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Associated PressJapan’s Share Benchmark Soars Nearly 11% a Day after Massive Sell-offs that Shook Wall Street
NEW YORK (AP) — Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index soared nearly 11% early Tuesday, a day after i...
August 6, 2024
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MarketsJapan’s Nikkei Stock Average Briefly Surges over 3,400 Points in Morning (UPDATE 2)
Tokyo (Jiji Press)—Japan’s key Nikkei 225 stock average jumped briefly over 3,400 points Tuesday ...
August 6, 2024
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TechnologyChina’s Judiciary Accelerates Use of AI; Aims to Speed Up Cases, Add Perceived Fairness
BEIJING — The court clerk enters the details of the complaint in a finance-related civil case int...
August 6, 2024
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CompaniesMitsui Fudosan Targets Wealthy Seniors with Ultra-Luxurious 36-Story Residence in Tokyo’s Minato Ward
Mitsui Fudosan Residential Co. plans to open a luxury senior living facility in Nishi-Azabu, Mina...
August 6, 2024
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Olympics & ParalympicsJapan Loses to Italy 2-3 in Men’s Volleyball Quarterfinals; Misses Out on Medal After Heated Battle
Japan lost to Italy 2-3 in the men's volleyball quarterfinals at the Paris Olympics on Monday, en...
August 5, 2024
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Politics & GovernmentRecord Number of Japan’s Career-Track Bureaucrats Quit in Less Than 10 Years; Long Work Hours, Insufficient Pay Likely Among Reasons
A record 177 career-track national civil service employees left their jobs in fiscal 2022 in less...
August 5, 2024
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Olympics & ParalympicsJapan’s Shinnosuke Oka Wins Gold in Men’s Horizontal Bar, Bronze in Parallel Bars at Paris Olympics
Shinnosuke Oka won the bronze medal in the artistic gymnastics men’s parallel bars on Monday at t...
August 5, 2024
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ReutersBangladesh PM Hasina Has Resigned and Left the Country, Media Reports Say
DHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has resigned and left the country on Mo...
August 5, 2024
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Associated PressUK Leader Starmer Condemns Attack on Asylum-Seeker Hotel as Far-Right Violence Spreads
LONDON (AP) — U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer strongly condemned an attack Sunday on a hotel hou...
August 5, 2024
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Associated PressVoices Across the Globe Express Concern over Increasing Arrests in Venezuela after Disputed Election
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Voices across the globe expressed concern Sunday over the growing numbe...
August 5, 2024
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Associated PressRenewed Anti-Government Protests Leave Nearly 100 Dead, Hundreds More Injured in Bangladesh
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Nearly 100 people were killed and hundreds more injured Sunday as renewe...
August 5, 2024
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Associated PressAustralia Lifts Terrorism Threat Level from ‘Possible’ to ‘Probable,’ But Says No Specific Threat
MELBOURNE (AP) — The Australian government on Monday elevated the nation’s terrorism threat alert...
August 5, 2024
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Yomiuri EditorialTurmoil in Venezuela: Is Election Being Used to Continue Dictatorship?
Anti-U.S. leftist President Nicolas Maduro has declared victory in the presidential election held...
August 5, 2024
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ReutersMyanmar Junta Says Senior Officers Held as Rebels Take Over Major Base
Myanmar's junta has lost communications with senior officers at a major military base near the Ch...
August 5, 2024
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Yomiuri Editorial
Primary Balance: Prediction of Surplus Must Not Interfere with Fiscal Consolidation
The government has issued estimates that a surplus will be achieved in the primary balances of th...
August 5, 2024