The Japan News by The Yomiuri Shimbun - 2022-08-19

• Pandemic limits attendance
• Temple preserves WWII-era soldier portraits
• Ceramic WWII grenades show sorrowful mixing of art and war
• WWII holdout’s audio tapes tell of harsh life in jungle
• China to ‘normalize’ just-ended military drills around Taiwan
• Techno collective dances to a new beat in northern Ukraine
• Sri Lanka port welcomes China survey ship, rankling India, U.S.
• President: China cannot use port for military purposes
• Japan, U.K. to develop common airframe for next-gen fighters
• Kishida rating sinks to new low
• New Aegis system-equipped ships will likely carry long-range cruise missiles
• Young voters becoming less attached to LDP
• Kishida abandons plan to appoint Suga to Cabinet
• Cabinet: No need to investigat­e links to Unificatio­n Church
• Religious group denies role in ‘spiritual sales’
• Victims of 1985 JAL crash into mountain remembered
• Bright yellow Shinkansen test train races past field of sunflowers
• Ex-Tokyo Games exec Takahashi arrested over bribery allegation­s
• Survey: Over 60% of Japan firms negatively impacted by weak yen
• Business takes off again for LCCs flying in Southeast Asian markets
• Amazon to invest in cosmetics portal operator
• Justice Ministry to tap AI tech to translate laws
• Shiga lab creates robot to perform risky tasks
• Vacant houses become game facilities, photo studios
• Rebuild internatio­nal order that does not allow aggression
• Authoritar­ian regimes need a neighborly nudge toward democracy
• Baba 2nd Japanese to win U.S. Women’s Amateur
• Cornfield maze leaves visitors in a daze over summer break
• Sazae-san fires strike for crime prevention
• Landing quad axel fuels Hanyu’s fiery passion in skating transition
• Flawless ‘Seimei’ in 1st open practice session as pro
• Traditiona­l Edo furin gets twist that chimes with younger people

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