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ScienceProstate Cancer Cases to Double over 20 Years
PARIS (AFP-Jiji) — The number of new prostate cancer cases around the world will more than double...
April 10, 2024
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EconomyMicrosoft to Invest $2.9 Billion in Japan, Increasing AI Infrastructure
WASHINGTON (Jiji Press) — Microsoft Corp. will invest $2.9 billion in Japan over the next two yea...
April 10, 2024
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ScienceScientists Chronicle the Earliest Stages of a Supernova
REHOVOT, Israel (Reuters) — About 20 million years ago, in a galaxy not so far away, a large star...
April 10, 2024
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ReutersChinese President Xi Jinping Meets Former Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou in Beijing
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping met former Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou in Beij...
April 10, 2024
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ReutersJapan’s Seven & I Says It Is Considering Sale of Superstore Operations
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese retailer Seven & i Holdings said on Wednesday it was considering a lis...
April 10, 2024
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Imperial FamilyPrincess Aiko Visits Meiji Jingu Shrine for 1st Time; Offers Sacred Branch While Wearing Long White Dress, Hat
Princess Aiko, the only child of the Emperor and Empress, visited Meiji Jingu shrine in Tokyo to ...
April 10, 2024
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General NewsJapanese Astronaut Wakata Joins U.S. Space Company
Tokyo (Jiji Press)—Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata has been appointed as Axiom Space Inc.’s chie...
April 10, 2024
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Politics & GovernmentShizuoka Governor Submits Letter of Resignation over Gaffe
Shizuoka (Jiji Press)—Shizuoka Governor Heita Kawakatsu submitted a letter of resignation to the ...
April 10, 2024
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Science
Researchers Investigate Thousands of Dead Antarctic Penguins for Bird Flu
Has bird flu already killed hundreds, if not thousands of penguins in Antarctica?
...April 10, 2024
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BaseballCubs’ Seiya Suzuki Goes 3 for 5; Christopher Morel’s Slam Boosts Cubs over Padres
Christopher Morel cracked a grand slam in a five-run fifth inning as the visiting Chicago Cubs bo...
April 10, 2024
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ScienceFossil of 16-million-year-old River Dolphin Found in Peru
Scientists on March 20 unveiled a 16 million-year-old fossil skull unearthed in Peru of a river d...
April 10, 2024
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Science
Wider Spread Raises Concern for Humans
PARIS (Reuters) — The spread of bird flu to an increasing number of species and its widening geog...
April 10, 2024
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General NewsJapan’s Public, Private Sectors Offer Aid to Quake-hit Taiwan; Bilateral Relationship a ‘Cycle of Goodwill,’ Says Tsai
TAIPEI — Japan’s private and public sectors have geared up to support Taiwan after the deadly ear...
April 10, 2024
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Politics & GovernmentJapan Immigration Eyes Prescreening Visa-Free Travelers; New System Would Resemble U.S. ESTA Program
The government has decided to prescreen certain foreign travelers before they set out for Japan b...
April 10, 2024
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Yomiuri Editorial
Adult Guardianship System: Improve Ease of Use to Ensure Peace of Mind
Amid the growing number of elderly people with dementia, a system to support the management of th...
April 10, 2024