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  "id": 874988,
  "title": "How Imperial Japan turned to the sardine to help build a war machine",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/how-imperial-japan-turned-to-the-sardine-to-help-build-a-war-machine",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-14T12:37:48.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Conversation",
    "slug": "the-conversation",
    "url": "https://theconversation.com/how-imperial-japan-turned-to-the-sardine-to-help-build-a-war-machine-274364"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Dynamite made from fish oil was one weapon deployed by an assertive Japan in the early 20th century",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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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."
}