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Travel Spots
Oita: Contestants Shiver and Shake in Cold-Endurance Event on Mountain
BEPPU, Oita — Over 40 men and women braved the elements to take part in a cold-endurance contest in ...
February 4, 2023
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Travel Spots
Sapporo Snow Festival Kicks Off in Hokkaido
The Sapporo Snow Festival welcomed visitors for the first time in three years on Saturday. The 202...
February 4, 2023
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Companies
Keidanren to Skip Appointing Toyota Chief as Vice hair
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, has decided to appoint six new vic...
February 4, 2023
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Companies
Clients’ Data Fraudulently Accessed at Kyushu Electric
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Kyushu Electric Power Co. employees illicitly accessed information on 13,960 cu...
February 4, 2023
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Asia-Pacific
Hyundai surpasses 1 Million EV Sales
Global cumulative sales of Hyundai Motor Group’s electric vehicles have surpassed the 1 million mile...
February 4, 2023
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Tennis
Kunieda to be 1st Para-Athlete to Receive People’s Honor Award
The government plans to bestow the People’s Honor Award on Shingo Kunieda, 38, who won four gold Pa...
February 4, 2023
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Japan In Focus
Osaka: Mirrors Set Up in Smoking Area to Improve Manners
OSAKA — A smoking space surrounded by about 50 mirrored pillars has been set up at Umekita Sotoniwa ...
February 4, 2023
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General News
EU Ambassador Pays Tribute to Nagasaki A-Bomb Victims
NAGASAKI — Jean-Eric Paquet, the EU ambassador to Japan, visited Nagasaki City on Friday to pay trib...
February 4, 2023
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Crime & Courts
Philippines Poised to Extradite 2 Japanese Suspects
MANILA — The Philippines is poised to extradite two of the four suspects allegedly linked to a Japan...
February 4, 2023
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Washington Post
Is Lab-Grown Steak Kosher? Religious Leaders Weigh Meaty Questions
Is lab-grown meat truly meat? The question is increasingly being asked as consumers prepare for the...
February 4, 2023
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Washington Post
For Some, Life after Ian is ‘more Tragic than the Hurricane Itself’
FORT MYERS BEACH, Fla. – Some nights, Tara Boyd wishes she and her husband had just given up when th...
February 4, 2023
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Political Cartoons
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February 4, 2023
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Washington Post
Elon Musk Found not Liable in Federal Trial over ‘Funding Secured’ Tweet
SAN FRANCISCO – Elon Musk was found not liable for investors’ losses in a securities fraud trial ove...
February 4, 2023
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Washington Post
Lackluster Earnings Reports Show Big Tech’s Golden Age is Fading
SAN FRANCISCO – In Silicon Valley, it felt like the boom times would never end. The Big Tech compan...
February 4, 2023
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Politics & Government
Ex-Defense Minister Kishi Offers to Resign as Lawmaker
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Former Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi, a member of the ruling Liberal Democratic ...
February 4, 2023