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Articles from this week's episode
https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2022/06/1afab21e49ae-japan-to-join-nato-summit-for-1st-time-as-china-challenge-looms.html

https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2022/06/cdd1d2ce1e47-evacuation-order-lifted-in-fukushima-nuclear-plant-town-after-11-yrs.html

https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2022/07/eb28b530d32d-japan-in-energy-saving-period-for-1st-time-in-7-yrs-amid-heat-wave.html

https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2022/06/cb93affaefe0-breaking-news-tokyo-registers-364-c-highest-for-june-in-records-dating-back-to-1875.html

https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/society/general-news/20220630-41898/?fbclid=IwAR3EjrY_lDB9KFu_GkjJ1fgbLmPFs2sdjq3R05uYyfL7BvLj26QjAwE8jqI&fs=e&s=cl

https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2022/06/25f2dc18e3b3-rainy-season-ends-in-tokyo-neighboring-areas-earliest-since-1951.html

https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2022/07/9fe808e0f263-russia-to-install-new-operator-for-sakhalin-2-energy-project.html

https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2022/07/ec121535f048-focus-ukraine-war-puts-spotlight-on-defense-budget-hike-in-japan-election.html

https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2022/07/ec121535f048-focus-ukraine-war-puts-spotlight-on-defense-budget-hike-in-japan-election.html

https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2022/06/d24b8e3173ac-high-grain-prices-prompt-japan-farmers-to-grow-wheat-rather-than-rice.html

https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2022/07/30527c3550e4-ana-resumes-a380-superjumbo-flights-on-narita-honolulu-route.html

https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2022/06/5b463037ba83-relaxed-new-mask-usage-guidelines-barely-spread-among-japan-public.html

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20220625/p2a/00m/0li/019000c

https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2022/06/e318d902d05b-households-becoming-less-tolerant-of-surging-food-prices-study.html

https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14652919

https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14643843

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2022/07/02/national/festivals-fireworks-japan-coronavirus/

https://japantoday.com/category/national/court-nixes-sex-business-firm's-damages-claim-over-virus-handout-snub

https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/society/general-news/20220702-42236/

https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/original/perspectives/20220702-42250/

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