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Japan executes a man convicted of setting fire that killed 5
Japan says it has executed a man convicted of killing five people after setting fire to a pachinko parlor in 2009…
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The Guardian
Russia’s missile tests around disputed islands anger Japan
WorldPingPacific fleet launched missile drills near what Moscow calls the Kuril Islands but Japan regards as its Northern Territories Japan has criticised missile tests carried out by Russia’s navy around the disputed islands visited by Vladimir Putin last we…
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Japan executes man who killed five in Pachinko parlour fire
This is the first time since June 2025 that the country has enacted capital punishment.
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CNBC World
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 put the carry trade back on.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by CNBC World
CNBC World
Japan headline inflation rate hits highest this year as energy prices bite
Core inflation — which strips out prices of fresh food but includes energy — was in line with expectations, coming in at 1.8%.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by CNBC World
WorldPingABC News
Express train hits and kills 4 workers at a railway station in Japan
Four people working on a railway track in Japan died after an express train hit them…
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Al Jazeera
Four railway workers killed by express train at station in Japan
Four railway workers spraying herbicide on tracks north of Tokyo were killed by an express train.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Al Jazeera