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Travel SpotsMoomin theme park begins illuminated winter forest event in Saitama
HANNO, Saitama — Visitors are able to walk through an illuminated forest at Moominvalley Park, a the...
October 29, 2022
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Associated PressDrought snarls Mississippi River transit in blow to farmers
ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER (AP) — Adam Thomas starts harvesting soybeans on his Illinois farm when ...
October 29, 2022
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Associated PressClimate migration: Alaska village resists despite threats
SHISHMAREF, Alaska (AP) — Search online for the little town of Shishmaref and you’ll see homes peril...
October 29, 2022
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Associated PressRussia’s hope for Ukraine win revealed in battle for Bakhmut
BAKHMUT, Ukraine (AP) — Russian soldiers pummeling a city in eastern Ukraine with artillery are slow...
October 29, 2022
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BaseballBaker’s storytelling a hit with Astros as Series begins
HOUSTON (AP) — Astros pitcher Lance McCullers Jr. was asked for a simple description of Houston mana...
October 29, 2022
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Associated PressIntruder attacks Pelosi’s husband, calling, ‘Where is Nancy’
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was attacked and severely beaten with...
October 29, 2022
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Political PulseKishida aims to beef up defense, tackle bureaucratic sectionalism
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has set several goals to bolster Japan’s deterrence capability. One of ...
October 29, 2022
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Social SeriesOlympic scandal / Japan eyes Olympic reforms in run-up to 2030 Winter Games bid
This is the fourth and last installment of the series featuring corruption behind the 2020 Tokyo Oly...
October 29, 2022
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General NewsStudents find paper books easier to read than e-books
Elementary, junior high and high school students who have used e-books tend to find paper books easi...
October 29, 2022
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Insights Into The WorldUkrainians showing there is light at end of tunnel
It is very easy to have apocalyptic fears about the state of global politics right now. A major war ...
October 28, 2022
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Politics & GovernmentLDP seeks talks on adding emergency provisions to Constitution
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party called Thursday for swift discussions on adding provisions to th...
October 28, 2022
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EconomyTokyo core consumer prices log steepest rise in 40 years
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The core consumer price index for Tokyo’s densely populated 23 wards in October...
October 28, 2022
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Associated PressBarack Obama gets a midterm do-over to help boost Democrats
ATLANTA (AP) — Barack Obama is trying to do something he couldn’t during two terms as president: hel...
October 28, 2022
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Associated PressIran’s elite technical university emerges as hub of protests
The aging brick campus of the Sharif University of Technology, Iran’s elite technical school, has lo...
October 28, 2022
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General NewsRecord 244,940 children refuse to go to school
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The number of elementary and junior high school students in Japan who refused t...
October 28, 2022