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Reuters7-Eleven Parent’s New Security Rating Won’t Affect a Buyout, Japan Minister Says
TOKYO (Reuters) - The new classification of 7-Eleven's parent company as "core" to Japanese natio...
September 17, 2024
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Film & TVEmmy Awards Honor Sanada’s Commitment to Showing ‘True Japan’; Experts, Props Flown In To Ensure Authentic Period Drama
Hiroyuki Sanada’s long-held desire to depict the “true Japan” was recognized by the U.S. Emmy Awa...
September 17, 2024
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Travel SpotsCockscomb Plants in Full Bloom at Park in Japan’s Saitama Pref.; Flowers Expected to be in Bloom Through Early Oct.
Approximately 800,000 cockscomb plants are in bloom at the Musashi-Kyuryo National Government Par...
September 17, 2024
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Associated PressA Key Employee who Called the Titan Unsafe will Testify before the Coast Guard
A key employee who labeled an experimental submersible unsafe prior to its last, fatal voyage was...
September 17, 2024
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BaseballYu Darvish Throws 6 Strong Innings, Merrill and Profar Homer as the Padres Beat the Astros 3-1
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Yu Darvish had his best outing since being sidelined for more than three months,...
September 17, 2024
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ReutersCentral Europe Braces for Further Flooding ‘Apocalypse’ as Death Toll Rises
JESENIK/LITOVEL, Czech Republic (Reuters) - Residents of several areas of Poland and the Czech Re...
September 17, 2024
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Film & TV“Shogun” Actor Hiroyuki Sanada Showed Immense Attention to Detail, Says Actor Tokuma Nishioka
Actor Tokuma Nishioka, one of the stars of “Shogun,” which collected a record 18 Emmy Awards for ...
September 17, 2024
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Yomiuri EditorialAid to Africa: China Aims to Expand Its Influence over Region
Even though its own economy is in the doldrums, China has made it clear that it intends to contin...
September 17, 2024
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Yomiuri Editorial
Info Leak Incidents: When Will Nonlife Insurance Industry Break Away from Wrongful Practices?
Once again, it has been discovered that inappropriate practices have spread among major nonlife i...
September 17, 2024
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General NewsMonorail Car Painted in Same Colors as Original 1964 Model Begins Service in Tokyo; Train Operator Aims to Provide ‘Safer Transportation’
Tokyo Monorail Co. began service of a monorail car painted in cream, light blue and blue -- the s...
September 17, 2024
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Japan In FocusSpecialty Dishes Served by Long-Established Restaurant Loved by Great Novelists
The Yomiuri ShimbunToshio Kawashima serves meat croquettes. The specialty dish is lightly fried and ...
September 17, 2024
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Olympics & ParalympicsWheelchair Tennis Player Oda Shares Paris Games Experience Onstage in Nagoya; Gold Medal Star Vows to Go to Next Level
Fresh off his gold medal in men’s singles wheelchair tennis at the Paris Paralympics, Tokito Oda ...
September 17, 2024
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ReutersPhilippines to Continue to Deploy Vessels in Contested South China Sea Shoal
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines will continuously deploy vessels in the contested Sabina Shoal...
September 17, 2024
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ReutersFirst Conviction under Hong Kong’s New National Security Law for Wearing “seditious” T-shirt
HONG KONG (Reuters) - A Hong Kong man on Monday pleaded guilty to sedition for wearing a T-shirt ...
September 17, 2024
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ReutersBoeing Freezes Hiring, Weighs Furloughs as Strike Enters Fourth Day
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Boeing is freezing hiring and weighing temporary furloughs to cut costs as a ...
September 17, 2024