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Politics & GovernmentFormer Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba Visits Home Prefecture, Gives Speeches Almost Every Week; He Reflects on His Tenure, Comments on Current Administration
TOTTORI — Since leaving office in October, former Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has been visiting...
December 8, 2025
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BaseballLos Angeles Dodgers’ Pitcher Sasaki Encourages Kids in Noto Through Baseball
SUZU, Ishikawa — Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Roki Sasaki visited Suzu in Ishikawa Prefecture to p...
December 8, 2025
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Defense & SecurityChina Seen to Attempt to Destabilize Takaichi’s Administration Through Criticism, Radar Derecting
BEIJING — China has not eased its criticism of Japan following Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s re...
December 8, 2025
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EconomyJapan Pulls out of Vietnam Nuclear Project, Complicating Hanoi’s Power Plans
HANOI, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Japan has dropped out of plans to build a major nuclear power plant in V...
December 8, 2025
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Travel SpotsJapan’s Tottori Sand Dunes to Be Illuminated with 450,000 LEDs
TOTTORI — An event featuring approximately 450,000 light-emitting diodes (LEDs) illuminating the ...
December 8, 2025
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General NewsRing-Tailed Lemurs Warm Themselves Up at Japan Monkey Centre in Aichi Pref.
Ring-tailed lemurs warm themselves next to an electric heater at the Japan Monkey Centre in Inuya...
December 8, 2025
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ReutersJapan’s Nikkei Stock Average Buoyed by Stable Yen; SoftBank’s Slide Caps Gains (UPDATE 1)
TOKYO, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average edged higher on Monday, supported by a paus...
December 8, 2025
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Associated PressNobel Literature Laureate Krasznahorkai Delivers Rare Lecture in Stockholm
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Hungarian László Krasznahorkai, who won the Nobel Prize in literature for his su...
December 8, 2025
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Washington PostThe U.S. Citizens Getting Caught in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown
WAUKEGAN, Ill. - If you rolled past Bedrosian Park after the final bell rang at Waukegan High Sch...
December 8, 2025
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Washington PostTrump’s Latest Anti-Immigration Push Echoes the Nativism of the 1920s
Somalis are “garbage,” and “we don’t want them in our country.” Migration from “all Third World c...
December 8, 2025
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Washington PostGerman Armsmaker Wins Big from Trump’s NATO Spending Demands
BERLIN - When NATO allies committed to meeting President Donald Trump’s demand that they spend 5 ...
December 8, 2025
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ReutersBenin President Says Coup Bid Thwarted, Vows Retribution
COTONOU, Dec 7 (Reuters) - Benin President Patrice Talon said on Sunday that the West African nat...
December 8, 2025
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ReutersTrump Says He’ll Be Involved in Review of Netflix-Warner Brothers Deal
WASHINGTON, Dec 7 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he would have a say...
December 8, 2025
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CompaniesKirin, Nisshin Seifun Welna to Offer Pasta-Brewed Happoshu, Companies Aim to Reduce Food Loss and Waste with New Drink
Kirin Brewery Co. and Nisshin Seifun Welna Inc. announced they will sell a happoshu quasi-beer pr...
December 8, 2025
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ReutersNigerian Government Secures Release of 100 Kidnapped Schoolchildren, Channels TV Says
ABUJA, Dec 7 (Reuters) - Nigeria's government has secured the release of 100 schoolchildren who w...
December 8, 2025