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General NewsHealth Ministry to Conduct Inspection to Kobayashi Pharmaceutical’s Factories Manufacturing Material for Benikoji Red Rice Mold
Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry will conduct inspections based on Food Sanitation Law to Kobay...
March 29, 2024
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Crime & CourtsSentence for Former Lawmaker GaaSyy’s Finalized; 3-year Prison Term, Suspended for Five Years for Intimidating Celebrities Via Online Video
The sentencing of former Japanese lawmaker GaaSyy, who was charged with intimidating celebrities ...
March 29, 2024
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Crime & CourtsTokyo Women’s Medical University Raided in Connection with Aggravated Breach of Trust
Police on Friday simultaneously raided a dozen locations including the headquarters of Tokyo Wome...
March 29, 2024
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TechnologySouth Korea Scientists Tout ‘Beef Rice’ as Source of Protein for Future
SEOUL (Reuters) — South Korean researchers have grown beef cells in rice grains in what they say ...
March 29, 2024
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ScienceKermit the Frog May Offer Clues on Amphibian Evolution
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — There definitely were no Muppets during the Permian Period, but there was ...
March 29, 2024
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ScienceHey, Chocolate Lovers: New Study Traces Complex Origins of Cacao
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Scientists are getting a better taste of the early history of the domestic...
March 29, 2024
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General NewsKobayashi Supplement Death Toll Reaches 5; Contaminant Substance ‘Has Ringlike Structure’
OSAKA — One more person has been confirmed to have died after taking a Kobayashi Pharmaceutical C...
March 29, 2024
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Yomiuri EditorialRights Infringement by AI: Intellectual Property Laws Essential to Respect Human Effort, Creativity
If generative artificial intelligence is allowed to generate profits by learning — without permissi...
March 29, 2024
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Yomiuri Editorial
Professional Baseball Season Starts: Hopes Are High for Energetic Plays with Tradition in Mind
The Central and Pacific leagues are both set to begin the 2024 season on Friday. This year marks th...
March 29, 2024
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Asia-PacificSummer Sonic Music Festival to Be Held Also in Thailand
BANGKOK (Jiji Press) — Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin has said that this year’s Summer Soni...
March 29, 2024
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Washington PostMaryland Receives $60 Million in Initial Key Bridge Federal Relief Funds
Federal transportation officials approved $60 million for Maryland for the first part of Baltimor...
March 29, 2024
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Travel SpotsTokyo Cherry Trees Declared to Be in Bloom; Someiyoshino Sakura Blossom 15 Days Later than Last Year
Someiyoshino cherry trees are blooming in Tokyo, the Japan Meteorological Agency announced Friday...
March 29, 2024
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Associated PressHow Ralph Fiennes Figured out Why Macbeth would Kill
LONDON - It was Ralph Fiennes’s mother who introduced him to his destiny. He was 8 or 9, lying at...
March 29, 2024
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SumoSumo Association to Close Miyagino Stable after Violence Scandal
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Japan Sumo Association decided at a board meeting on Thursday to close t...
March 29, 2024
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Washington PostAI Hustlers Stole Women’s Faces to Put in Ads. The Law Can’t Help Them.
Michel Janse was on her honeymoon when she found out she had been cloned.
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