konomiya Shrine, in Inazawa, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan February 22, 2024. REUTERS/Chris Gallagher

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Women’s participation in ‘naked festival’ a sign of how aging is forcing changes to male-centric Japanese traditions

Packs of Pasco’s white “chojuku” bread are sold at a Lawson convenience store in Akasaka, Tokyo, as the manufacturer recalls more than 100,000 packets after parts of a rat are found in two of them.

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Rat parts found in sliced white bread in Japan, sparking recall

Overgrown vegetation surrounds a vacant house in the Yato area of Yokosuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, on Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2013. More than 50 houses and apartments, almost 20 percent of the quaint residential neighborhood of narrow streets and stairway paths leading into green hills, are empty here, an hour's train ride south of Tokyo and 1,000 yards (900 meters) from the Yokosuka naval base, home of the U.S. Seventh Fleet. Photographer: Akio Kon/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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Super-aged Japan now has 9 million vacant homes. And that’s a problem

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Apr 13, 2024

Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani, right, and his interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, leave after at a news conference ahead of a baseball workout at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, March 16, 2024. Ohtani's interpreter and close friend has been fired by the Dodgers following allegations of illegal gambling and theft from the Japanese baseball star.

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Baseball star Shohei Ohtani’s ex-translator Ippei Mizuhara turns himself in after allegedly stealing $16 million

Apr 13, 2024

GLENDALE, ARIZONA - FEBRUARY 27: Shohei Ohtani #17 of the Los Angeles Dodgers and interpreter Ippei Mizuhara arrive to a game against the Chicago White Sox at Camelback Ranch on February 27, 2024 in Glendale, Arizona. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)

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GLENDALE, ARIZONA - FEBRUARY 27: Shohei Ohtani #17 of the Los Angeles Dodgers and interpreter Ippei Mizuhara arrive to a game against the Chicago White Sox at Camelback Ranch on February 27, 2024 in Glendale, Arizona. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)

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Shohei Ohtani plays in Dodgers’ loss to Angels after addressing gambling and theft allegations against former interpreter

Mar 26, 2024

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Workers begin setting up a large black screen in Fujikawaguchiko on May 21, 2024.

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