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Associated Press
France: Over 1 Million March Against Raising Retirement Age
PARIS (AP) — At least 1.1 million people protested on the streets of Paris and other French cities T...
January 20, 2023
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Associated Press
T-Mobile Says Data on 37 Million Customers Stolen
BOSTON (AP) — The U.S. wireless carrier T-Mobile said Thursday that an unidentified malicious intrud...
January 20, 2023
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Obituaries
Reports: David Crosby, rock star and CSNY co-founder, dies
David Crosby, the brash rock musician who evolved from a baby-faced harmony singer with the Byrds to...
January 20, 2023
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Associated Press
New Zealand’s Jacinda Ardern, an Icon to Many, to Step Down
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who became a global icon o...
January 20, 2023
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Reuters
Japan’s Dec Consumer Inflation Hits Fresh 41-year High
TOKYO (Reuters) —- Japan’s core consumer prices in December rose 4.0% from a year earlier, double th...
January 20, 2023
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Travel Spots
Gongendo Park: Daffodils Brighten Saitama Park Amid Cold Weather
Visitors view daffodils in full bloom despite the cold weather at Gongendo Park in Satte, Saitama Pr...
January 20, 2023
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Markets
BOJ Stands Firm amid Market Pressure to Shift Monetary Policy
When the Bank of Japan decided to continue monetary easing measures on Wednesday it was a riposte to...
January 20, 2023
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Economy
Some Japanese companies paying ‘inflation allowances’ to support staff
With the prices of daily commodities surging in Japan, a growing number of companies are paying infl...
January 19, 2023
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Cultural Viewpoints
Neighbors at a Distance Have Their Own Advantage
I live in California, in a subdivision of tract homes that was developed in the late 1980s. Back the...
January 19, 2023
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General News
High Court Stresses Unforeseeability of Huge Tsunami
The Tokyo High Court has upheld a lower court ruling that acquitted three former executives of what ...
January 19, 2023
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Technology
Study Chips away at How Ancient Roman Concrete Stood Test of Time
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The ancient Romans were brilliant engineers and builders, creating a dazzling...
January 19, 2023
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Washington Post
What the Jan. 6 probe found out about social media, but didn’t report
WASHINGTON - The Jan. 6 committee spent months gathering stunning new details on how social media co...
January 19, 2023
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General News
Major Japan Drinks Firm Ordered to Pay Surcharge Over Misleading Packaging
Kirin Beverage Co. has been slapped with a ¥19.15 million surcharge order for claiming a drink conta...
January 19, 2023
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Coronavirus
Japan’s Decision to Reclassify COVID Expected in Spring
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has outlined a policy to lower the classification of COVID-19 from the ...
January 19, 2023
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Science
Russia to Send Empty Capsule to Space Station
MOSCOW (AFP-Jiji) — Russia said Jan. 11 that it will send an empty spacecraft to the International S...
January 19, 2023