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We. Begin in Moscow, where Russians are

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marking seventy nine years since the

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former Soviet Union to help defeat

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Nazi Germany and World War Two.

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Victory Day is also being used

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to honor Russia's modern day forces.

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More than two years after they

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began their full scale invasion of

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Ukraine, Over

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twenty cities across Russia held

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ceremonies and upgrades. Moscow's event

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was attended by President Vladimir

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Putin, recently sworn in for

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his fifth term in office.

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You get when you when we

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will not allow anyone to threaten

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our country our strategic forces are

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you always combat ready for a

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long live Russia for victory. Who

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didn't called on Russians to

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rally toward victory against Ukraine.

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He also sent a message

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to keep and it's allies

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how this country's military strength

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including his strategic nuclear forces.

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Some of the hardware on

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display included at short range

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launchers and intercontinental ballistic missiles

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along with thousands of troops

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including some who had recently

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returned from fighting in Ukraine.

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Attendees included Belorusian President Alexander.

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Lukashenko, a key putting ally,

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along with leaders of other

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former Soviet republics Cuba, and

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some African nations know leaders

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from any of the Western

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countries which also took on

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the Nazis and World War

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Two, chose to attend the

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Moscow event. japan

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Those ruling parties have agreed on the

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main points to be included in their

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revisions to the political funds control law.

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They want to make clear how

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political activity expenses are used. Secretaries

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General of Main Ruling Liberal

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Democratic Party and its coalition

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partner Colmetto reached the agreement

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on Thursday. The LDP

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has been embroiled in a scandal

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over fundraising ticket sales. One

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of the key issues they discussed was the political

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activity expenses paid to lawmakers

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by their parties. They

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want to increase transparency by listing

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the amounts and other details in

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their financial reports based

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on reports from the lawmakers who

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received the money. They

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also discussed sales of tickets for

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fundraising events. Currently, parties are

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required to disclose the names of people

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who buy tickets worth over 200,000 yen

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or about $1,300. The

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ruling parties agreed to lower this amount

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but haven't decided on the new limit

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yet. They also

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agreed to make the rules stricter for

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political groups of lawmakers in the diet

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regarding the transfer of funds to

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their support organizations and other political

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groups. They'll need to

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report transfers of over 10 million yen or

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around $64,000 a year. It

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is praiseworthy that the

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LDP and Colmetto have

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managed to narrow most gaps in

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their opinions. We

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will work out the details on

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the amounts later when

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we draw up the bill. The

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head of the Constitutional Democratic Party

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says the opposition need to keep

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an eye on them to make

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sure there's real transparency. totally

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out of touch with what

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the public expects regarding disclosures

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of political activity funds. The

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parties are just playing with the word disclosure.

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The two parties plan to swiftly

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put together a draft revision based

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on the outline. They'll submit it

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to the Diet for discussions and

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aim for enactment during the current

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session. Police

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are investigating a brutal slaying in

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Tokyo's busy Shinjuku district. A 25-year-old

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woman was found stabbed to death.

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Her stalker has been taken into custody.

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On Wednesday, police found the body

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of Hirasawa Toshino at her condo

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building. They believe she

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was ambushed and stabbed repeatedly

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with two knives. 51-year-old Wakly

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Manabu was handed over to

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prosecutors on suspicion of murder

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on Thursday. He reportedly

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admitted to police he attacked the woman

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with the intent to cause massive damage

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to her body. Hirasawa

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operated what's called a girl's bar,

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a business that offers drinks and

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female companionship. Wakly

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was a customer and had champagne bottles

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with the victim's face on them in

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his home. Wakly

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had been arrested for stalking Hirasawa in 2022

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and ordered to stay away from her and

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her bar. That happened after he

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reportedly gave the victim $64,000 for her business, which

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he raised by selling his car

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and motorcycle. The suspect's

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father said his son told him he

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wanted to marry the woman, but

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things went south. My

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son told me the woman's attitude turned

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cold after he gave her the money,

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and my son apparently visited her bar to

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get the money back. Tokyo

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police say they'd received no

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further complaints from Hirasawa following

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the investigation. Wukui's initial arrest

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and the restraining order against him ended

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last June. The

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investigation is ongoing. Military

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troops from the Philippines, the United

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States and Australia have staged a

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live fire drill in waters facing

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the South China Sea. Tolopan

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Sanarula in Bangkok has the

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details. The

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exercise saw the joint force unleash

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a barrage of high-position rockets, artillery,

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fire and air strikes. They also

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sank a mock enemy ship, a

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decommissioned tanker made in China that

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was approaching Philippine territory. The

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drill was conducted off the coast

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of Ilopus Lotei Province as part

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of the annual Philippine-US Bali-Katan exercise,

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which got underway on April 22.

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The Australian Air Force also participated in

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the training on Wednesday. During

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a two-hour live fire drill, the Philippine

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Navy's flagship frigate launched an anti-ship cruise

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missile for the first time. Manila

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acquired the missile system from South

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Korea three years ago under the

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military's modernization drive. A Philippine

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official says the exercise is aimed at sending

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a message of deterrence while promoting peace

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and stability in the region. The

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drill is being held at a

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time when Beijing is increasingly flexing

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its muscles in the contested South

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China Sea. In the

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latest incident, Manila serves Chinese Coast

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Guard ships fired water cannons at

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Philippine vessels causing damage. A

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Cambodian defense official denies that a strategic

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naval base in the country's south is

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being given over to the Chinese military.

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This follows a US report that two

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Chinese warships have been docked at the

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port since December. The

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analysis on the Rheem naval base was

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released by the Center for Strategic and

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International Studies last month. It

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says the Chinese corvettes are the only ships

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that have docked at a new pier built

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with funding from Beijing. Washington

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has become increasingly concerned over the

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Chinese presence at the base. The

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Cambodian Defense Ministry spokesperson said on

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social media the facility is not

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a Chinese military base. He.

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Said the Chinese ships are prepared

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to take part in a joint

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drill with a Cambodian navy later

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this month. The Rim Naval Base

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is located near the South China

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Sea Web aging and several Southeast

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Asian nations are locked in territorial

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disputes. The base has undergone expansion

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with help from China. The Wall

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Street Journal reported in two thousand

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and nineteen like Cambodia has secretly

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concluded an agreement along China's military

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to use the base in return

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for assistance or somebody has been

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held. In North East and India.

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To mark the completion of a

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monument commemorating those who died during

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fierce fighting in World War Two,

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in March nineteen Forty four Japanese

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Imperial Army forces launched the so

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called in full operation against British

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troops in the area. Over the

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next four months, tens of thousands

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of servicemen on both sides as

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well as vocal residents died. The

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monuments and cozy my City in

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the state of Not Online was

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unveiled on Wednesday to mark the

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eightieth anniversary of. The fighting. I

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extend my deepest sympathies

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is heartfelt condolences. To

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the people of Nevada. Will

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have to endure. His

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rivals surface and pray

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for my heart. The

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souls of a people. Among

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those who took part in the ceremony

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was as on a set of a

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former Japanese servicemen expressed his desire for

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peace at the monument. I

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hope this monument will serve

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an opportunity for Japanese and

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British visitors of lucy to

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living of the same. A

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battlefield to remember and stone

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This news. Efforts

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to recover the remains of those who

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died in the fighting are still ongoing.

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Barakrapa Bulletin, I'm Chalup and I'm a ruler

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in Bangkok. One

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of the stars of Japanese figure skating

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says he's hanging up his skates. 26-year-old

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Uno Shoma says he's stepping

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away from competitions after

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a career spanning most of his life.

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Uno is from Aichi Prefecture in central

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Japan. He started figure skating when

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he was 5, encouraged by another Japanese star,

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Asada Mao, who later went silver at the

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2010 Vancouver Olympics. Uno

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stood out early in his career,

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performing difficult jumps and making a

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name at international events. In

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2016, he became the first male figure

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skater to land a kazooka flip jump

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in a competition. Uno

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later took silver in men's singles at the

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2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, then

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bronze at the 2022 Games in Beijing. Those

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were followed by back-to-back world championship wins in

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2022 and 2023. He

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became Japan's top male skater

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in 2022 when gold medalist

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Hanyu Yuzuru chose to retire.

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Fast forward two years, Uno says

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he's ready to move on, thanking

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everyone who's helped him throughout his

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athletic career. His Instagram

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post doesn't say why he's

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retiring, but Uno says

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he'll hold a news conference next

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Tuesday to give details on his

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thoughts and future plans. Extreme

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heat is causing dangerous situations for

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those living in South Asia. Our

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meteorologist Jonathan O has the details

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in world weather. Hello,

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we are seeing some really

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extreme heat hitting South Asia,

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including India, where temperatures are

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going above the 40 degree

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mark. Here's some video to

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give you an idea of the

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situation on the ground. The mercury

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rose to 43 degrees Celsius in

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Northwestern India as a nationwide heat

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wave hit the country Wednesday. Locals

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were seeing a walk with the heads covered for

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protection from the scorching sun, but it's not just

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the people that's being impacted.

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Extreme heat is also affecting animals

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in the South. Farmers say that they

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can't bring their cows up to the

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fields due to high temperatures. This

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is a typical pattern as you go

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through May going into June. Before

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the Southwest monsoon comes into effect, we're talking

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about this extreme heat continuing and no rain

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to really bring relief. Any areas that are

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seeing rain, not enough to really bring down

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the temperatures. So we're going to be talking

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about prolonged heat for some time to come.

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I mean, New Delhi is expecting some showers,

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but 40 for the high, 38 higher, about

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37 in Chennai.

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And so yeah, the heat will continue to be part

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of the story as you go forward in time. Meanwhile

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in Japan, we saw a relatively fair

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day. Tokyo saw some showers in the

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morning and then that cleared out, though

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it was a bit cooler than what we

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typically see for this time of year. We

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are looking at high pressure to continue controlling

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the weather situation, which means dry weather

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ahead with sunny skies. Skies are

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going to be mainly in the twenties

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up into the upper teens, a place like Sapporo

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as you go through Friday, Tokyo looking at sunny

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skies with a high of 23. Looking

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at what's happening across North America, specifically the United

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States, those of you in the

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mid to deep South, extending all into Carolina,

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back toward Texas. Once

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again, we're talking about severe weather threats, tornadoes,

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powerful winds that are going to cause a

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lot of damage, and even some hail. That

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will still be the case as you go

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through Thursday and looking at the Eastern Seaborn

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still being a little bit on the active

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side as you go into Friday. Hope

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you have a good day wherever you are. h h

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that's all for this edition of NHK

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News Line. I'm Yoshua Rasawara in Tokyo.

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Thanks for joining us.