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Associated Press
Harry and Meghan slam British tabloids in new Netflix series
LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, stick to a familiar script in a new Netflix series ...
December 9, 2022
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Associated Press
Griner freed: WNBA star swapped for Russian, heads home
WASHINGTON (AP) — American basketball star Brittney Griner headed home Thursday night, freed from Ru...
December 9, 2022
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Reuters
U.S. House overwhelmingly approves bill backing record military spending
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The U.S. House of Representatives backed legislation on Thursday paving the w...
December 9, 2022
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Film & TV
Haruka Fukuhara fulfills dream by landing role in the drama “Soar High!”
“It was my dream for a long, long time,” Haruka Fukuhara said of making her debut as the lead in an ...
December 9, 2022
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Companies
EV charging station operators target apartment blocks for expansion
Services to install electric vehicle chargers in apartment buildings are being offered by an ever-gr...
December 9, 2022
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Crime & Courts
Supreme Court to decide on constitutionality of gender reassignment surgery requirement
The Supreme Court is poised to decide on the constitutionality of a legal provision that effectively...
December 9, 2022
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Defense & Security
China to be described as ‘greatest strategic challenge’ in Japan’s latest National Security Strategy
China’s hegemonic moves are described as “the greatest strategic challenge” Japan faces in a draft o...
December 8, 2022
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Politics & Government
Bill prohibiting malicious solicitation of donations passes lower house
A bill prohibiting malicious solicitations of large donations by groups such as the Unification Chur...
December 8, 2022
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Coronavirus
China scrambles to adjust ‘zero-COVID’ exit strategy
WUHAN, China/BEIJING — The administration of Chinese President Xi Jinping has rolled back some eleme...
December 8, 2022
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Washington Post
Face masks may return amid holiday ‘tripledemic’ of covid, flu and RSV
The Washington Post / Fenit Nirappil, Tara Parker-Pope [posttime] JST, [postdate] With three hi...
December 8, 2022
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Weekly Edition
The Japan News / Weekly Edition (12/9-12/15)
Our weekly ePaper presents the most noteworthy recent topics in an exciting, readable format. View t...
December 8, 2022
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Soccer World Cup
Kishida: Samurai Blue surprised world
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida praised Japan’s national soccer team on Thursday, saying that the Samur...
December 8, 2022
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Washington Post
Russia killed 441 civilians extrajudicially in Kyiv area early in war, U.N. finds
Russian forces killed extrajudicially at least 441 civilians outside of Kyiv, in what likely amounte...
December 8, 2022
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General News
Japanese veterans of World War II recount horrors of the battlefield
Veterans of World War II, some of them more than 100 years old, continue to recount their experience...
December 8, 2022
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General News
Average age of Japan’s Pacific War veterans tops 100
The average age of former soldiers who served in the Pacific War and receive a military pension has ...
December 8, 2022