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General NewsNew Japan Whaling Ship Capable of Reaching Antarctic
SHIMONOSEKI, Yamaguchi — Kyodo Senpaku Kaisha Ltd., the only whaling operator in the world that uses...
February 13, 2023
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Associated PressUS Holds Drills in South China Sea Amid Tensions with China
BEIJING (AP) — The United States Navy and Marine Corps are holding joint exercises in the South Chin...
February 13, 2023
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Washington PostThe making of Anna Paulina Luna
Twelve years before she was elected as the first Mexican American woman to represent Florida in Cong...
February 13, 2023
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Figure SkatingRiku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara Win Four Continents Skating Championship
It was a memorable night for Japan at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships. Riku Miur...
February 13, 2023
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Crime & CourtsTokyo Games Bid-rigging Suspect Reports Prospected Bids to Superior
The arrested former deputy executive director of the Tokyo Games organizing committee’s Operations B...
February 13, 2023
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Politics & GovernmentGovt Dispatches Airplane with Medical Equipment for Turkey
CHITOSE, Hokkaido — A government airplane for carrying medical resources and equipment departed fro...
February 13, 2023
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Washington PostAnother aerial object, this time over Lake Huron, shot down by military
The U.S. military shot down a fourth aerial "object," this time over Lake Huron on Sunday afternoon,...
February 13, 2023
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Yomiuri EditorialSelf-Centered Assertions Should Not Be Accepted
The legislature’s authority will be lost if it takes lightly a situation in which a lawmaker continu...
February 13, 2023
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CompaniesSMBC Nikko Sentenced to Fine over Market Manipulation
The Tokyo District Court on Monday sentenced SMBC Nikko Securities to a fine of ¥700 million and an ...
February 13, 2023
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EconomyJapanese Oysters Exported to EU for 1st Time
HIROSHIMA — Oysters from Hiroshima Prefecture have been exported to the European Union, marking Jap...
February 13, 2023
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Yomiuri Editorial
Don’t Let Pyongyang Flaunt N-Capabilities That Will Raise Regional Tensions
North Korea recently held a military parade. Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers’ Party of...
February 13, 2023
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Washington PostToll from Turkey-Syria quake tops 34,000; U.N. says it ‘failed’ Syria
ISLAHIYE, Turkey - It had been nearly a week since a pair of powerful earthquakes shattered this tow...
February 13, 2023
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Asia-PacificChinese Authorities ‘Preparing to Down Unidentified Object’
BEIJING — Various Chinese media have reported that Chinese maritime authorities in Qingdao, Shandong...
February 13, 2023
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Washington PostWomen lost more jobs early in the pandemic. They’re also returning faster.
After five years at home with her six kids, Tiffany Feliciano often daydreamed about returning to wo...
February 13, 2023
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ReutersAll-Male BOJ Picks Another Blow for Gender Equality in Japan
TOKYO, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Once again, three men are set to lead the Bank of Japan (BOJ), underscorin...
February 13, 2023