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Lublin lass dubbed ‘Spider Woman’ wins world speed climbing comp in astonishing SEVEN seconds

Speedy Aleksandra Mirosław (formerly Rudżinska) wins world championships for second time and becomes fastest female climber in Polish history. International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC)/Facebook

The 25-year-old climbing sensation scaled the 15-metre wall to take the world title for the second time and break the Polish record for fastest female climber.

Sumo kid to take on the world at global championships in Japan

Warsaw teenager Hubert Niemczyk is looking to become the second Polish man in history to win gold at the Sumo World Championships this October.

Pilots return from epic two-month-long Warsaw-Japan round trip in 1970s biplane

Seeking to emulate the achievements of Bolesław Orliński, a pioneering aviator that first completed the route in 1926, the 16 member crew took approximately 200 flight hours to complete their 24,000 kilometre odyssey.

Japanese Crown Prince, Princess visit Kraków

Crown Prince Akishino of Japan and his wife, Crown Princess Kiko, on Saturday, the second day of their Polish trip, visited the southern city of Kraków.

Japanese Crown Prince, Princess start visit to Poland

President Andrzej Duda and his wife Agata Kornhauser-Duda welcomed Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko of Japan at the Presidential Palace in Warsaw on Friday. The royal couple will also visit Kraków and Łowicz before leaving Poland on Tuesday.

V4-Japan format increasingly active, Polish PM says at summit

The relations between the regional Visegrad Group (V4) and Japan have been strengthening along with plans for increased trade and mutual investments, Polish PM Mateusz Morawiecki said at the third V4-Japan summit in Bratislava on Thursday.

Polish and Japanese PMs meet in Bratislava

Prime Ministers of Poland and Japan Mateusz Morawiecki and Shinzo Abe, who met on Wednesday in Bratislava, agreed after the meeting to strive for a free-trade agreement between EU and Japan to take effect, Japan's Kyodo news agency reported on Thursday.

First European plant of Japanese motor cores maker to be built in Poland

A Japanese automotive parts manufacturer, Mitsui High-tec (MHT), will build in Poland its first European factory of motor cores for hybrid and electric cars, the Polish Investment and Trade Agency (PAIH) said in a statement on Tuesday.

Agreement signed on joint Polish-Japanese nuclear technology research

Prof. Tatsuya Okubo, dean of the School of Engineering at the University of Tokyo, and Prof. Krzysztof Kurek, director of the National Centre for Nuclear Research (NCBJ) signed an academic exchange agreement between the two institutions, in Warsaw, on Monday.

Strangest war in history? Seventy-one years ago today Poland declared WAR on its old friend Japan - and it lasted for 16 years

Despite the state of war, cooperation between agents continued. Polish spies continued to move around WWII Europe using passports provided by the Japanese, and the exchange of information about the USSR and Germany continued. TFN’s Stuart Dowell looks back at the curious affair to find out more.

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