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Film & TVJapanese movie director Hirokazu Koreeda wins Robert Bresson Prize at Venice International Film Festival
VENICE — Japanese film director Hirokazu Koreeda, 60, was awarded the Robert Bresson Prize in Venice...
September 7, 2022
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Washington PostSteve Bannon faces state indictment in N.Y., will surrender Thursday
NEW YORK - Steve Bannon is expected to surrender to state prosecutors on Thursday to face a new crim...
September 7, 2022
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Washington PostLiz Truss gets queen’s nod, becomes U.K. prime minister, in day of pageantry
LONDON - With all the customary pageantry, Britain on Tuesday traded a prime minister known for colo...
September 7, 2022
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Washington PostAs Obamas visit White House on Wednesday, tensions linger between Obama, Biden camps
WASHINGTON - When former president Barack Obama returned to the White House for the first time in Ap...
September 7, 2022
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MarketsDollar touches ￥144 for 1st time in 24 yrs
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The dollar touched ¥144 for the first time in 24 years in Tokyo trading Wednesd...
September 7, 2022
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Washington PostIn Uvalde, murals connect artists and victims’ families
For days, Silvy Ochoa stood atop an electric scissors lift as she stroked her paintbrush against a b...
September 7, 2022
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General NewsJR conducts test-run on restored section of Tadami Line
FUKUSHIMA — A train ran along a restored section of the JR Tadami Line on Tuesday for the first time...
September 7, 2022
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General NewsSakie Yokota expresses frustration over lack of progress on abduction issue
Sakie Yokota, the mother of Megumi Yokota, who was abducted by North Korea when she was 13 years old...
September 7, 2022
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General NewsWork proceeds on building tunnel to discharge treated water at Fukushima N-plant
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc. held a press viewing of the construction site of an unde...
September 7, 2022
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Defense & SecurityGovernment site hit by apparent cyber-attack; pro-Russian hackers claim responsibility
A government website was hit by what appeared to be a cyber-attack Tuesday, causing the site to go d...
September 7, 2022
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Imperial FamilyEmperor harvests rice in Imperial Palace paddy field
The Emperor harvested rice in a paddy field on the grounds of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Tuesda...
September 7, 2022
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Associated PressWhat’s happening with Ukraine’s threatened nuclear plant
Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, built during the Soviet era and one of the 10 biggest in...
September 7, 2022
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Yomiuri EditorialHow deep is the darkness behind the Tokyo Games?
The corruption scandal surrounding last summer’s Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games is widening. It ...
September 7, 2022
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Politics & GovernmentGovt will likely provide ¥50,000 handouts to low-income households
The government will likely provide ¥50,000 to households with low incomes that are exempt from resid...
September 7, 2022
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Climate ChangeNumber of Brazil Amazon fires hits 5-yr high in August
MANAUS, Brazil (AP) — More fires burned in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest this August than in any m...
September 7, 2022