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Associated Press8 Teens Wounded by Gunfire at Philadelphia Bus Stop in City’s 4th Transit Shooting in as Many Days
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Police say eight Philadelphia high school students waiting to board a city bu...
March 7, 2024
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RussiaRussia’s New Ambassador to Japan, Nikolay Nozdrev, Arrives in Tokyo; Position Vacant For Over 1 Year
Nikolay Nozdrev, Russia’s new ambassador to Japan, arrived in Tokyo earlier this week and assumed...
March 7, 2024
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ReutersSpaceX Worker Alleges Severe Sex Bias, Retaliation in US Lawsuit
Rocket maker SpaceX is being accused in a new lawsuit of refusing to promote a female production ...
March 7, 2024
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ReutersBoeing Discloses Names of 737 MAX Employees after NTSB Chair Faults Cooperation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Boeing BA.N on Wednesday provided U.S. regulators with the names of employ...
March 7, 2024
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ObituariesMakoto Iokibe, Professor Emeritus of Kobe Univ., Former President of National Defense Academy, Dies at 80
Makoto Iokibe, a political scientist and former president of the National Defense Academy, who se...
March 7, 2024
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Associated PressPritzker Prize Goes to Japanese Architect Who Values Community in Spaces Both Public and Private
The Pritzker Architecture Prize has been awarded to Japan's Riken Yamamoto, who earns the field's...
March 7, 2024
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March 7, 2024
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ReutersJapan’s Nikkei Ends Sharply Lower as Yen Gains on Bets on BOJ’s Policy Tweak (Update 1)
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average slipped from a record high to end sharply lower on...
March 7, 2024
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Associated PressUS Sanctions Spyware Company and Executives Who Targeted American Journalists, Government Officials
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department announced Tuesday it has sanctioned two people and a Gr...
March 7, 2024
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Associated PressCanada Reaches Settlement with Canadian Detained in China for Nearly Three Years
TORONTO (AP) — Canada's government has reached a settlement with one of two Canadians who were de...
March 7, 2024
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Associated PressNorth Korea’s Kim Calls for Stronger War Fighting Capabilities against the US and South Korea
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for greater war fighting capabil...
March 7, 2024
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Politics & GovernmentKishida Ties as 9th-Longest Serving Leader in Postwar Japan
Tokyo (Jiji Press)—Fumio Kishida tied with Kakuei Tanaka as the ninth-longest serving prime minis...
March 7, 2024
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Crime & CourtsSendai: Man Indicted over False X Post ‘Many Slugs in Restaurant’; Restaurant Forced to Close for Sanitary Inspection
SENDAI - A man was indicted Tuesday on suspicion of posting false information on social media tha...
March 7, 2024
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Associated Press“Houthi Missile Attack Kills 3 Crew Members in Yemen Rebels’ First Fatal Assault on Shipping “
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A missile attack by Yemen's Houthi rebels on a commercial ship...
March 7, 2024
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EconomyJapan Real Wages Fall 0.6％ in Jan.
Tokyo (Jiji Press)—Japan’s inflation-adjusted real wage index in January went down 0.6 pct from a...
March 7, 2024