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Travel SpotsTour Kyoto using eco-friendly rental bicycles
KYOTO — In Japan and around the world, Kyoto is seen as the quintessential must-experience travel de...
October 17, 2022
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Crime & CourtsMass brawl breaks out at Tokyo French restaurant
Glasses were thrown, a door was shattered and a man was injured in a brawl involving about 20 to 30 ...
October 17, 2022
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Books & LiteraturePreviously unknown Ogai Mori manuscript identified at University of Tokyo library
Two pages of a previously unknown manuscript written by literary great Ogai Mori (1862-1922) for wha...
October 17, 2022
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CompaniesBusiness’ efforts to combat rising prices are reaching their limit
The Yomiuri ShimbunStaff at the Kameya Kanda east gate shop handle the lunchtime rush on Sept. 28, i...
October 17, 2022
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Travel SpotsTokyo: Tourists flock to Asakusa after easing of border restrictions
Visitors, including overseas tourists, throng the Asakusa district in Taito Ward, Tokyo, on Sunday. ...
October 17, 2022
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Wider WorldBrazil’s Bolsonaro and Lula spar in first debate of runoff campaign
I finally checked out the National Craft Museum in Kanazawa! Before last October, the museum was lo...
October 17, 2022
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Politics & GovernmentKishida orders investigation into Unification Church
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Monday instructed cabinet minister Keiko Nagaoka to investigate the ...
October 17, 2022
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General NewsHokkaido police: Two feared buried alive during dam construction work in Yubari
Two men were feared to be buried alive during dam construction work taking place in Yubari, Hokkaido...
October 17, 2022
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Wider WorldMexico probes whether Pegasus spyware purchases were legal
MEXICO CITY, Oct 16 (Reuters) - The Mexican attorney general's office said on Sunday it is investiga...
October 17, 2022
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Asia-PacificSouth Korea kicks off military drills amid talk of North Korean nuclear test
SEOUL, Oct 17 (Reuters) - South Korea's troops kicked off their annual Hoguk defense drills on Monda...
October 17, 2022
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EuropeUkraine: Rockets strike mayor’s office in occupied Donetsk
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Pro-Kremlin officials on Sunday blamed Ukraine for a rocket attack that struck ...
October 17, 2022
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US & CanadaGOP hopefuls turn to Pence to broaden appeal before election
NEW YORK (AP) — In Donald Trump's assessment, Mike Pence “committed political suicide" on Jan. 6, 20...
October 17, 2022
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Asia-PacificChina’s party congress promises continuity, not change
BEIJING (AP) — The overarching theme emerging from China's ongoing Communist Party congress is one o...
October 17, 2022
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Associated PressGates Foundation pledges $1.2B to eradicate polio globally
BERLIN (AP) — The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation says it will commit $1.2 billion to the effort t...
October 17, 2022
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Associated PressRadioactive waste found at Missouri elementary school
FLORISSANT, Mo. (AP) — There is significant radioactive contamination at an elementary school in sub...
October 17, 2022