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Crime & CourtsFormer Tokyo Games Official Arrested in Bid-Rigging Probe
Four people including Yasuo Mori, the former deputy executive director of the Tokyo 2020 organizing ...
February 8, 2023
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General NewsJapanese Society Aids Quake-Affected in Turkey
Japanese groups who have links to people in areas affected by Monday’s earthquake that hit southeast...
February 8, 2023
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Wider WorldUkraine, Russia Among 70 Nations Aiding Turkey After Quake
CAIRO — The 7.8 magnitude earthquake and multiple aftershocks that struck southern Turkey on Monday ...
February 8, 2023
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ScienceNara Park Deer Stay Genetically Pure for Over 1,000 Yrs
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — A team of researchers from Japanese universities has found that a herd of Japan...
February 8, 2023
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Crime & CourtsCourt Rejects Claim over 2nd-Generation Hibakusha Relief
HIROSHIMA (Jiji Press) — The Hiroshima District Court on Tuesday dismissed a damages claim filed aga...
February 8, 2023
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Washington PostWhite people have flocked back to city centers – and transformed them
In the 20th century, "White flight" transformed many American cities as White people moved in droves...
February 8, 2023
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EconomyJapan Releases Names of Firms Opposed to Suppliers’ Price Hikes
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japan’s industry ministry on Tuesday released the names of companies that have ...
February 8, 2023
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Washington Post‘I saw death’: Rescuers in rebel-held Syria plead for help after quake
BEIRUT - For more than a decade, residents of an opposition-held enclave in northwestern Syria have ...
February 8, 2023
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Crime & CourtsJapanese ‘Luffy’ Group Suspect Denies Involvement in Robbery Ring
MANILA — A man who was held in a Manila detention center along with three others over suspected invo...
February 8, 2023
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ReutersDeath Toll from Syria-Turkey Quake Rises to More Than 8,700
KAHRAMANMARAS/ANTAKYA, Turkey, Feb 8 (Reuters) – The official death toll of a devastating earthquake...
February 8, 2023
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TennisShingo Kunieda: I Gave It All.
Four-time Paralympic gold medalist Shingo Kunieda, who retired in January at the top of the world ra...
February 8, 2023
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BasketballScoring King: LeBron James Passes Abdul-Jabbar for NBA Points Mark
LeBron James got the first official statistic of his NBA career on a rebound. His next entry on the ...
February 8, 2023
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Washington PostWhat triggered the Turkey quakes? Why was the second so big? Key questions, answered.
At least 7,000 people have been killed and countless others remain missing after a pair of exception...
February 8, 2023
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Washington PostChinese balloon part of vast aerial surveillance program, U.S. says
The U.S. intelligence community has linked the Chinese spy balloon shot down on Saturday to a vast s...
February 8, 2023
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Associated PressNavy divers begin pulling up Chinese spy balloon debris
WASHINGTON (AP) — Navy divers began pulling pieces of the downed Chinese spy balloon from the depths...
February 8, 2023