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Asian markets mostly rise after Wall St rally, euro dips
Asian markets mostly rise after Wall St rally, euro dips
by  AFP

Asian markets rose Friday following a third straight rally on Wall Street, as below-par US data eased expectations for a sharper pace of interest rate hikes. Still, Asian markets were on course to end the week on a positive note.

'Life after is more important': A child of Japan's baby hatch
'Life after is more important': A child of Japan's baby hatch
by  AFP

Inside Koichi Miyatsu's blue, child-sized backpack are neatly folded cartoon-print sweatshirts and a pair of white sneakers -- all he has from before he was left at Japan's only "baby hatch". He was only a toddler when he was placed in the hatch at a hospital in southern Japan's Kumamoto, where children can be left anonymously by desperate family.

Japan plans September 27 state funeral for Abe
Japan plans September 27 state funeral for Abe
by  AFP

Japan will hold a state funeral for assassinated former prime minister Shinzo Abe on September 27, the government announced Friday, with foreign leaders expected to attend. Government spokesman Hirokazu Matsuno said Abe's record as Japan's longest-serving prime minister, his "truly praiseworthy" achievements, and his ties with foreign leaders made a state funeral appropriate.

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