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    <text>Japanese shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines says that three of their vessels that crossed the Strait of Hormuz last month did not pay transit fees. </text>
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    <text>Japanese prime minister Sanae Takaichi confirms that the Japan-flagged crude oil tanker &quot;Idemitsu Maru&quot; has successfully crossed the Strait of Hormuz, making it the first direct passage of a Japanese oil tanker to cross the waterway since the war began on February 28. </text>
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      <text>Thai citizens vote to elect all 500 seats in the House of Representatives, with the conservative Bhumjaithai Party winning the most seats. Voters also approved the beginning of a multi-stage drafting process to replace the current constitution. </text>
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      <text>Japanese citizens vote to elect all 465 seats in the House of Representatives. </text>
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      <text>Citizens of Thailand vote to elect all 500 seats in the House of Representatives and decide whether to begin a process to replace the current constitution. </text>
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    <text>Japanese citizens vote to elect all 465 seats in the House of Representatives, with the conservative ruling Liberal Democratic Party winning an overwhelming majority. </text>
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    <text>The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs estimates that Jakarta, Indonesia, has surpassed Tokyo, Japan, as the largest city in the world. </text>
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      <text>Five people are killed after an overcrowded minivehicle overturns in Nabari, Mie Prefecture, Japan. </text>
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    <text>Five people are killed after an overcrowded vehicle overturns on NR-165 in Nabari, Mie Prefecture, Japan. </text>
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      <text>Japanese restaurant chain Sukiya orders the closure of almost all of its 2,000 locations in the country after finding rats and cockroaches in its gyūdon. </text>
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    <text>Japanese restaurant chain Sukiya orders the temporary closure of almost all of its nearly 2,000 locations in the country after finding a rat and a cockroach in its food. </text>
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      <text>The Tokyo District Court orders the South Korean Unification Church to dissolve as a religious organization in Japan. It is the first religious group to be given a revocation order in modern Japanese history. </text>
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      <text>U.S. President Joe Biden blocked a buyout bid by Japanese Nippon Steel for U.S. Steel. </text>
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    <text>U.S. President Joe Biden blocks a buyout bid by Japanese Nippon Steel for U.S. Steel. </text>
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  <text>Three people, including two Japanese nationals and a Chinese national, are injured in a stabbing attack at a restaurant in Shanghai, China. </text>
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