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Japan logs hottest July for third year in a row
Japan Times
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August 2, 2025
Japan's average temperature in July hit a record high for the third consecutive year, the Meteorological Agency has said. This July's average temperature was 2.89 degrees Celsius higher than the 30-year average for the month, the agency said...
Mamdani Won Big with Chinese Communities in South Brooklyn, But Faces a Tough Road Ahead
Documented - New York
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August 1, 2025
Under a makeshift white tent at the corner of 86th Street and 25th Avenue in Brooklyn, dozens of local residents sit in folding chairs. American flags are planted around them. It’s a scorching July 23 afternoon with temperatures reaching upwards...
Japan’s Yamashita and Takeda pull away from the field at Women’s British Open
The Globe and Mail
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August 2, 2025
Open this photo in gallery:Miyu Yamashita of Japan has a three-shot lead going into the weekend at the Women's British Open at Royal Porthcawl Golf Club in Porthcawl, Wales.Kin Cheung/The Associated Press Miyu Yamashita started and finished with...
Report: Trump wants to expand Abraham Accords into Central Asia, beginning with Israel's ally Azerbaijan
I24 News
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The U.S. administration of President Donald Trump seeks to bring Azerbaijan and some Central Asian allies into the Abraham Accords, Reuters reported on Friday citing five sources with knowledge of the matter. The historic Abraham Accords, inked in...
VOX POPULI: Remembering what happened to Japan in August 1945
The Asahi Shimbun
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Japanese forces in the Battle of Okinawa put down their weapons on June 23, 1945, but that did not bring immediate peace to all. On Iejima island, west of Okinawa’s main island, two Japanese soldiers holed up in a banyan tree, unaware that the war...
This Insanely Textural adidas Japan Sneaker Is Seriously Fire
Highsnobiety
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August 1, 2025
If there's one thing you can count on from Brain Dead, it's great adidas sneaker collaborations. Ever since the bowling shoe team-up, it's been nothing but clever hits from the two minds. Time for another. Brain Dead's next adidas collab involves...
Japan mandates Apple must allow third-party app stores and payment systems
9to5Mac
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August 1, 2025
Since 2020, Japan’s Fair Trade Commission has investigated Apple and Google’s dominance in the mobile market. This week, the watchdog published a series of new guidelines that the two companies must comply with, chief among them allowing...
US willfully ceding the energy innovation race to China
Asia Times
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August 2, 2025
During the Cold War, the US and Soviet Union were locked in a desperate race to develop cutting‑edge technologies like long-range missiles and satellites. Fast forward to today and the frontiers of global technology have pivoted to AI and...
Factory Closures Expand to Major Manufacturing Base in China as PMI Continues to Drop
The Epoch Times
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August 2, 2025
China has published its official Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) for July, showing that production and business activity continues to contract. Meanwhile, many manufacturing companies in the Pearl River Delta, a major manufacturing...
Foster Parents in South Korea Struggle Under Economic Strain, Call for Policy Overhaul
The Korea Bizwire
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August 2, 2025
Only 44.7% of children in protective care were placed in foster homes last year. (Image courtesy of Yonhap) SEOUL, August 2 (Korea Bizwire) — As South Korea’s foster care rate lags behind international standards, foster parents are sounding the...
Cotswolds businesses to showcase wares at major fair in Japan
Worcester News
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The Cotswolds Plus Local Visitor Economy Partnership (LVEP) has announced a major international collaboration with Hankyu Department Stores Japan, which will see a selection of Cotswolds brands featured at the 58th annual British Fair in Osaka...
South Korea soccer star Son Heung-min to leave Tottenham Hotspur
CNN
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August 2, 2025
Follow South Korean soccer star Son Heung-min will leave Tottenham Hotspur before the Premier League season begins, ending a decade-long spell with the North London club. The announcement from the 33-year-old, a national hero in South Korea, comes...
Trump’s tariffs are sending African countries into China’s hands
CNN
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August 2, 2025
Africa is adjusting to the new reality of US President Donald Trump’s tariffs, with countries on the continent facing some of the highest export charges. But what could become a crisis is an opportunity for United States rival China, which has...
Japanese players are dominating Women’s British Open while some notable stars miss the cut
Australian Golf Digest
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August 1, 2025
Miyu Yamashita and Rio Takeda are giving Japan the best chance to have a countrywoman win another major this season, this time at the AIG Women’s British Open. MORE: Former Ole Miss star ‘hates’ links golf, but is contending at Porthcawl Grouped...
CDC Considers Travel Notice For China Due To Outbreak Of This Potentially Deadly Virus
Travel Noire
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August 1, 2025
The United States’ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is considering issuing a travel notice for visitors to China due to a chikungunya outbreak in a southern region of China. According to The Independent, a spokesperson for the U.S....
Japan astronaut Yui heads to ISS on SpaceX craft on 2nd space mission
Kyodo News+
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August 1, 2025
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida - A team of astronauts from Japan, Russia and the United States headed to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX craft from Florida on Friday, marking the second space flight for Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui. The...
China-Russia Joint Naval Exercise 2025 in Vladivostok: Strengthening Strategic Cooperation in Western Pacific
teleSUR
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China-Russia maritime collaboration intensifies amid rising global tensions in Pacific.Photo:EFE. August 1, 2025 Hour: 4:32 pm Chinese and Russian navies launch Joint Sea 2025 drills in Vladivostok, solidifying anti-imperialist military...
China Teases First Catapult Launches From Its New Carrier Fujian
The Drive
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August 1, 2025
The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. Signs are growing that China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) is close to demonstrating its ability to launch...
Impeached ex-South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol resists interrogation in prison standoff
The New Zealand Herald
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August 2, 2025
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Japan Times 1950: Hiroshima peace festival canceled
Japan Times
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August 2, 2025
100 YEARS AGO Thursday, Aug. 27, 1925 Thirty thousand buildings had been made uninhabitable by the flood which Tokyo experienced yesterday, according to figures issued early this morning by the Hochi. Fukagawa, Honjo and Akasaka districts suffered...