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Politics & GovernmentJapan to Promote Private Sector-Funded Official Development Assistance; Foreign Ministry to Establish Expert Panel
The Foreign Ministry has decided to establish an expert panel to study specific measures to promo...
February 28, 2024
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Imperial FamilyEmperor, Empress Visit Tokyo Art Exhibition; See Art Themed Around Environmental Crisis
The Emperor and Empress visited the Mori Art Museum on Tuesday to see the facility’s 20th anniver...
February 28, 2024
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CompaniesTokyo DisneySea’s New ‘Fantasy Springs’ Area Opens in 100 Days; Staff Costumes Unveiled in Ceremony
URAYASU, Chiba — Oriental Land Co. held a ceremony to commemorate the final 100 days before the o...
February 28, 2024
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ReutersSony to Lay Off 900 PlayStation Employees, Shut London Studio
Japan's Sony is cutting about 900 jobs at its PlayStation unit and shutting a studio in London, i...
February 28, 2024
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Associated PressBiden and Party Leaders Implore Speaker Johnson to Help Ukraine in ‘Intense’ Oval Office Meeting
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional leaders emerged from an "intense" Oval Office meeting with Presid...
February 28, 2024
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Associated PressChatbots’ Inaccurate, Misleading Responses about U.S. Elections Threaten to Keep Voters from Polls
NEW YORK (AP) — With presidential primaries underway across the U.S., popular chatbots are genera...
February 28, 2024
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Political CartoonsCARTOON OF THE DAY (February 28)
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February 28, 2024
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CompaniesMeta CEO Mark Zuckerberg Praises Hiroshima AI Process in Meeting at Prime Minister’s Office
Mark Zuckerberg praised the Hiroshima AI Process, a framework to discuss agendas on generative AI...
February 28, 2024
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ReutersSouth Korea’s Fertility Rate Dropped to Fresh Record Low in 2023
SEOUL, Feb 28 (Reuters) - South Korea's fertility rate, already the world's lowest, dropped to a ...
February 28, 2024
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General NewsIAEA Director General to Visit Japan in Mid-March to Inspect Fukushima No .1 Nuclear Power Plant
International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi is set to visit Japan from Marc...
February 28, 2024
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Associated PressBiden and Trump Are Marching Toward Their Nominations, but Michigan Could Reveal Significant Perils
DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump won the Michigan pri...
February 28, 2024
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Noto Peninsula EarthquakeASDF’s Blue Impulse to Fly over Quake-Hit Noto in March
Tokyo (Jiji Press)—The Blue Impulse aerobatic team of the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force is like...
February 28, 2024
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Travel SpotsSkiing on ‘Japow’ in Hokkaido; Backcountry, Sidecountry and the Fluffiest Snow Around
SAPPORO — Backcountry skiing is a way to ski off-piste or in the mountains. Challenging the wilde...
February 28, 2024
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ReutersJapan’s Nikkei Slips from Record High as Rally Pauses for Breath (Update 1)
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average eased back on Wednesday from an all-time peak scal...
February 28, 2024
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CompaniesToyota to Resume Output at 2 Plants in Japan
Nagoya (Jiji Press)—Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday that it will resume operations at two lines...
February 28, 2024