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Phone Set Up in Hokkaido to Help Ease Grief after Shiretoko Sinking

A unique phone was installed Sunday beside the sea in Rausu, Hokkaido, for people to send their thoughts to those who died or went missing when the Kazu I sightseeing boat sank off the prefecture’s Shiretoko Peninsula in 2022.

We haven't written up this one. The Japan News by The Yomiuri Shimbun has the full story — the link below goes straight to it.

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Ukraine to channel up to €1bn in EU loans into joint defence projects

Ukraine is set to move up to €1bn of its EU loan into the Ukraine Support Instrument to integrate its defence industry with its European partners.

  • Ukraine to allocate up to €1 billion from EU loan for joint defense projects.
  • Funds to boost air and missile defense, drones, counter-drone systems, and ammunition.
  • EU-Ukraine Strategic Defence Industrial Partnership aims to integrate defense industries.

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