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  "title": "Japan makes diplomatic push for safe passage through key Middle East straits",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/japan-makes-diplomatic-push-for-safe-passage-through-key-middle-east",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-24T02:25:00.000Z",
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    "name": "Japan Times",
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    "url": "https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/24/japan/politics/japan-middle-east-straits/"
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  "summary": "Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi has visited Saudi Arabia and Oman for six days to talk with his counterparts from the two nations.",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/oil-prices-drop-as-trump-readies-most-crushing-financial-operation",
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