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Washington PostDespite Trump’s Claims, Killings are Down. Feds Credit Real-time Intelligence.
Crime is falling rapidly in many U.S. cities for the second year in a row, a decline attributed i...
September 7, 2024
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Olympics & ParalympicsYui Kamiji’s Evolution Into A Wheelchair Tennis Gold Medalist; Athlete’s Development of Speed and Technique Pay Off in Victory over Dutch Champion
PARIS — Yui Kamiji, who won the gold medal in the women’s singles wheelchair tennis event at the ...
September 7, 2024
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Yomiuri EditorialJapan-S. Korea Summit Meeting: 2 Countries Should Aim for Relations That Will Not Backtrack
The underlying tone of improvement in Japan-South Korea relations, which had been described as “a...
September 7, 2024
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Yomiuri Editorial
LDP Presidential Election: Issues in Important Policies Have Surfaced in the Race
It is irresponsible to make assertions that seem to overturn the very foundation of discussions a...
September 7, 2024
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Washington PostMr. Greedy, Oldest African Penguin at Maryland Zoo, has Died at 33
After a celebrated, decades-long career as one of North America’s most reproductively successful ...
September 7, 2024
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Washington PostJill Biden Joins Ralph Lauren’s Luxury World in the Hamptons
BRIDGEHAMPTON, N.Y. - It was 7:45 p.m. on Thursday night, and first lady Jill Biden was in her el...
September 7, 2024
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Japan In FocusKochi: Miroku Shrine Overflows with 2000 Frog Items Offering Solace to Cancer Patients
TOSA, Kochi — The grounds of Miroku Daimyojin Shrine in Tosa, Kochi Prefecture, are overflowing w...
September 7, 2024
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ReutersPhilippines’ Deported Ex-mayor Alice Guo Arrives Home from Indonesia
MANILA (Reuters) - Former Philippines mayor Alice Guo, accused of ties to Chinese criminal syndic...
September 7, 2024
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General NewsJapanese Mother-Daughter Lighting Designers Exhibit Work in Paris; Installation Features Washi Paper Depicting Images of Space
Illuminated Japanese washi paper with images depicting space hang from the ceiling at Maison&Obje...
September 7, 2024
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Politics & GovernmentMinistry to Support Collaboration Between Libraries and Bookstores; Hopes to Promote Reading in Communities Nationwide
As bookstores are decreasing in every part of Japan, the education ministry has decided to suppor...
September 7, 2024
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Travel SpotsWomen Embark on Ancient Yamabushi Mountain Priest Training in Yamagata Pref.; Participants Train by Running Through Woods, Meditating Under Waterfalls
TSURUOKA, Yamagata — A group of women began yamabushi mountain priest training, which includes me...
September 7, 2024
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Travel SpotsShiga: Taking A 50-km Ride on Scenic Lake Biwa Cycling Route
OTSU — Cycling around Lake Biwa has become such a popular outdoor activity in Shiga Prefecture th...
September 7, 2024
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ScienceSouth American Lungfish Has Largest Genome of Any Animal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The South American lungfish is an extraordinary creature — in some sense, ...
September 7, 2024
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General NewsFriendly Fish Rule Undersea Kingdom Off Sado Island; Kobudai Known For Large Size, Distinctive Faces
SADO ISLAND, Niigata — In the small settlement of Kitakoura in northern Sado Island, Kenkichi Nan...
September 7, 2024
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BaseballFrancisco Lindor Is Leading the Mets’ Charge and Challenging Shohei Ohtani for NL MVP
NEW YORK (AP) — Most of this summer, the NL MVP race looked like a one-man Sho.
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