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General News
Japan’s Easing of Mask-Wearing Guidelines Seen as Major Step Toward Normalcy
The nation took a major step toward normalcy Monday with the easing of COVID-19-related guidelines t...
March 13, 2023
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Economy
Big Firms’ Biz Sentiment Shows 1st Fall in 4Q
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Business sentiment among major Japanese companies worsened for the first time i...
March 13, 2023
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Washington Post
Memphis Police Academy Cut Corners While Scrambling to Hire, Officers Say
Years before the brutal police beating of Tyre Nichols, the Memphis Police Department relaxed academ...
March 13, 2023
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Markets
Tokyo Stocks Extend Losses after 2 U.S. Banks Go Bust
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Tokyo stocks sank deeper on Monday, amid a risk-averse mood spurred by two U.S....
March 13, 2023
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Washington Post
Defending Ukraine’s ‘Highway of Life’ – the Last Road Out of Bakhmut
KOSTYANTYNIVKA, Ukraine - The battle for Bakhmut raged behind them, but the tank crew had a more imm...
March 13, 2023
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Reuters
Taiwan Says Defense Spending to Focus on Reading for ‘Total Blockade’ by China
TAIPEI, March 13 (Reuters) - Taiwan's defense spending this year will focus on preparing weapons and...
March 13, 2023
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Baseball
Meneses Homers Twice, Mexico Clobbers U.S. 11-5 in WBC
PHOENIX (AP) — Joey Meneses hit two homers, including a crucial three-run shot in the fourth inning,...
March 13, 2023
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Crime & Courts
Tokyo High Court Decides to Reopen 1966 Murder Case
Tokyo, March 13 (Jiji Press)—Tokyo High Court decided on Monday to hold a retrial for an 87-year-ol...
March 13, 2023
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General News
Mask Guidelines Relaxed, but Commuters Still Covering Up
Mask-wearing guidelines from the government to prevent the spread of novel coronavirus were eased on...
March 13, 2023
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Washington Post
U.S. Says ‘All’ Deposits at Failed Bank Will Be Available Monday
The Biden administration announced Sunday night that all depositors at the failed Silicon Valley Ban...
March 13, 2023
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Obituaries
Chikage Ogi, Former House of Councillors President, Dies
Former House of Councillors President Chikage Ogi died Thursday, it has been learned. She was 89. O...
March 13, 2023
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Political Cartoons
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March 13, 2023
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Science
Japanese Astronaut Koichi Wakata Back from Space after ISS Mission
WASHINGTON — Astronaut Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) returned to Ea...
March 13, 2023
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Obituaries
Nobel Laureate Kenzaburo Oe Dies at 88
Novelist and Nobel Prize laureate Kenzaburo Oe died of old age on March 3. He was 88....
March 13, 2023
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Associated Press
‘Everything’ Wins Best Picture, is Everywhere at Oscars
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The metaphysical multiverse comedy “Everything Everywhere All at Once” wrapped it...
March 13, 2023