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General NewsYamanote Line Services Suspended in Tokyo for 2 Hours on Wednesday Morning
Services on the JR Yamanote and Keihin-Tohoku lines were suspended for nearly two hours early Wednes...
January 18, 2023
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Crime & Courts13-Year-Old May Have Stabbed Sleeping Mother Over Smartphone
MAKINOHARA, Shizuoka — A 13-year-old girl taken into custody on suspicion of fatally stabbing her m...
January 18, 2023
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Associated PressQantas Plane Lands Safely After Mayday Call Over Pacific
SYDNEY (AP) — A Qantas flight traveling from New Zealand to Sydney landed safely on a single engine ...
January 18, 2023
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Defense & SecurityMSDF Chief Apologizes for Destroyer Accident
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The head of the Maritime Self-Defense Force apologized on Tuesday for an accide...
January 18, 2023
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CompaniesEfforts Underway for Practical Use of “Flying Bikes” in Japan
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Efforts are in progress in Japan to put into practical use of “flying bikes,” e...
January 18, 2023
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Politics & GovernmentJCP Members Slam Party’s Executive Branch in New Books
Two serving members of the Japanese Communist Party have written books critical of party leader Kazu...
January 18, 2023
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ReutersIndonesia Says Magnitude 7 Quake Off Sulawesi, Residents Flee Buildings
JAKARTA, Jan 18 (Reuters) - A powerful earthquake with a 7.0 magnitude struck off Indonesia's North ...
January 18, 2023
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EconomyJapan Govt Planning to Name Next BOJ Governor in Early Feb.
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The government is planning to notify the Diet in early February or later of its...
January 18, 2023
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Imperial FamilyNew Year Poetry Reading Held at Imperial Palace
The annual utakai hajime ceremony, a New Year poetry reading at the Imperial Palace, was held in the...
January 18, 2023
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Japan In FocusTokyo: Suntory Brewery, Where Premium Beer Is Born
Visitors to the Suntory Tokyo-Musashino Brewery in Fuchu, Tokyo, can deepen their understanding of t...
January 18, 2023
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Politics & GovernmentRuling, Opposition Parties Rap Reiwa Shinsengumi, NHK Party Over Handling of Diet Seats
Ruling and opposition parties on Tuesday harshly criticized minor parties Reiwa Shinsengumi and the ...
January 18, 2023
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GlobalWorld Population Growth to Slow Down
The United Nations announced last November that the world’s population had reached 8 billion people....
January 18, 2023
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EnvironmentExxon Mobil Predicted Warming in ’70s, Contradicted Own Scientists
DENVER (AP) — Exxon Mobil’s scientists were remarkably accurate in their predictions about global wa...
January 18, 2023
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Crime & CourtsTokyo High Court Upholds Acquittal of ex-TEPCO Execs over 2011 Fukushima Meltdown
Former executives of what was then Tokyo Electric Power Co. were acquitted on Wednesday by the Tokyo...
January 18, 2023
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Political CartoonsCARTOON OF THE DAY (January 18)
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January 18, 2023