Putin and Xi pick International Democracy Day for a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, as the UN raises an alarm on growing threats to democracy.
The hosts pulled away over the final 20 minutes in Okinawa, outscoring the Central Asian national squad by 25 points in that span.
The Akatsuki Five outscored their Group C opponent 55-20 in the second half, turning a close game into a rout.
Demonstrators demanding policy changes due to high fuel prices and corruption, as well as democracy, have been brutally beaten back with more than 160 deaths.
Demand for sustainable space utilization is up, with thousands of artificial satellites and half-a-million fragments of debris floating out there.
