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Japan

South Korea, US and Japan to hold Freedom Edge drills near Jeju Island in September1hYayoi Kusama, pioneering Japanese artist who turned hallucinations into infinity, dies at 971dSouth Korean badminton star An Se-young wins second world title, sets sights on Asian Games defence3dThousands pull Hirosaki Castle keep by rope in Japan's symbolic restoration effort3dAn Se-young wins second BWF world title, beating rival Yamaguchi in straight sets4dFather leaves seven-year-old son alone on Mount Fuji during hike5dExtreme rain and flooding deluge Japan and South Korea with record downpours6dJapan executes pachinko parlour arsonist for killing five people in 2009 Osaka attack7dFour railway workers killed by express train at Japanese station north of Tokyo7dNorth Korea fires barrage of missiles despite Trump's overture to Kim Jong Un7dJapan's defence minister visits Yasukuni Shrine in person as PM Takaichi stays away13dJapan's prime minister sends offering to Yasukuni Shrine but stays away on war anniversary13dRecord rainfall kills eight and strands thousands in Japan's Chiba prefecture13dPutin visits disputed Kuril Islands for first time, drawing sharp Japanese protest14dRecord rainfall kills four and strands thousands in Japan during busy holiday week14dPutin visits disputed Kuril Islands for first time, drawing sharp protest from Japan15dTyphoon Dolphin batters Okinawa and bears down on China's eastern coast[Updated]17dNorth Korea fires short-range ballistic missile into East Sea amid rising regional tensions21dJapan's food self-sufficiency ratio hits record low of 37%, missing 2030 target21dJapan orders evacuations as Typhoon Dolphin approaches, cancelling 500 flights21d
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