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After a successful Olympic Games for Welsh athletes, the nation's top Paralympians now have their time to shine. The Tokyo Paralympics take place from Tuesday, 24 August to Sunday, 5 September. ( read original story ...)

The paper says that as Japan relies mostly on the Middle East for imports of crude oil, stability in the region is directly linked to the livelihoods of the people in Japan.. Read more at straitstimes ... ( read original story ...)

Japan is sending a record number of athletes to the Paralympics aiming not only for gold medals but also to build a more inclusive society, according to top team official Miki Matheson. ( read original story ...)

Unpopular Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga looks increasingly vulnerable to a challenge from within his party for the nation's top job after an ally's defeat in a local election on Sunday seen ... ( read original story ...)

In a country where the people have witnessed the direct effects of nuclear weapons, its citizens have the last word on nuclear policy. ( read original story ...)

More military transport planes are expected to be sent to Afghanistan to repatriate not only Japanese citizens but also Afghans working at the Japanese embassy or with Japanese missions, Katsunobu ... ( read original story ...)

Thousands of Afghans who worked for NATO, the United States, and its allies in the 20-year war against the Taliban are crowded into Hamid Karzai International Airport outside Kabul, the capital of ... ( read original story ...)

The same phenomenon that causes aurorae -- the magical curtains of green light often visible from the polar regions of the Earth -- causes mesospheric ozone layer depletion. This depletion could have ... ( read original story ...)

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The race to host one of Japan's three allowed integrated resorts (IRs) is down to three municipalities, barring any surprises, after Yokohama picked an anti-IR candidate for its mayor on Sunday (Aug ... ( read original story ...)

Takeharu Yamanaka, the mayor-elect of Yokohama (pictured), said on Sunday evening the Japanese city would not be bidding to host a casino resort, reported the Kyodo news agency. The outlet quoted him ... ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka, the number two player in the world, decided to withdraw from the French Open before being forced to attend press conferences, attributing it to psychological problems. More precisely, ... ( read original story ...)

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Aug. 23 he regrets the defeat of his close aide Hachiro Okonogi in the previous day's Yokohama mayoral election. ( read original story ...)

Japan's factory activity growth slowed in August, while that of the services sector shrank at the fastest pace since May last year, highlighting the increasingly heavy toll a recent wave of COVID-19 ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's former Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida is likely to run in the ruling party's leadership race when incumbent Yoshihide Suga's current term ends in September, the Sankei newspaper reported on ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga faced a fresh blow amid criticism of his pandemic management, when his favored candidate lost an election for Yokohama mayor in the city where he began his ... ( read original story ...)