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Washington Post
Pentagon’s top general meets Ukrainians training with U.S. troops
GRAFENWOEHR TRAINING AREA, Germany - The Pentagon's top general on Monday visited two sites in Germa...
January 17, 2023
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Crime & Courts
Woman Stabbed to Death, Possibly by Her Teenage Child
Shizuoka Prefectural Police said a woman in her 40s has apparently been stabbed to death with a knif...
January 17, 2023
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Travel Spots
Pregnant Mares Get Some Exercise in Snowy Hokkaido
Pregnant mares and other horses send up plumes of snow on Monday on the first of a daily winter run ...
January 17, 2023
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Delicious
Kagoshima Shochu Makers Target Foreign Palates with New Liquors
Shochu makers in Kagoshima Prefecture are taking advantage of the relaxation of border control measu...
January 17, 2023
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Washington Post
Recent shootings raise stakes for pro-gun lobbyists in Richmond
Gun rights advocates said recent shooting incidents in Virginia only increased their sense of urgenc...
January 17, 2023
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Washington Post
How Selma recovers after tragedy, from civil rights battles to tornadoes
SELMA, Ala. - Javarus Smith had a tree on top of his house. His power was out, and his smoker was de...
January 17, 2023
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Washington Post
Maryland Lt. Gov.-elect Aruna Miller brings expansive vision of the job
Aruna Miller at first resisted elective office when a resignation opened a seat in the Maryland stat...
January 17, 2023
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Yomiuri Editorial
Maintaining Law-Based Global Order of Common Interest to All Nations
Amid the confrontation over the Ukraine crisis between developed democratic nations such as Japan, t...
January 17, 2023
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Associated Press
China’s economy grew 3% last year, not even half 2021’s rate
BEIJING (AP) — China’s economic growth fell to its second-lowest level in at least four decades last...
January 17, 2023
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Reuters
China’s Population Shrinks for the First Time in Six Decades
BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's population fell last year for the first time in six decades, a...
January 17, 2023
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Yomiuri Editorial
Urgent Need to Strengthen Disaster Prevention Measures in Major Cities
The lessons learned from the largest postwar earthquake with a focus directly under an urban area in...
January 17, 2023
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Travel Spots
Former Hokkaido Government Building to Regain Original Reddish-Brown Color Dome
SAPPORO — The octagonal dome of a former Hokkaido government building in Sapporo will see the return...
January 17, 2023
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General News
German National Identified as Woman Who Died in Hokkaido Avalanche
Hokkaido Prefectural Police on Monday identified the woman who died after being caught in an avalanc...
January 17, 2023
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Associated Press
Elon Musk’s next drama: a trial over his tweets about Tesla
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — While still grappling with the fallout from a company he did take private, bele...
January 17, 2023
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Associated Press
As elites arrive in Davos, conspiracy theories thrive online
NEW YORK (AP) — When some of the world’s wealthiest and most influential figures gathered at the Wor...
January 17, 2023