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EconomyBOJ to Maintain Monetary Easing Policy at Kuroda’s Final Meeting
The Bank of Japan decided to continue large-scale monetary easing at a policy meeting on Friday, as ...
March 10, 2023
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BaseballIwate Fans Laud Native Son Shohei Ohtani
He’s an Angel on the other side of the Pacific and for now wears “Japan” across the chest of his uni...
March 10, 2023
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Politics & GovernmentU.S. Embassy Diplomat Visits N. Korea Abduction Site in Niigata
NIIGATA — John Nylin, a diplomat at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo, visited Thursday the site where 13-ye...
March 10, 2023
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Washington PostDeSantis Indicates Privately he Intends to Run in 2024 as Allies Prepare
DAVENPORT, Iowa – Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has indicated privately that he intends to run for p...
March 10, 2023
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Washington PostU.S. Deploys Powerful Scanners at Border to Fight Fentanyl Smuggling
NOGALES, Ariz. – The trucks packed with cucumbers, green beans and bananas inched forward in a long,...
March 10, 2023
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General NewsNo New Bodies, Identities of East Japan Quake Victims
For the first time since the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, the last 12 months have s...
March 10, 2023
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Washington PostA Trump Lawyer’s Remarkable Admission about her ‘Stolen Election’ Claims
Yet another figure who promoted Donald Trump’s stolen-election claims has backed down in the face of...
March 10, 2023
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Washington PostInternet Outage has Taiwan Worried about Threat from Chinese Sabotage
MATSU, Taiwan – For the past month, an entire island has depended on Li Tsui-yun’s mobile phone stor...
March 10, 2023
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ReutersUkraine Scorns Russian Missile Strikes on Civilians, Defense of Bakhmut Holds
KYIV (Reuters) — Russia’s first missile blitz on Ukrainian cities in weeks was met with defiance an...
March 10, 2023
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Washington PostTo See Russia’s Secret Antiwar Art: Meet at a Bus Stop. At Dark. Phones off.
ST. PETERSBURG – The meeting place to visit the exhibition is an anonymous bus stop opposite a snowy...
March 10, 2023
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Washington PostMy Mom Died while I was Covering Covid. It Changed my Views on Grief.
Three years ago, I was sitting on the floor of my mother’s study, overwhelmed by the task of cleanin...
March 10, 2023
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CompaniesJAL Cancels Discount Campaign After Website Glitches
Japan Airlines Co. has canceled a sales campaign where all one-way domestic tickets were made ¥6,600...
March 10, 2023
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Associated PressJaded with Education, More Americans Are Skipping College
JACKSON, Tenn. (AP) — When he looked to the future, Grayson Hart always saw a college degree. He was...
March 10, 2023
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BaseballShohei Ohtani Shines as Samurai Japan Wins WBC Opener
The 41,000-plus who packed Tokyo Dome and millions around the country watching on TV were fired up t...
March 10, 2023
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Yomiuri EditorialDevise Effective Measures to Realize Goals of Market Reorganization
The Tokyo Stock Exchange reorganized its markets to attract funds from investors, but it has not pro...
March 10, 2023