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Asia-PacificKim Thrusts Daughter Into Spotlight, Sparking Speculation About Succession
SEOUL — The appearance of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s daughter at official events recently has...
March 1, 2023
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Crime & Courts71-Year-Old Arrested over Fatal Car Crash at Osaka Hospital
OSAKA — A 71-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday after he allegedly drove a car into a hospital i...
March 1, 2023
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Asia-PacificSouth Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol: Relations With Japan Vital
SEOUL — South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol on Wednesday stressed the importance of South Korea-Jap...
March 1, 2023
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Politics & GovernmentJapan’s Foreign Minister Hayashi to Skip G20 for Diet Budget Deliberation
Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi will not attend the foreign ministers’ meeting of the Group of 20...
March 1, 2023
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EconomyJapan Receives 1st Foreign Cruise Ship Since Pandemic Start
Japan received an international cruise ship from overseas for the first time in about three years on...
March 1, 2023
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ReutersNigeria’s Bola Tinubu Declared Winner of Presidential Vote
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Ruling party candidate Bola Tinubu was declared winner of Nigeria's presidenti...
March 1, 2023
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Climate ChangeHorn of Africa Drought Trends Said Worse Than in 2011 Famine
NAIROBI (AP) — Trends in a historic Horn of Africa drought are now worse than they were during the 2...
March 1, 2023
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ObituariesGundam Voice Actor Shozo Iizuka Dies at 89
Veteran voice actor Shozo Iizuka, who played a wide range of characters from villains to good guys i...
March 1, 2023
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Environment
Whale Deaths ‘Not Linked to Wind Farms’
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — An independent scientific agency that advises the U.S. federal government...
March 1, 2023
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Crime & CourtsTeen Knifes Teacher in Saitama School, Claims to Be Cat Killer
SAITAMA — A teacher was injured in what appears to be a knife attack at Misasa Junior High School in...
March 1, 2023
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Imperial FamilyCrown Princess Kiko Attends Tuberculosis Prevention Seminar
Crown Princess Kiko attended a tuberculosis prevention seminar hosted by the Japan Anti-Tuberculosis...
March 1, 2023
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General NewsJapan Has Double the Islands Than Previously Thought
Japan has more than double the number of islands than previously thought, the Geospatial Information...
March 1, 2023
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Associated PressDrones Fly Deep inside Russia; Putin Orders Border Tightened
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Drones that the Kremlin said were launched by Ukraine flew deep inside Russian ...
March 1, 2023
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General News¥10 Mil. Found in Sapporo Garbage Draws a Dozen Claims
SAPPORO — The Hokkaido prefectural police are having a hard time identifying the owner of ¥10 millio...
March 1, 2023
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Yomiuri Editorial
How Will Japan Deal with Critically Declining Birth Rate?
It can be said that this is a critical figure that will lead to the decline of the nation’s strength...
March 1, 2023