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Uzbekistan, Japan qualify for men's Olympic soccer - Daily Times
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" An earthquake of magnitude 6.5 struck Japan’s Bonin Islands, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said on Saturday.
The quake was at a depth of 503.2 km (312.7 miles), USGS said.
The U.S. National Tsunami Warning Center said there was no tsunami warning from the quake, based on available data.
Japan, one of the…
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TOKYO (AFP) - Even small delays in Japan's much-vaunted bullet trains are rare, and more unusual still are snakes on board holding up the speedy "shinkansen" services.
On Tuesday evening, a passenger alerted security to a 40-centimetre (nearly 16-inch) serpent lurking on a train between Nagoya and Tokyo, resulting in a 17-minute hold-up. It was…
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In a display of determination and patience, a young Japanese boy, known as Tomo on social platform X, spent three weeks meticulously piecing back together a 10,000 yen bill that had been accidentally shredded into thousands of pieces, Oddity Central reported.
Sorry for the long wait Regarding the broken 10,000 yen bill, I got…
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تائیوان میں 7.7 شدت کے زلزلے کے نتیجے میں 26 عمارتیں زمین بوس جبکہ 4 افراد ہلاک اور 60 سے زائد زخمی ہو گئے ، مزید ہلاکتوں کا خدشہ ظاہر کیا جا رہا ہے۔
غیر ملکی خبر ایجنسی کے مطابق زلزے کے بعد تائیوان کے دارالحکومت تائپے کے متعدد علاقوں میں بجلی کی فراہمی…
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ISLAMABAD:
Pakistan and Japan pledged to enhance trade relations and collaboration during a meeting between Ambassador WADA Mitsuhiro and Federal Minister for Commerce, Jam Kamal Khan. They discussed ways to strengthen trade relations and mutual trust between Japan and Pakistan, as per a press release issued here. Mitsuhiro congratulated Khan on his recent portfolio, expressing…
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JAPAN:
Japan have been awarded a 3-0 victory after North Korea called off a World Cup qualifier between the sides that was scheduled to be held in Pyongyang earlier this month, Japan's Football Association (JFA) said on Saturday.
The JFA said FIFA's Disciplinary Committee had informed them that the match had been forfeited, which means…
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Japan and the US will announce closer cooperation in high-tech areas such as artificial intelligence (AI) in a joint statement when Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets with President Joe Biden next month, the Asahi Shimbun newspaper said on Saturday.
Biden is set to host Kishida for an official visit to the US on April 10.
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" Best picture winner “Oppenheimer” finally premiered in Japan on Friday, eight months after a controversial grassroots marketing push and concerns about how its nuclear theme would be received in the only country to suffer atomic bombing.
The biggest winner at this month’s Academy Awards, the film directed by Christopher Nolan about U.S. physicist J.…
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TOKYO, Japan (AFP) - Oscar best picture winner "Oppenheimer" was finally released on Friday in Japan, where its subject -- the man who masterminded the creation of the atomic bomb -- is a highly sensitive and emotional topic.
The US blockbuster hit screens in the United States and many other countries in July at…
" Japan announced plans on Wednesday to develop a next-generation passenger jet over the next decade after the last struggling attempt, led by a private company, was scrapped a year ago.
The new public-private project aims to use “new environmental technologies” such as hydrogen or hybrid electrics, a statement from the ministry of economy, trade and…
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TOKYO:
Japan look poised to reach the final stage of qualifying for the 2026 World Cup without kicking a ball after FIFA said their match at North Korea will not be rescheduled.
North Korea were supposed to stage the qualifier on Tuesday in the capital Pyongyang but five days before the game officials abruptly said…
" SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s powerful sister said Monday that Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has requested a summit with her brother, adding a meeting was unlikely without a policy shift by Tokyo.
Relations between the two countries are historically strained, including by a long-running kidnapping dispute and North Korea’s banned weapons…
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Iniesta pays additional tax owed in Japan - Daily Times
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TOKYO: North Korea will not host a World Cup qualifier with Japan that was scheduled to be held in Pyongyang next week, Kyodo news agency reported late Thursday, citing the president of the Japan Football Association (JFA).
“A game will not be played in Pyongyang,” Kyodo quoted Kozo Tashima as saying after Japan beat…
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TOKYO:
Japan will be motivated by the "frustration" of their Asian Cup flop when they face North Korea in a World Cup qualifying double-header, coach Hajime Moriyasu said Wednesday.
The pre-tournament favourites and four-time champions exited the Asian Cup in the quarter-finals last month after losing 2-1 to Iran.
Unconvincing in their three wins and…
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TOKYO:
Kairos, a small, solid-fuel rocket made by Japan's Space One, exploded just seconds into its inaugural launch on Wednesday as the firm tried to become the first Japanese company to put a satellite in orbit.
The setback for Space One and the rocket industry in Japan comes as the government and investors ramp up…
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TOKYO (AFP) - Japan's 'Moon Sniper' was set to touch down early Saturday on the lunar surface, one of myriad new missions on the back of renewed interest in Earth's natural satellite.
If its Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) mission succeeds, Japan will be the fifth nation to pull off a fiendishly tricky…
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan on Saturday became the fifth country to put a spacecraft on the moon, but solar power issues threatened to cut short the nation’s mission to prove a 'precision' landing technology and revitalise a space programme that has suffered setbacks.
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) said its Smart Lander for…
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TOKYO (AFP) - Japan's "Moon Sniper" craft made a pin-point lunar landing despite last-minute engine problems, the space agency said Thursday as it released the first images from the mission.
A photo taken by a mini-rover showed the boxy yellow lander sitting intact at a slight angle on the rocky grey surface, lunar slopes…