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Asia-Pacific
Vietnam: China Reopening Likely to Give Vietnam GDP 2% Boost in 2023: VinaCapital Economist
China’s reopening is expected to boost Vietnam’s GDP growth by over 2 percentage points next year, d...
January 14, 2023
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Associated Press
Russia Says it Took Soledar, Ukraine Denies its Capture
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia claimed Friday that its forces captured the fiercely contested salt-mini...
January 14, 2023
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Politics & Government
Expressway tolls set to stay until 2115
Expressway tolls are set to remain in place nationwide until 2115, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned....
January 14, 2023
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Travel Spots
Osaka: Family-Friendly Esports Center Opens Near Kansai Airport
IZUMI-SANO, Osaka — An esports facility intended for both beginners and enthusiasts has opened in th...
January 14, 2023
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Political Cartoons
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January 14, 2023
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Associated Press
Trump Organization fined $1.6 million for tax fraud
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s company was fined $1.6 million Friday for a scheme in which the forme...
January 14, 2023
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Japan In Focus
Kyoto: Buddha Descends from Heaven, via Drone
KYOTO — In the Buddhist view, Amitabha Buddha is said to descend from heaven on a cloud to pick up p...
January 14, 2023
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Associated Press
Top Brazil Court Greenlights Probe of Bolsonaro for Riot
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A Brazilian Supreme Court justice on Friday authorized an investigation of whe...
January 14, 2023
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Politics & Government
Japan to Aid Fisheries amid Planned N-plant Water Release
TOKYO — Japan on Friday decided to start releasing treated radioactive water into the ocean from Tok...
January 14, 2023
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General News
Penguins’ Wintry Walk Delights Visitors to Hokkaido Zoo
ASAHIKAWA, Hokkaido — Marching penguins delight visitors at Asahiyama Zoo in Asahikawa, Hokkaido....
January 14, 2023
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Travel Spots
Kyoto: Unique Starbucks Blends into Kyoto Townscape
KYOTO — On the Ninenzaka slope leading to Kiyomizu Temple, a World Heritage site in Kyoto, a 100-yea...
January 14, 2023
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Defense & Security
Kishida, Biden Discuss Japan ‘Stepping up’ Security
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida held wide-ranging ta...
January 14, 2023
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Political Pulse
Opposition Should Exercise Ieyasu’s Patience to Set Realistic Policies
Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543-1616), founder of the Edo shogunate, is the man of 2023 in Japan. Ieyasu’s rei...
January 14, 2023
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Defense & Security
Japan, U.S. Shift Focus to Nansei Islands
WASHINGTON — A clear takeaway from the latest 2-plus-2 talks of the Japanese and U.S. foreign and de...
January 14, 2023
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Asia-Pacific
China Reverses Stance on Domestic Production Rule for Office Equipment
GENEVA / BEIJING — China has done an about-face since an October 2022 World Trade Organization meeti...
January 14, 2023