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Kyodo News Digest: Aug. 21, 2022

Candles are lit at a park in the western Japan city of Hiroshima near the site of 2014 mudslides that claimed 77 lives, on Aug. 20, 2022, the eighth anniversary of the tragedy. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News. ---------- Tokyo Olympic sponsor in bribery case made…
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Kyodo News Digest: Aug. 20, 2022

Children gather at the Temple of Confucius in China's Qufu, the birthplace of the founder of Confucianism, on July 29, 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News. ---------- Japan to keep interest in Russia's Sakhalin 2 gas project TOKYO - Japan plans to retain its…
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Tokyo Olympics exec arrested over bribery allegations

Haruyuki Takahashi allegedly received $380,000 from high-street business suit retailer Aoki Holdings, an official partner of last year's pandemic-delayed 2020 Games.The 78-year-old was arrested along with former Aoki chairman Hironori Aoki, 83, and two other current and former executives from the retailer, according to Tokyo Prosecutors Office…
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Kyodo News Digest: Aug. 17, 2022

People look at the ruins of the fire-hit Tanga market in Kitakyushu, southwestern Japan, on Aug. 16, 2022. A fire broke out on the night of Aug. 10. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News. ---------- U.S. test-launches ICBM after delay amid Taiwan tension WASHINGTON - The…
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Kyodo News Digest: Aug. 15, 2022

The four-day Awa dance festival begins in Tokushima, western Japan, on Aug. 12, 2022, the first time in three years that the traditional festival has had spectators in the outdoor stands amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News. ----------…
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