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General News
Summer snow
White poplar puffs blanket the ground, looking like out-of-season snow in the garden of the Hokkaido...
June 27, 2022
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Defense & Security
Japanese prime minister cautions against countries drawing ‘wrong lessons’ from Ukraine invasion
MUNICH — Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Sunday urged other Group of Seven leaders to ensure that co...
June 27, 2022
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Politics & Government
Japan, U.S. to talk semiconductors with eye on China during Economic 2+2 in July
The Japanese and U.S. governments have begun coordinating to hold their first diplomatic-economic di...
June 27, 2022
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Companies
TSMC opens state-of-the-art semiconductor base in Tsukuba
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) has opened a state-of-the-art semiconductor technology...
June 27, 2022
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Reuters
Taiwan radio enthusiasts monitor China warplanes
SYUHAI, Taiwan (Reuters) — Shortly after dawn on a southern Taiwanese beach, Robin Hsu’s iPhone ping...
June 27, 2022
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General News
METI says may upgrade power crunch advisory to warning
The Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry said it may upgrade a power crunch “advisory” to power crun...
June 27, 2022
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Reuters
Russia’s Putin to make first foreign trips since launching Ukraine war
LONDON (Reuters) – Vladimir Putin will visit two small former Soviet states in central Asia this wee...
June 27, 2022
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Washington Post
The trans Twitch star delivering news to a legion of LGBTQ teens
For over a year after she first joined Twitch, Clara Sorrenti used the streaming platform like most ...
June 27, 2022
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Yomiuri Editorial
Devise various support measures to resolve economic concerns
The government needs to expedite the expansion of financial support to prevent people from hesitatin...
June 27, 2022
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Associated Press
Pride parades march on with new urgency across US
NEW YORK (AP) — Pride parades kicked off in New York City and around the country Sunday with glitter...
June 27, 2022
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Associated Press
21 dead in South African nightclub; cause not yet known
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African police were investigating the deaths of at least 21 people at a ni...
June 27, 2022
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General News
Rainy season appears to have ended in Tokyo, earliest on record
The rainy season appears to have ended in Tokyo and across several areas of the nation, the Japan Me...
June 27, 2022
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General News
Labor ministry to gather data on foreign workers
The labor ministry plans to start compiling new statistics for foreign workers in Japan to monitor f...
June 27, 2022
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Defense & Security
RIMPAC attempts clearer deterrence of China
The Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise, a series of multinational maritime military drills hosted ...
June 27, 2022
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Politics & Government
Kishida, Yoon unlikely to hold talks in Spain
SEOUL (Jiji Press) — Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol are unlik...
June 26, 2022