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This picture taken on April 15, 2019 shows a sumo wrestler taking part in a "honozumo," a ceremonial sumo exhibition, on the grounds of Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo.

Japan not in great shape as it reels from economic challenges

Japan, the third-strongest global economic power for over a decade, has been surpassed by Germany. It grapples with inflation, sluggish consumerism and demographic decline.

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This handout file picture taken on August 6,1945 by the US Army and released via the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum shows a mushroom cloud of the atomic bomb dropped by the B-29 bomber Enola Gay over the city of Hiroshima.

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Hiroshima and Nagasaki revealed the kind of destruction possible with nuclear warfare. While notable disarmament efforts had been made in the years thereafter, that no longer seems to be the priority.

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Countries near the South China Sea will have to find a way to live with rising tensions where a breakthrough between Beijing and Washington remains unlikely.

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Geopolitical tensions rise in the seas of China and Japan

Countries near the South China Sea will have to find a way to live with rising tensions where a breakthrough between Beijing and Washington remains unlikely

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China's growing unilateralism and Russia's invasion of Ukraine turn Tokyo's pacifism around

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Pacifist Japan grows more assertive amid Russia, China adventurism

China's growing unilateralism and Russia's invasion of Ukraine turn Tokyo's pacifism around

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A masked traveller arrives at the international flight check in counter at the Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022. Moves by the U.S., Japan and others to mandate COVID-19 tests for passengers arriving from China reflect global concern that new variants could emerge in its ongoing explosive outbreak — and the government may not inform the rest of the world quickly enough. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Lack of Info on China’s COVID-19 Surge Stirs Global Concern

Moves by several countries to mandate COVID-19 tests for passengers arriving from China reflect global concern that new variants could emerge in its ongoing explosive outbreak — and that the…

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Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force's (JMSDF) JS Mogami (FFM-1), a Japanese multi-mission stealth frigate, takes part in the International Fleet Review to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the foundation of JMSDF, at Sagami Bay, off Yokosuka, south of Tokyo, Japan, November 6, 2022. REUTERS/Issei Kato/Pool

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Japan on Friday unveiled its biggest military build-up since World War Two with a $320 billion plan that will buy missiles capable of striking China and ready it for sustained conflict, as regional…

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Koichi Hagiuda, policy chief for Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party speaks at a forum in Taipei, Taiwan, December 11, 2022. REUTERS/Ann Wang

Japan Lawmaker in Taiwan Says China Threat Needs More Military Spending

Japan needs to increase its military spending in the face of the "grim reality" of the threat from China and North Korea, a senior member of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party said on Sunday…

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Soccer Football - FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 - Round of 16 - Japan v Croatia - Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah, Qatar - December 5, 2022 Croatia's Dominik Livakovic saves a penalty from Japan's Takumi Minamino during the shootout REUTERS/Lee Smith

Croatia Beat Japan On Penalties To Reach World Cup Quarter-Finals

Croatia goalkeeper Dominic Livakovic saved penalties from Takumi Minamino, Kaoru Mitoma and Maya Yoshida before Mario Pasalic netted the winning spot-kick in their 3-1 shootout win over Japan on…

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Costa Rica's Yeltsin Tejeda, right, tries to block a shot from Japan's Wataru Endo during the World Cup, group E soccer match between Japan and Costa Rica, at the Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium in Al Rayyan , Qatar, Sunday, Nov. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Costa Rica Rallies Late To Beat Japan 1-0 in Group E

Keysher Fuller scored in the 81st minute to lift Costa Rica to a 1-0 victory over Japan on Sunday, leaving both teams with three points after two games in Group E of the World Cup. Fuller took…

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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida holds a news conference after attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in Bangkok, Thailand November 19, 2022. REUTERS/Jorge Silva

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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's public support slipped to a new low in a poll published on Sunday, as a series of cabinet resignations has compounded anger over the ruling party's ties to a…

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