{
    "byline": "By Christopher Woody",
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    "excerpt": "President Vladimir Putin\u2019s mid-August visit to the Kuril Islands, his first as Russia\u2019s leader, inflamed a decades-old territorial dispute with Japan and drew worldwide attention to the two countries\u2019 border in the northern Pacific. But over the past several years, Russian forces have been increasingly active far to the south, around Japan\u2019s southwestern-most islands, in a demonstration of the Russian military\u2019s reach and its willingness to challenge its rivals on its own and alongside China.",
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    "length": 7730,
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    "title": "Russia\u2019s Navy Shows Its Reach Around Japan\u2019s Southwestern Islands"
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