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  "id": 5280676,
  "title": "Cruise Ship to Serve as Hotel for Asian Games Athletes",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/cruise-ship-to-serve-as-hotel-for-asian-games-athletes",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-03T07:55:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nippon.com News",
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    "url": "https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2026082500169/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Tokyo, Sept. 3 (Jiji Press)--A large cruise ship will be used as an accommodation base for athletes participating in the Asian Games, scheduled to open in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture's capital in central Japan, on Sept. 19. It is the first attempt to use a ship as a \"hotel\" in a large-scale international competition held in Japan. Initially, the construction of an athletes village was plann...",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/s-korea-calls-on-athletes-to-do-country-proud-at-asian-games-in-japan",
        "published": "2026-09-03T07:35:01.000Z"
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      {
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/swimmer-eyes-2nd-straight-korean-mvp-award-at-asian-games",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/shanto-mahmud-return-for-bangladesh-asian-games-squad",
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      },
      {
        "outlet": "RTHK News",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/veterans-rookies-chase-asian-games-fencing-glory",
        "published": "2026-09-03T09:51:28.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Azeem keeps eyes on Asian Games prize amid tough field",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/azeem-keeps-eyes-on-asian-games-prize-amid-tough-field",
        "published": "2026-09-03T10:26:18.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Times of India",
        "title": "VVS Laxman to step in as India head coach for Asian Games in Gambhir’s absence",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/vvs-laxman-to-step-in-as-india-head-coach-for-asian-games-in-gambhirs",
        "published": "2026-09-03T10:54:27.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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