Japan men's national basketball team players train at Okinawa Arena in Okinawa, southern Japan, on Aug. 23, 2023, two days before the FIBA World Cup tournament co-host tips off against Group E opponent Germany. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News.

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Japan begins releasing Fukushima treated radioactive water into sea

TOKYO - Japan started discharging treated radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the sea Thursday, amid persistent concerns among local fishermen and some neighboring countries about the environmental impact.

The water discharge commenced around 1 p.m., with the process expected to last around 30 years or more.

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North Korea fails in military satellite launch,vows to try again in October

TOKYO - North Korea said Thursday it made an unsuccessful second attempt to launch a military reconnaissance satellite, as the Japanese government condemned Pyongyang for suspected use of ballistic missile technology.

Pyongyang's state-run media reported the nation is planning a third try in October. The Malligyong-1 satellite was launched on a Chollima-1 "new type" rocket early Thursday but the attempt "failed due to an error in the emergency blasting system during the third-stage flight," according to the Korean Central News Agency.

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Russia says Wagner's Prigozhin in plane crash with no survivors

TOKYO - Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of the Wagner mercenary group that launched a short-lived military uprising in Russia in June, was aboard a plane that crashed with no survivors, Russia's Tass news agency reported Wednesday, citing the civil aviation agency.

Prigozhin's name and that of Wagner commander Dmitry Utkin were on the passenger list of the aircraft that came down in the Tver region northwest of Moscow, killing all 10 aboard.

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China bans Japan seafood after water release, rallies in H.K., Seoul

BEIJING - China banned Thursday imports of all seafood products from Japan shortly after the country began releasing treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean, while protests were held in Hong Kong and South Korea.

Chinese customs authorities said they are highly concerned about the risk of radiation contamination following the water release and have strengthened restrictions for food imports from Japan to "protect the lives and health of the people."

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Japan fishermen remain opposed as Fukushima water discharge begins

TOKYO - A national fisheries association in Japan maintained its opposition to the government-approved discharge of treated radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea as it started Thursday amid domestic and overseas concerns about the environmental impact.

"Our opposition to the discharge has not changed a bit," the National Federation of Fisheries Cooperative Associations said in a joint statement with a local group in Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan, adding that the release has increased fishermen's worries.

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Baseball: Elbow trouble ends Shohei Ohtani's pitching for season

ANAHEIM, California - Shohei Ohtani will not pitch the remainder of the season after being diagnosed with elbow ligament damage Wednesday, when he left his scheduled start after just 1-1/3 innings, Los Angeles Angels General Manager Perry Minasian said.

Ohtani was diagnosed with a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow after leaving the first game of the Angels' double header against the Cincinnati Reds, who swept both games at Angel Stadium, 9-4 in the opener and 7-3 in the nightcap.

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U.S. strongly condemns N. Korea for raising tensions

WASHINGTON - The United States said Wednesday it "strongly condemns" North Korea for raising tensions following its failed attempt to put a spy satellite into orbit.

"Its launch using ballistic missile technology, which despite its failure, is a brazen violation of multiple U.N. Security Council resolutions" that also "risks destabilizing the security situation in the region and beyond," Adrienne Watson, a National Security Council spokeswoman, said in a statement.

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India shows lunar surface images after spacecraft's landing on Moon

NEW DELHI - The Indian Space Research Organization has released images of the lunar surface after its spacecraft became the first to land on the unexplored south pole of the Moon on Wednesday.

The images from the Chandrayaan-3, whose arrival also made India the fourth country to successfully land a spacecraft on the Moon after the United States, the Soviet Union and China, showed Wednesday a pockmarked surface along with a landing leg and a shadow.