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Washington PostBiden Preparing to Block Nippon Steel Purchase of U.S. Steel
President Joe Biden is preparing to announce that he will formally block Nippon Steel’s proposed ...
September 5, 2024
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Associated PressUkrainian Foreign Minister Resigns ahead of Expected Reshuffling of Government Leaders
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, one of Ukraine's most recognizable faces on ...
September 5, 2024
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General NewsJapanese Man Detained in Belarus (Update 2)
Tokyo (Jiji Press) — A Japanese man in his 50s was detained by Belarusian authorities on July 9 f...
September 5, 2024
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EconomyAgriculture Ministry Holds Meeting on Rice Shortage
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japan’s agriculture ministry Wednesday held a meeting with farmers, agricult...
September 5, 2024
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Politics & GovernmentOzawa to Back Noda in CDPJ Election
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Lawmaker Ichiro Ozawa, a senior member of the main opposition Constitutional...
September 5, 2024
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Associated PressWhite House Signaling It will Likely Stop Nippon Steel’s Plans to Buy US Steel
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is signaling an openness to blocking the acquisition of U.S. St...
September 5, 2024
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Politics & GovernmentMiddle East Special Envoy Calls for Closer Japan-Turkey Dialogue; Tokyo Seminar Marked 100 Years of Diplomatic Ties
Tsukasa Uemura, a special envoy for Middle East peace efforts, on Tuesday called for “close and c...
September 5, 2024
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BaseballDodgers: Yoshinobu Yamamoto Pitches Two Solid Innings for Triple-A
Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitched two solid innings for Triple-A Oklahoma Ci...
September 4, 2024
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TechnologyU.N.: Tokyo-Yokohama Still Largest Science, Tech Cluster
GENEVA (AFP-Jiji) — Tokyo-Yokohama remains the world’s largest science and technology cluster in ...
September 4, 2024
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BaseballShohei Ohtani Returns to Anaheim with An RBI Triple in the Dodgers’ 6-2 Win over the Angels
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Shohei Ohtani hit an RBI triple in his first regular-season game back at A...
September 4, 2024
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ScienceNewborn Rattlesnakes Make Their Live Debut
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A “mega den” of hundreds of rattlesnakes in Colorado is getting even bigger...
September 4, 2024
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Politics & GovernmentJapan’s Motegi Officially Announces Bid for LDP President; Party’s Secretary General Duties to be Transferred to Kishida
Toshimitsu Motegi, the secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, officially annou...
September 4, 2024
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Washington PostA Louder Voice in Fighting Abortion Bans: Men in Red States
Thomas Stovall grew up in a strict Baptist family in Mississippi and always believed that anyone ...
September 4, 2024
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Washington PostTurkey’s Stray Dogs, Once ‘Masters of the Road,’ Face New Peril
ISTANBUL - At his shelter on the outskirts of Istanbul, Murat Cem Yetkin refers to his dozens of ...
September 4, 2024
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Washington PostNo X in Brazil? No Problem, Brazilians Say.
RIO DE JANEIRO - When a Brazilian Supreme Court justice ordered the suspension of the social medi...
September 4, 2024