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Associated PressFormer Bank of China Chairman Indicted for Bribery in Nation’s Long-Running Anticorruption Drive
BEIJING (AP) — The former chairman of the Bank of China has been indicted on bribery charges, prosec...
February 20, 2024
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Asia-PacificUS Circulates Rival UN Resolution for Temporary Gaza Cease-Fire after Rejecting Arab Proposal
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States has circulated a rival U.N. Security Council resolution that...
February 20, 2024
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Associated PressAstronomers Find What May Be the Universe’s Brightest Object with a Black Hole Devouring a Sun a Day
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronomers have discovered what may be the brightest object in the univ...
February 20, 2024
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Associated PressWidow, Ex-Prime Minister and Former Police Chief Indicted in 2021 Assassination of Haiti’s President
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A judge in Haiti responsible for investigating the July 2021 assassinat...
February 20, 2024
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ReutersNorth Korea’s Kim Jong Un Receives Car as Gift from Putin
SEOUL, Feb 20 (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has received a car from Russia's President...
February 20, 2024
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ReutersUS Pushes for UN to Support Temporary Gaza Ceasefire, Oppose Rafah Assault
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States has proposed a rival draft United Nations Security Coun...
February 20, 2024
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Politics & GovernmentJapanese American Incarceration “Shameful”: Biden
Washington (Jiji Press)—The incarceration of more than 120,000 Americans of Japanese descent during ...
February 20, 2024
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Politics & GovernmentJapan to Combat Hay Fever by Encouraging Work-From-Home Policies; 20％ of Firms Allow Staff to Work Outside Office During Season
Hay fever season has officially arrived in Japan as pollen begins to disperse around the country. ...
February 20, 2024
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Politics & GovernmentJapan Draws Up Guidelines on Alcohol Consumption
Tokyo (Jiji Press)—Japan’s health ministry on Monday rolled out its first guidelines on alcohol cons...
February 20, 2024
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Social SeriesExamining Generative AI / China Silences AI on Touchy Questions of Politics, History; Concerns AI Could Be Used for Indoctrination
On a weekend in December, parents and their children flocked to a store in Beijing where they could ...
February 20, 2024
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ArtWooden Bucket Craftsman Wins Top Prize at Japan Traditional Craft Revitalization Contest; Plans to Use Techniques to Create Tearoom
Craftsman Shuji Nakagawa, who makes ki-oke wooden buckets using 700-year-old techniques, has won th...
February 20, 2024
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Wider WorldEx-diplomat Hopes Gaza Soccer Facility Built with Japanese Aid Will Again be a Field of Dreams
Takeshi Okubo, a Japanese diplomat at the time, watched with pride as two soccer teams played a thri...
February 19, 2024
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CompaniesToyota Plans to Cover Increase in Labor Costs of Parts Suppliers to Secure Talent amid Severe Labor Shortages
Toyota Motor Corp. plans to cover the increase in labor costs of its parts suppliers from the first ...
February 19, 2024
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Politics & GovernmentJapan Holds First Ukraine Economic Growth and Reconstruction Conference; Prioritizes Support in Seven Areas
The Japanese government convened the first Japan-Ukraine Conference for Promotion of Economic Growth...
February 19, 2024
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SoccerJapan Soccer Player Ito Sues Women over Sexual Assault Claim
OSAKA, Feb. 19 (Jiji Press) — Japanese international soccer player Junya Ito and his personal traine...
February 19, 2024