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EconomyBOJ policy at crossroads with inflation above 2% Target
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Inflation in Japan has climbed at a pace beyond the Bank of Japan’s 2% target, ...
September 6, 2022
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Crime & CourtsEx-Tokyo Games official rearrested on suspicion of receiving bribes from Kadokawa
Haruyuki Takahashi, 78, a former executive board member of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic organizi...
September 6, 2022
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Politics & GovernmentBudget requests exceed ¥110 tril., hitting 2nd-highest
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — General-account budget requests from government agencies for fiscal 2023, which...
September 6, 2022
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Crime & Courts3-year-old girl in Shizuoka Prefecture dies after being left inside daycare bus for hours
Somehow, nobody noticed that 3-year-old China Kawamoto did not get off her daycare bus on Monday mor...
September 6, 2022
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Asia-PacificSouth Korean council seeks foundation or fund to compensate former requisitioned workers
A South Korean advisory council has agreed that the issue of the lawsuits involving Japanese compani...
September 6, 2022
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Washington PostMLB is overdue for a female umpire. One may be on the way.
PORTLAND, Maine - The first thing to know about Jen Pawol - and listen closely, because this is impo...
September 6, 2022
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Politics & GovernmentThe state funeral for Japan ex-PM Shinzo Abe is expected to cost ¥1.66 billion
The state funeral for former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is expected to cost ¥1.66 billion, Chief Cabi...
September 6, 2022
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Washington PostAs Biden celebrates Labor Day, Democratic candidates tread gingerly
MILWAUKEE and WEST MIFFLIN, Pa. - President Joe Biden touted the labor movement Monday in two crucia...
September 6, 2022
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Associated PressTyphoon batters S. Korea with 3 feet of rain, damaging winds
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The most powerful typhoon to hit South Korea in years battered its souther...
September 6, 2022
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MarketsDollar tops ￥141 for 1st time in 24 yrs
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The dollar topped ¥141 for the first time in 24 years in Tokyo trading Tuesday ...
September 6, 2022
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BaseballShohei Ohtani socks two homers as Angels blank Tigers
Shohei Ohtani homered twice, Mike Trout finished a triple shy of the cycle and Jose Suarez threw sev...
September 6, 2022
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Defense & SecurityRussia unilaterally scraps visa-free exchanges with northern territories
The Russian government on Monday has unilaterally scrapped a series of agreements that sidestepped t...
September 6, 2022
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Imperial FamilyPrince Hisahito turns 16, enjoys high-school life
Prince Hisahito, the son of Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko, turned 16 on Tuesday....
September 6, 2022
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Associated PressTiafoe ends Nadal’s 22-match Slam streak in US Open 4th Rd
NEW YORK (AP) — Frances Tiafoe's vision was blurry from the tears. He was thrilled — overwhelmed, ev...
September 6, 2022
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Washington PostCanadian stabbing suspect found dead after 10 killed; brother at large
One of the two men suspected of a stabbing rampage in Canada that killed at least 10 people and inju...
September 6, 2022