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MarketsFew effective options for Japanese govt, BOJ for dealing with weakening yen
In the past, the government and the Bank of Japan have directly intervened in foreign exchange marke...
September 8, 2022
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Politics & GovernmentKishida seeks understanding for Abe’s state funeral
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida sought understanding Thursday in the Diet for the state funeral to be h...
September 8, 2022
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MarketsJapan’s monetary-easing policy leaves yen vulnerable
The weakening of the yen continues unabated. As part of efforts to buoy the economy, the Bank of Jap...
September 8, 2022
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Travel SpotsA vivid floral carpet
Visitors photograph a carpet of colorful flowers in full bloom at the Shikisai-no-oka garden in Biei...
September 8, 2022
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EnvironmentBlack Sea dolphins casualties of Russia’s invasion, military sonar
PRYMORSKE, Ukraine (AFP-Jiji) — Pacing up and down a beach of fine white sand on the Black Sea coast...
September 8, 2022
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Associated PressAt least 32 dead in fire at karaoke parlor in south Vietnam
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — The death toll from a fire at a karaoke parlor in southern Vietnam has risen t...
September 8, 2022
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Washington PostWounded Ukrainian soldiers reveal steep toll of Kherson offensive
SOUTHERN UKRAINE - In dimly lit hospital rooms in southern Ukraine, soldiers with severed limbs, shr...
September 8, 2022
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Political CartoonsCARTOON OF THE DAY (September 8)
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September 8, 2022
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CoronavirusJapan eases rules on going out for necessities during self-isolation period
The government has announced the easing of requests to refrain from going outside for people in self...
September 8, 2022
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General NewsGiants legend hospitalized
The Yomiuri Giants’ lifetime honorary manager Shigeo Nagashima has been hospitalized, it has been le...
September 8, 2022
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General NewsYomiuri scoops press award for reports on Games bribery probe
The Yomiuri Shimbun won a Japan Newspaper Publishers and Editors Association award for its scoop on ...
September 8, 2022
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Washington PostClimate migrants flee Iraq’s parched rural south, but cities offer no refuge
First the farmers and the fishermen try to stay. Then, one by one, they reach their breaking point. ...
September 8, 2022
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General NewsJapan’s high-end Ruby Roman grapes apparently copied in S. Korea
KANAZAWA — High-end Ruby Roman grapes are grown only on selected farms in Ishikawa Prefecture, but c...
September 8, 2022
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Asia-PacificChina: Enthusiasts provide short films about ancient people’s lives
As a primary school student, Wu Xuan often doodled characters from the Three Kingdoms period (220-28...
September 8, 2022
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Associated PressChina’s Chengdu enforces strict lockdown despite earthquake
BEIJING (AP) — Authorities in southwestern China’s Chengdu have maintained strict COVID-19 lockdown ...
September 8, 2022