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MarketsDollar Temporarily Slides to Around 145.50 Yen in Tokyo
“As the dollar plunged by over ¥4, the Japanese government may have intervened,” a market source sai...
October 24, 2022
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General News6 months on, search goes on for missing victims of Shiretoko boat tragedy
SAPPORO — With Sunday marking six months since a sightseeing boat sank off the Shiretoko Peninsula i...
October 24, 2022
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Asia-PacificXi’s firm grip on power foments discontent within Chinese Communist Party
BEIJING — With the Chinese Communist Party’s new seven-member Politburo Standing Committee announced...
October 24, 2022
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Defense & SecurityNew security declaration clearly demonstrates quasi-alliance between Japan, Australia
PERTH, Australia — A new joint declaration by Japan and Australia to deepen their security cooperati...
October 23, 2022
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Asia-PacificXi says China’s economy has high resilience, room for maneuver
BEIJING, Oct 23 (Reuters) - China's economy has high resilience, sufficient potential and room for m...
October 23, 2022
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Kabuki / Noh / RakugoKabuki star performs at temple ahead of tour marking succession to new stage name
Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ebizo XI performed at Naritasan Shinshoji temple on Saturday in Narita City, C...
October 23, 2022
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ReutersBoris Johnson will run for UK leadership and has the numbers needed, minister says
LONDON, Oct 23 (Reuters) - Boris Johnson will enter the race to replace Liz Truss as British prime m...
October 23, 2022
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Washington PostBosses should fix toxic workplaces, surgeon general says. Here’s how.
If you think your workplace is toxic and hurting your physical and mental health, you are not alone....
October 23, 2022
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Imperial FamilyEmperor, Empress pay respects to war dead in Okinawa
NAHA — The Emperor and Empress on Saturday paid their respects to the spirits of those who died in t...
October 23, 2022
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Politics & GovernmentS. Korean Group to Erect Comfort Women Statue in U.S.
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — A South Korean group in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, plans to build a park featu...
October 23, 2022
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Associated PressGross or great? Fancy butter boards soar as shortage looms
Butter boards, the polarizing stepchild of charcuterie, have taken TikTok to new food-craze heights ...
October 23, 2022
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Politics & GovernmentJapan to Create Disaster Debris Database to Improve Estimates
Tokyo, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)—Japan’s Environment Ministry plans to create a disaster debris database ...
October 23, 2022
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Markets‘Covert’ intervention to prop up yen sends shock waves through markets
The recent “covert” currency intervention by the Japanese government and Bank of Japan sent shock wa...
October 23, 2022
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Politics & GovernmentGovt OK’s bill to redraw lower house electoral map
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The government Friday adopted a bill to reduce vote-value disparities by redraw...
October 23, 2022
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ReutersChina’s Xi clinches third term, packs leadership team with loyalists
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Xi Jinping secured a precedent-breaking third leadership term on Sunday ...
October 23, 2022