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Soccer World CupMoriyasu ‘one of candidates’ for coach after World Cup
DOHA — Samurai Blue coach Hajime Moriyasu is definitely under consideration to stay on at the helm o...
December 4, 2022
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CompaniesMitsukoshi opens store in Philippines
MANILA (Jiji Press) — Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. has recently opened a commercial facility in t...
December 4, 2022
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Politics & GovernmentJapan’s foreign minister to tour Mexico, South American countries
Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi is set to visit four countries in Central and South America in ea...
December 4, 2022
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CompaniesSpread of telework helps Japan companies move head offices out of Tokyo
Thanks to the spread of teleworking during the pandemic, many companies are no longer requiring empl...
December 4, 2022
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ReutersPutin insincere about peace talks, takes war to new level of ‘barbarism’
KYIV, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin is not sincere about peace talks with Ukrai...
December 4, 2022
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CompaniesGreen Lawson opens in Tokyo with avatars, aiming for zero food waste
Convenience store chain operator Lawson, Inc. on Monday opened its first Green Lawson, aiming to ac...
December 4, 2022
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ReutersZelenskiy says level of price cap on Russia oil isn’t serious
KYIV, Dec 3 (Reuters) - The $60 price cap on seaborne Russian oil agreed by Group of Seven nations a...
December 4, 2022
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ReutersIran state body reports 200 dead in protests, Raisi hails ‘freedoms’
DUBAI, Dec 3 (Reuters) - President Ebrahim Raisi on Saturday hailed Iran's Islamic Republic as a gua...
December 4, 2022
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Soccer World CupWorld Cup successes kick ¥16.3 billion into economy thus far
The impressive performance by the Japan national soccer team at the FIFA World Cup in Qatar is provi...
December 4, 2022
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ReutersBurkina Faso military government suspends broadcast of France’s RFI radio
OUAGADOUGOU, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Burkina Faso's military government has suspended the broadcast of Fra...
December 4, 2022
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Soccer World CupBrazil hampered by injuries ahead of last-16 South Korea
DOHA, Dec 3 (Reuters) - World Cup favorites Brazil are racing to overcome injuries to key players as...
December 4, 2022
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Soccer World CupSamurai Blue back on practice field to prep for making history
DOHA — Members of Japan’s national soccer team were back on the training field in Doha on Saturday t...
December 4, 2022
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TroubleshooterMen seem to find me easy to sexually harass, and I can’t stand it
Dear Troubleshooter: I’m a homemaker in my 30s. I’ve been a target of being hit on and sexually har...
December 4, 2022
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TroubleshooterI want to bring some meaning to my worthless life before I die
Dear Troubleshooter: I’m a female student in my 20s, and I regret that I didn’t die earlier. I hop...
December 4, 2022
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Soccer World CupU.S. knocked out of World Cup, loses to the Netherlands 3-1
AL RAYYAN, Qatar (AP) — Christian Pulisic covered his face as he walked off. Tyler Adams, Weston McK...
December 4, 2022