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General NewsMan Attacked by Bear in Yuzawa, Niigata Prefecture, Suffers Non-Life-Threatening Injuries
NIIGATA — A man in his 30s was bitten by a bear in a ryokan inn parking lot in Yuzawa, Niigata Pr...
November 8, 2025
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Yomiuri EditorialLower House Budget Committee: Unrestrained Fiscal Stimulus Is Unacceptable
Concerns have been growing that the approach of “responsible and proactive public finances” advoc...
November 8, 2025
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Yomiuri EditorialStock Price Average Above 50,000: Management Reforms Needed To Spread Benefits
A key stock price average has exceeded 50,000 points, but this stands in stark contrast to the ec...
November 8, 2025
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Japan In FocusFukuoka: Island City Becomes Symbol of Growth 20 Years On, Artificial Island Now Home to 16,000 Residents
FUKUOKA — Fukuoka Island City, an artificial island of 400 hectares off the coast of Higashi Ward...
November 8, 2025
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Politics & GovernmentIf China Were to Impose Blockade on Taiwan, Existential Crisis Could Be Triggered, Japan’s Prime Minister Takaichi Says
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has asserted that if China were to impose a naval blockade on Taiwa...
November 8, 2025
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Science‘Dust Devils’ on Martian Surface Reveal Details of Weather, Climate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Two decades of observations by a pair of orbiting spacecraft have enabled ...
November 8, 2025
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ObituariesJames Watson, Co-Discoverer of the Double-Helix Shape of DNA, Has Died at Age 97
James D. Watson, whose co-discovery of the twisted-ladder structure of DNA in 1953 helped light t...
November 8, 2025
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Political CartoonsCARTOON OF THE DAY (November 8)
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November 8, 2025
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Associated PressGerman Scents Exhibition Combines 1,000 Years of Fragrances with Art, History
DUSSELDORF, Germany (AP) — Ever wondered what war smells like? Or ponder the odor of love, or the...
November 8, 2025
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Crime & CourtsMan Found Bleeding with Stab Wound in Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture; Police Investigating Possible Murder
CHIBA — A man was found lying and bleeding on a street near JR Kita-Matsudo Station in Matsudo, C...
November 8, 2025
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Travel SpotsAutumn Leave Brighten Garden in Akita Pref., Delighting Visitors to Traditional Japanese Building with Vivid Colors
AKITA — Leaves on the trees in a garden at Kaneyu, a building formerly used as a Japanese restaur...
November 8, 2025
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ScienceFirst Clinical Trial of Pig Kidney Transplants Gets Underway
WASHINGTON (AP) — The first clinical trial is getting underway to see if transplanting pig kidney...
November 8, 2025
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Climate Change‘Functionally Extinct:’ Heat Wave Left Florida Coral Species on Brink
WASHINGTON (AFP-Jiji) — A record-breaking marine heat wave in 2023 left two ecologically vital co...
November 8, 2025
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EnvironmentCoral Reef Discovered off Naples
ROME (Reuters) — A large white coral reef containing important species and fossil traces has been...
November 8, 2025
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Travel SpotsAutumn in Shikoku: Enjoy Trip to Crystal-Clear Waters of Kochi Pref. River
NIYODOGAWA, Kochi — As the scorching summer gives way to the pleasant autumn season, now is a goo...
November 8, 2025