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General NewsFukushima Pref. Promotes Sake, Shochu Spirits, Other Delicacies in New York
NEW YORK (Jiji Press) — The prefectural government of Fukushima has held an event at a Japanese r...
October 18, 2025
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Yomiuri EditorialKashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant: TEPCO Must Make Every Effort Toward Restarting Reactors
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc. has announced that it will consider decommissioning t...
October 18, 2025
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Associated PressUK Sees Lessons from Northern Ireland That Could Aid the Fragile Gaza Ceasefire Process
LONDON (AP) — As Israelis and Palestinians wait anxiously to see what comes after a ceasefire in ...
October 18, 2025
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Yomiuri Editorial
Ex-PM Tomiichi Murayama Dies: A Pragmatist Who Overcame Divisions between Conservatives, Reformists
Former Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama overcame the so-called 1955 system, in which conservative...
October 18, 2025
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Associated PressChina Expels No. 2 General and 8 Others from the Communist Party in Anti-Corruption Drive
BEIJING (AP) — China's second-highest ranking general and eight other senior officials have been ...
October 18, 2025
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Politics & GovernmentJapan, Malaysia Sign Memorandum on Carbon Capture, Storage, but Realizing Commercialization Comes with Challenges
KUALA LUMPUR — The Japanese and Malaysian governments signed on Friday a memorandum for jointly p...
October 18, 2025
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Travel SpotsMiyazaki: Japan’s Aoshima Island Gets Lit Up for Special Nighttime Event
MIYAZAKI — Visitors to Aoshima Island, a tourist destination in Miyazaki City, can now enjoy spec...
October 18, 2025
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Japan In FocusOsaka Police Officers Demonstrate Safe E-scooter Riding to Promote Proper Use
OSAKA — To promote safe and proper use of electric scooters, Osaka prefectural police officers we...
October 18, 2025
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CompaniesOnagawa N-Plant’s No. 2 Reactor Likely to Shut Down Next Dec.; Company Cites Construction Delays of Antiterrorism Facilities
SENDAI — Tohoku Electric Power Co. said Friday it will likely shut down the No. 2 reactor at the ...
October 18, 2025
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Politics & GovernmentProbability of LDP’s Takaichi Becoming Japan’s 1st Female Prime Minister Increases after JIP Ends Cooperation Talks with Opposition Parties
Liberal Democratic Party President Sanae Takaichi is highly likely to become the next prime minis...
October 18, 2025
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Travel SpotsNew Seto Inland Sea Ferry May Help Cyclists Hop Between Islands
ONOMICHI, Hiroshima — More than two decades after its closure, a ferry service linking the island...
October 18, 2025
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BaseballShohei Ohtani Hits 3 Homers and Strikes out 10 to Lead Dodgers Back to World Series with NLCS Sweep
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shohei Ohtani hit three home runs and pitched shutout ball into the seventh in...
October 18, 2025
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Travel Spots‘Land Of Gold’ Zipangu-Themed Illumination to Begin in Mie Pref.; Installations Include 35-Meter-High Mt. Fuji
The “Zipangu”-themed illumination event is to start on Saturday at Nabana no Sato leisure park in...
October 18, 2025
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BaseballShohei Ohtani Hits 3 Homers, Dominates on Mound in Dodgers’ Clinching 5-1 NLCS Win over Brewers
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shohei Ohtani has propelled the Los Angeles Dodgers back to the World Series w...
October 18, 2025
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ReutersTrump Says 100% Tariffs on China Not Sustainable, Still Plans to Meet Xi
WASHINGTON, Oct 17 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said his proposed 100% tariff on goods...
October 18, 2025