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CompaniesSuntory CEO Says Beer to Be Company’s ‘Top Priority;’ Tax Cut on Alcohol Is Expected to Boost Demand Next Year
With taxes on beer set to be reduced next year, major beverage maker Suntory Holdings Ltd. will m...
December 23, 2025
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Politics & GovernmentJapanese Govt to Trial Offering Bidding Preference to Construction Firms Proposing Heat Wave Countermeasures
Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ministry will trial a system next summer that gives p...
December 22, 2025
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Crime & CourtsHong Kong Police Detain 15 in Robbery Case Involving Theft of ¥1 Billion
HONG KONG - Hong Kong police announced Monday they had detained 15 Hong Kong residents in connect...
December 22, 2025
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Washington PostA Middle-Class Family’s Only Option: A $43,000 Health Insurance Premium
JACKSON HOLE, Wyo. - Like millions of other Americans, Stacy Newton turns to Healthcare.gov to sh...
December 22, 2025
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ReutersSouth Korea’s Presidential Office Moving Back to Traditional Blue House
SEOUL, Dec 22 (Reuters) - South Korean President Lee Jae Myung is moving the presidential office ...
December 22, 2025
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ReutersRussian General Killed in Moscow Car Bomb, Investigators Say
MOSCOW, Dec 22 (Reuters) - A Russian general was killed by a car bomb in southern Moscow on Monda...
December 22, 2025
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TechnologyJapan’s H3 Rocket Failed in Latest Launch, Says Official
The 8th H3 rocket experienced a launch failure on Monday morning, the education state minister sa...
December 22, 2025
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ReutersTrump Names Louisiana Governor Landry as Greenland Special Envoy
WASHINGTON, Dec 21 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Sunday that he is appoint...
December 22, 2025
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Imperial FamilyImperial Family Views Photo Exhibition Themed on Wartime Tokyo to End Series of WWII-Related Visits on War’s 80th Anniversary
The Emperor and Empress and their daughter Princess Aiko visited the National Showa Memorial Muse...
December 22, 2025
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Politics & GovernmentJapanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to Move into Official Residence by Year-End
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi announced Sunday in a post on X that she will move into the prime m...
December 22, 2025
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Politics & GovernmentYomiuri Poll: Takaichi Cabinet Approval Steady at 73%; Supplementary Budget Gets 61% Support
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s Cabinet received an approval rating of 73%, almost unchanged from...
December 22, 2025
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General NewsOver 20,000 Japanese Communities at Risk of Isolation in Major Disaster, According to Yomiuri Shimbun Tally
Japan has more than 20,000 communities that could be cut off from the rest of the country by a ma...
December 22, 2025
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General NewsApple Growers in Japan’s Aomori Turn to Peaches Amid Rising Temperatures
Apple production areas also are feeling the effects of climate change.
...December 22, 2025
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Crime & CourtsElderly Couple Tied Up, Robbed of ¥10 Mil. Yen at Home in Japan’s Shizuoka Pref.
SHIZUOKA – An elderly couple were attacked at their residence in Nagaizumi, Shizuoka Prefecture, ...
December 22, 2025
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General NewsRising Temperatures Make Mikan Growers Switch to Avocados; Researchers, Local Govts Look to Support Changing Crops
Eating mikan mandarin oranges while sitting at a kotatsu heated table in a cozy living room is a ...
December 22, 2025