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Travel Spots
Fukui: Dinosaur museum takes visitors to prehistoric world
KATSUYAMA, Fukui — What looks like a giant silver egg among deep-green trees is actually the domed b...
October 8, 2022
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Defense & Security
Ukrainian parliament sides with Japan, decrees northern territories as under Russian occupation
KYIV — The Ukrainian parliament voted to confirm Friday that it regards Japan’s northern territories...
October 8, 2022
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Companies
SMBC Nikko slapped with partial suspension order
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Financial Services Agency on Friday ordered SMBC Nikko Securities Inc. to ...
October 8, 2022
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Reuters
4 resign over scandal at Hino Motors, others to return pay
TOKYO (Reuters) — Toyota Motor Corp.’s truck- and bus-making unit Hino Motors Ltd. said on Friday fo...
October 8, 2022
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Imperial Family
Ceremony marks 150th year of Japan’s 1st railway
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — A ceremony to mark the upcoming 150th anniversary of the launch of Japan’s firs...
October 8, 2022
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Political Pulse
Rise and fall of the yen is entwined with state of the economy
As the yen is weakening to historically low levels, tourists visiting Japan from overseas seem to th...
October 8, 2022
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Environment
App links volunteers, helps keep Japan neighborhoods clean
Social media is helping Japan’s urban neighborhoods stay spick and span. Prior to the novel coronavi...
October 8, 2022
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Companies
Govt to start giving additional points to households that save electricity in December
Households and businesses will be awarded points for conserving electricity under a government progr...
October 8, 2022
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Associated Press
Missiles, drones hit Zaporizhzhia again as death toll rises
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The death toll from a missile attack on apartment buildings in a southern Ukrai...
October 7, 2022
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General News
Yokosuka mayor calls for investigation into water contamination at U.S. base
YOKOSUKA, Kanagawa — Yokosuka Mayor Katsuaki Kamiji has asked the commander of U.S. Naval Forces Jap...
October 7, 2022
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Associated Press
Thais mourn dozens, mainly kids, killed in day care attack
UTHAI SAWAN, Thailand (AP) — Relatives grieving staggering loss Friday created a makeshift altar of ...
October 7, 2022
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Insights Into The World
Tackle crisis threatening United Nations head-on
“The time has come to start text-based negotiations to reform the Security Council,” Prime Minister ...
October 7, 2022
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Global
Nobel Peace Prize to activists from Belarus, Russia, Ukraine
OSLO, Norway (AP) — This year’s Nobel Peace Prize is going to jailed Belarus rights activist Ales Bi...
October 7, 2022
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Politics & Government
Cabinet OK’s draft law revision to require hospitals to provide infectious disease care
The Cabinet on Friday approved draft legislation to revise the Infectious Diseases Control Law to r...
October 7, 2022
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Baseball
Ohtani: The real work is to come
OAKLAND, Calif. — Los Angeles Angels two-way star Shohei Ohtani further secured his place in basebal...
October 7, 2022