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Travel SpotsOsaka: Little Mermaid Statue at Port Glows in Sunset, Area Feels Like a Trip Overseas
OSAKA — A Little Mermaid statue sits on the seashore and gazes pensively into the distance near t...
March 7, 2026
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General NewsJapan to Send SDF Jet to Maldives for Iran Evacuations; Planes to Be on Standby
The government will dispatch a Self-Defense Forces transport plane to the Indian Ocean island nat...
March 7, 2026
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Yomiuri EditorialChildren and Social Media: It’s Time for Japan to Debate Pros and Cons of Regulations
Movements to restrict minors’ social media use are gaining momentum, particularly overseas. These...
March 7, 2026
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CompaniesNippon Life Insurance’s U.S. Arm Sues OpenAI Over Legal Assistance Provided by ChatGPT
NEW YORK — A U.S. subsidiary of major Japanese insurer Nippon Life Insurance Co. has sued OpenAI,...
March 7, 2026
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ScienceSake Mash Brewed Aboard ISS Returns to Japan; Final Product Already Sold for ¥100 Million
OSAKA — A batch of moromi fermentation sake mash brewed aboard the International Space Station ar...
March 7, 2026
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Political CartoonsCARTOON OF THE DAY (March 7)
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March 7, 2026
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ReutersJapan Asked U.S. Not to Disadvantage Tokyo under New Tariff Rules
Japan has sought assurances from the U.S. that Tokyo will not be put at a disadvantage under Wash...
March 7, 2026
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Associated PressIslamic Militants Abduct More than 300 People in Northeastern Nigeria, Officials Say
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Islamic militants attacked a town in northeastern Nigeria on Friday, abduct...
March 7, 2026
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Olympics & ParalympicsRussian Flag Returns as Milan Cortina Winter Paralympics Open amid Iran War and Boycott
VERONA, Italy (AP) — The Milan Cortina Winter Paralympics opened Friday amid the tensions of inte...
March 7, 2026
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ReutersFormer US Presidents to Attend Jesse Jackson Memorial in Chicago
CHICAGO (Reuters) — Former U.S. Presidents Joe Biden, Barack Obama and Bill Clinton are expected ...
March 7, 2026
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BaseballShohei Ohtani Hits a Grand Slam at the World Baseball Classic after Putting on a Show in BP
TOKYO (AP) — This is the Shohei Ohtani effect.
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Associated PressTrump Rules Out Talks Absent Iran’s ‘Unconditional Surrender’ as Israel Strikes Lebanon
DUBAI (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that he would not seek a deal with Iran with...
March 7, 2026
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Political PulseHeckling, Once a Fixture of Diet Debate in Japan, Abates in the Face of Dominance by Takaichi and the LDP
The culture of heckling in Japanese politics, symbolized by the phrase “Heckling is the spice of ...
March 7, 2026
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General NewsJapan Govt Survey Finds Just 10％ of Workers Want Working Hours to Increase
About 60% of workers think their working hours are “fine as they are,” while only 10% want them t...
March 7, 2026
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CompaniesInspection via Micro-Drones Begins at Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Plant’s No. 3 Reactor
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc. on Thursday began using micro-drones to inspect the i...
March 7, 2026