{
  "id": 649074,
  "title": "Japan brushes off Australian PM's melon drama",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/japan-brushes-off-australian-pms-melon-drama",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-12T08:50:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/world/world/2026/08/1509654/japan-brushes-australian-pms-melon-drama"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "TOKYO: Tokyo on Wednesday played down comments by Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese about melons gifted to him by his Japanese counterpart that have triggered a row Down Under, stressing the leaders’ good relationship.",
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    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "ABC News AU",
        "title": "Furor over Albanese's melons joke could force Japan into drama it wanted to avoid",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/furor-over-albaneses-melons-joke-could-force-japan-into-drama-it",
        "published": "2026-08-12T03:04:19.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
        "title": "Japanese ambassador moves to quash melon drama, defend Albanese",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/japanese-ambassador-moves-to-quash-melon-drama-defend-albanese",
        "published": "2026-08-12T07:50:11.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Age",
        "title": "Japanese ambassador moves to quash melon drama, defend Albanese",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/japanese-ambassador-moves-to-quash-melon-drama-defend-albanese-643505",
        "published": "2026-08-12T07:50:11.000Z"
      }
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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."
}