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Politics & GovernmentJapan Convenes Extraordinary Diet Session to Pass Economic Measures; Former Finance Minister Fukushiro Nukaga Elected Lower House Speaker
An extraordinary Diet session was convened Friday, the first legislative meeting since Prime Ministe...
October 20, 2023
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Washington PostThree Speakers at Once, yet House Republicans Lack One with Real Power
It was tricky enough for Roman Catholics to have two popes over the last decade, with one reigning a...
October 20, 2023
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Washington PostAs Gaza Crisis Escalates, Some Experts Fear a Hamas ‘Surprise’
In late 2016, aerospace engineer Mohamed Zouari was sitting in his car in a seaside Tunisian town wh...
October 20, 2023
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Washington PostBiden Urges Help for Israel and Ukraine in High-Stakes Oval Office Speech
President Biden delivered an impassioned Oval Office speech Thursday urging Americans to stand by Is...
October 20, 2023
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Associated PressArmy Private who Fled to North Korea Charged with Desertion, Held by US Military, Officials Tell AP
WASHINGTON (AP) — An Army private who fled to North Korea before being returned home to the United S...
October 20, 2023
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Washington PostGaza’s Collapsing Health System Shows Struggles of Medical Care in War
The Gaza Strip’s health-care system stands on the brink of collapse as bombings damage hospitals and...
October 20, 2023
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Crime & CourtsKabuki Star Ichikawa Ennosuke Admits to Assisting Parents Commit Suicide on 1st Day of Trial
Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ennosuke admitted to the charge of assisting his parents commit suicide on the...
October 20, 2023
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Washington PostRepublicans Reject Expanding Interim Speaker’s Power as House Stagnates
A group of House Republicans supporting a controversial proposal that would expand the power of a te...
October 20, 2023
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Climate ChangeClimate Change Is Improving French Wine — for Now
WASHINGTON (AFP-Jiji) — What makes a good or bad year for wine? It’s a question that vexes not only ...
October 20, 2023
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Climate ChangeBeer Faces Unbitter Future Due to Climate Change
PARIS (AFP-Jiji) — Climate change threatens the cultivation in Europe of aromatic hops which gives b...
October 20, 2023
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General NewsTokyo Tree Planting Honors 1920s Rescue of Polish Orphans; Children Were Brought to Japan from Siberia
Apple trees were planted Thursday to convey to future generations the history of Japan’s rescue of P...
October 20, 2023
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Travel SpotsTokyo’s Yomiuri Land Illumination Event Delights Visitors; LED Light Colors Evoke the Sea
Millions of LED lights illuminate Yomiuri Land amusement park, which straddles the cities of Inagi, ...
October 20, 2023
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Politics & GovernmentFukushiro Nukaga, Former Finance Minister, Elected as Japan Diet’s Lower House Speaker
Former Finance Minister Fukushiro Nukaga, 79, was elected as the speaker of the House of Representat...
October 20, 2023
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General NewsJapan Planetariums to Project Munich’s Sky of 1923 to Mark Centennial of Technology
To celebrate the centennial of the birth of modern planetariums on Saturday, more than 30 planetariu...
October 20, 2023
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EnvironmentSunny Albania Turns to Solar Power to Fuel Development
KARAVASTA, Albania (AFP-Jiji) — Along southwestern Albania’s coastline, the sun shines bright — warm...
October 20, 2023