Japan executes man who killed 5 in pachinko parlour fire

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Japan hangs man convicted of killing 5 people in pachinko parlor fire
Sunao Takami set fire to the crowded pachinko parlor in Osaka by spreading gasoline and throwing a lit match, engulfing the building, killing five and injuring 10 others.

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Japan executes man who killed five in Pachinko parlour fire
Japan executes a man convicted of setting fire that killed 5 at a pachinko parlor in Osaka

4 workers hit by train in Japan

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Express train hits and kills 4 workers at a railway station in Japan
The accident occurred at Shin-Kanuma Station, north of Tokyo, on the Tobu Nikko Line, and involved the Tokyo-bound Spacia express train, the Tochigi prefectural police said.

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Four workers killed by train in Japan
Four workers dead after being hit by train in Japan

Japan, Inflation

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Japan’s Inflation Print Just Made a September BOJ Hike Harder to Avoid
Japan's inflation hit 1.9% and the yen sits near 159. Traders now price an 84% chance of a September BOJ rate hike.

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Japan’s Inflation Stays Well Above BOJ’s 2% Target
Japan’s Inflation Accelerates, Backing BOJ’s Case for Rate Hike

Kuril Islands, Russian Far East and Japan

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Russian Missile Drills Stoke Tensions With Japan
The exercises near the islands claimed by Japan comes after a visit to the disputed archipelago by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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Russia’s missile tests around disputed islands anger Japan
Russia Holds Rare Missile Test Near Islands Claimed by Japan

Controversial Netflix dating show sparks backlash in Japan

Japan's justice ministry said it will cancel a collaboration with "Badly in Love," a Netflix dating show featuring ...

South Korea's SK Hynix considers building memory chip plant in Japan, Hankyoreh reports

SEOUL, Aug 21 (Reuters) - South Korea's SK Hynix is considering building a memory chip plant in Japan's Miyagi prefecture and ...
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Japan comes under more pressure to lift interest rates

Though it would increase Japan’s enormous debt pile, that would help fix a more urgent problem than inflation: downward ...

Japan’s U.S. Ties Could Not Save a Top Judge From Trump’s I.C.C. Sanctions

Japan had tried to dissuade the U.S. from imposing sanctions on Tomoko Akane, president of the International Criminal Court, ...

EBiDAN’s ‘Yes! Tokyo’ Tops Japan Hot 100 as Florence Road Makes Chart Debut Following First Japan Visit at Summer Sonic

Also worth noting is the debut of Florence Road’s “Hanging Out to Dry” at No. 97. The Irish four-member rock band made its ...

Japan weighs 3.8% assumed rate for next year's budget request, sources say

By Takaya Yamaguchi and Satoshi Sugiyama TOKYO, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Japan's finance ministry is considering setting the ...

Japan's historic yen intervention has 'turbo-charged' the carry trade

Japan's historic effort to prop up the yen may have had an unintended consequence: giving investors a better opportunity to ...

Japan's defence budget set to hit record $56 billion as Indo-Pacific tensions mount and US pulls back

Japan is preparing to request a record 8.9 trillion yen (approximately $56.1 billion) defence budget for the 2027 financial ...