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    <text>Japan records its lowest-ever net greenhouse gas emissions in fiscal year 2024, falling 1.9% to 994 million tonnes due to reduced energy use and increased reliance on nuclear and renewable energy sources. </text>
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    <text>Japan announces it has begun successfully drilling and retrieving deep-sea sediment containing rare earth minerals near the remote island of Minamitorishima in the Pacific Ocean, as the country seeks to reduce its reliance on China for critical minerals for use in its defense industry and automotive industry. </text>
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    <text>A 243 kg bluefin tuna is sold for a record {{JPY}}510 million (US$3.2 million) at the Toyosu fish market in Tokyo, Japan. </text>
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    <text>The Tokyo District Court sentences Kyota Hattori to 23 years in prison for attempted murder and arson on a train in Chōfu, Tokyo, Japan, in October 2021. </text>
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      <text>Japan reports 2,684 new cases in the past 24 hours, a new single-day record since the beginning of the outbreak. in addition, the number of severe patients reaches a record high of 440. </text>
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    <text>Japan reports 2,684 new cases in the past 24 hours, a new single-day record since the beginning of the outbreak. </text>
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    <text>Typhoon Neoguri hits the main Japanese island of Honshu causing flooding, landslides and three deaths. </text>
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    <text>United States Navy commandos from the destroyer USS &quot;Bulkeley&quot; capture four Somali pirates who boarded the Japanese oil tanker, the MV Guanabara. </text>
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    <text>Japan experiences its record-hottest summer. </text>
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    <text>Remains of a 104-year-old woman's body are discovered in her son's backpack during a nationwide search in Japan for missing centenarians. It is thought they may have been there for a decade. </text>
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    <text>Spain extradites Rifat Hadziahmetovic, an alleged member of the Pink Panthers, to Japan in relation to a 2007 jewel robbery in Tokyo. </text>
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  <text>Japan approves new rules easing long-standing restrictions on arms exports, allowing the overseas transfer of a broader range of defense equipment, including deadly weapons. </text>
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