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Politics & GovernmentFumio Kishida Struggles to Solidify Factional Base as Membership Stagnates, LDP Appointments Irk
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who is also Liberal Democratic Party president, is struggling to solid...
September 15, 2023
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Politics & GovernmentYomiuri Survey: Approval Rating for Japanese Cabinet Unchanged at 35%
The approval rating for the Cabinet of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida remained unchanged at 35% in a r...
September 15, 2023
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Yomiuri EditorialDelay in Expo Preparations: Government Must Take the Lead in Resolving Troubling Situation
Japan’s international credibility could be undermined if the Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai world’s fair is...
September 15, 2023
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Yomiuri Editorial
Putin-Kim Summit: Russia-North Korea Military Ties Pose Challenge to International Community
If Russia, continuing its invasion of Ukraine, and North Korea, developing nuclear weapons and missi...
September 15, 2023
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Associated PressNorth Korea’s Kim Gets a Close Look at Russian Fighter Jets as His Tour Narrows its Focus to Weapons
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un peered into the cockpit of Russia’s most a...
September 15, 2023
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ReutersU.S. Auto Workers Launch First Simultaneous Strike at Detroit Three
DETROIT, Sept 15 (Reuters) – The United Auto Workers union launched simultaneous strikes at three fa...
September 15, 2023
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General NewsGSDF Osprey to Hold Drill to Transport Wounded in Okinawa
NAHA (Jiji Press) — The Ground Self-Defense Force said Thursday that it will conduct in October a dr...
September 15, 2023
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General NewsJapanese Performer Yoshiki has Hand, Footprints Cemented in Hollywood
LOS ANGELES — The hand and footprints of Yoshiki, the leader of rock band X Japan, were cemented in ...
September 15, 2023
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ScienceCrashed Luna-25 Left Crater on the Moon, NASA Images Show
MOSCOW (Reuters) — Russia’s failed Luna-25 mission left a 10-meter wide crater on the moon when it c...
September 15, 2023
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BaseballHanshin Tigers Roar to 1st Central League Title in 18 Yrs
NISHINOMIYA, Hyogo — The Hanshin Tigers clinched their first Central League pennant in 18 years and ...
September 15, 2023
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General NewsUNESCO Gives Positive Evaluation on Japan’s Efforts for Exhibit over Wartime Labor on Gunkanjima
PARIS — The UNESCO World Heritage Committee adopted a resolution in Riyadh on Thursday that gave a p...
September 15, 2023
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Washington PostIn Morocco’s Quake-decimated Villages, Rescuers Find Only Bodies
TALAT N’YAAQOUB, Morocco – The death toll from Morocco’s devastating earthquake neared 3,000 people,...
September 15, 2023
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Washington PostIn Libya’s Flood-shattered East, a Disaster of ‘Mythic Proportions’
DERNA, Libya – The floods came without warning, sweeping entire neighborhoods off the map and sleepi...
September 15, 2023
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Washington PostImpending UAW Strike Caps off Hot Labor Summer
The threat of a UAW strike at the stroke of midnight tonight caps off a summer of feverish labor act...
September 15, 2023
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Washington PostWisconsin Republicans Vote to Fire Elections Director, who Sues to Keep Her Job
MADISON, Wis. – Republicans in the Wisconsin Senate voted Thursday to fire the swing state’s top ele...
September 15, 2023