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Experts suggest that a recent visit to Beijing by Japanese lawmakers indicates an effort by Japan to improve relations and defrost its worst diplomatic rift with China in decades, which was sparked by a spat over Taiwan.
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Thousands of people in Japan are participating in a collaborative effort to pull a historic castle back into position.
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Typhoon Narra has brought widespread flooding to southern China, submerging homes and forcing more than 15,000 residents in Chongzuo to evacuate as water levels exceeded a 2008 record high. Heavy rains are expected to continue across southern China and Vietnam, while Typhoon Saudel moves toward Japan and Taiwan.