Today is a national holiday in Japan. It is Sports Day.

今天是日本的国定假日：体育日。

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The rocket carrying the satellite lifted off from Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan early Friday afternoon, following a one-day weather delay.

由于之前的天气问题，运载火箭延迟一天于周五下午在南日本的种子岛航天中心将卫星送入太空。

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THE risk of a nuclear accident at a huge power plant in disaster-strewn north-eastern Japan has risen for a second day on March 13th.

位于日本东北灾区的巨大核电厂出现了核事故，发生核事故的第二天，即3月13日，核泄漏的风险正在上升。

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The president spent a day in Japan.

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Japan lifted a tsunami warning issued earlier in the day on Thursday, the Times of India reported on its website.

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The talks with Japan ended abruptly on their second day, after a North Korean walkout, apparently in anger at Japan's stance on North Korea's abduction of Japanese citizens in the 1970s and 1980s.

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General PETER PACE (Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff): It is not Victory in Europe Day, it is not Victory in Japan Day, it is not something where there'll be a signing ceremony.

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