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General NewsU.S. Envoy to Skip Nagasaki Peace Ceremony as Israeli Ambassador Not Invited to Event
Tokyo, Aug. 7 (Jiji Press)— U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel will not attend an annual peace...
August 7, 2024
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General NewsTokyo Governor Yuriko Koike Fractures Knee While Making Opening Pitch for Baseball Game, To Work From Home For Time Being
Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike lost her balance and fractured her left knee joint when throwing the open...
August 7, 2024
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Olympics & ParalympicsCocona Hiraki Wins Silver in Women’s Park with Difficult Grind; Skateboarding Star Aimed to ‘Perform in My Own Style’
PARIS — At 15 years old, Cocona Hiraki won her second consecutive Olympic silver in the women's p...
August 7, 2024
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SciencePlague May Have Driven Stone Age European Population Crash
Around 5,000 years ago, the population in northern Europe collapsed, decimating Stone Age farming...
August 7, 2024
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MarketsTokyo Stock Market Remains Volatile; BOJ Official’s Comment on Monitory Easing Prompts Buying
The Tokyo stock market experienced wild swings on Wednesday, with the benchmark Nikkei 225 index ...
August 7, 2024
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Olympics & ParalympicsFumita Wins Japan’s 1st Greco-Roman Gold in 40 Years; Cocona Hiraki Wins Silver in Women’s Park Skateboarding
PARIS — Kenichiro Fumita won Japan’s first gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling in 40 years, winni...
August 7, 2024
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Olympics & ParalympicsNonoka Ozaki Takes Bronze in 68-kg Freestyle Wrestling; Already Turning Sights to Gold at Los Angeles Olympics
PARIS — Nonoka Ozaki won a bronze medal in the women’s 68-kg freestyle wrestling at the Paris Oly...
August 7, 2024
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EconomyOfficial: Bank of Japan Won’t Raise Rates Amid Instability; Deputy Chief Says Central Bank Will Closely Observe Markets
HAKODATE, Hokkaido — The Bank of Japan will not raise interest rates while financial and capital ...
August 7, 2024
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Washington PostTrump Says Rapper Ye Is ‘Complicated’ but ‘Has a Good Heart’
Calla Kessler/The Washington PostYe the rapper shows President Donald Trump a photo of an airplane i...
August 7, 2024
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Washington PostWashington and Arab States Scramble to Avert an All-out Middle East War
JERUSALEM - The Biden administration is racing to avert an explosion of violence across the Middl...
August 7, 2024
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MarketsJapan’s Nikkei Stock Average Erases Early Loss to End Higher on Remarks by BOJ Official
Toky (Jiji Press)—Japan’s Nikkei 225 stock average wiped out its substantial early loss to end hi...
August 7, 2024
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Yomiuri Editorial
A-bomb Anniversaries: Real Voices of Victims Need to Be Conveyed
Seventy-nine years have passed since the atomic bombings, and there is not much time left to hear...
August 7, 2024
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Washington PostTim Walz’s Journey from High School Football Coach to VP Candidate
Some 20 years ago, a lawyer named Kamala Harris won her first political race, becoming the first ...
August 7, 2024
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Yomiuri Editorial
Simultaneous Global Stock Market Plunge: Government, BOJ Should Heighten Their Sense of Caution
The Nikkei Stock Average, which had been on the rise, plunged, triggering a simultaneous worldwid...
August 7, 2024
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Olympics & Paralympics‘Unspectacular and Uninteresting Style’ Leads to Victory; ‘Stubborn’ Fumita Beats China’s Liguo to Win Gold at the Paris Olympics
PARIS--With less than 10 seconds left in the men’s Greco-Roman wrestling final in the 60-kilogram...
August 7, 2024