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Associated Press
UK Conservatives lose 2 elections in blow to Boris Johnson
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson suffered a double blow as voters rejected his Con...
June 24, 2022
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Associated Press
Death toll from Afghanistan’s quake rises to 1,150 people
GAYAN, Afghanistan (AP) — The death toll from a devastating earthquake in Afghanistan continued to c...
June 24, 2022
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Associated Press
US Pacific admiral: Ties with Japan key to regional security
TOKYO (AP) — The U.S. Navy’s top commander in the Pacific and the Japanese defense minister on Frida...
June 24, 2022
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Associated Press
Hong Kongers reflect on Taiwan, an imperfect exile
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — For Lam Wing-kee, a Hong Kong bookstore owner who was detained by police in Ch...
June 24, 2022
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Crime & Courts
Top court orders deletion of Twitter post on man’s arrest record
The Supreme Court of Japan handed down a ruling on Friday ordering the deletion of a Twitter post re...
June 24, 2022
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Ramen of Japan
Josui Honten / Simple, elegant presentation belies rich, multi-layered flavors
Visiting Nagoya for the first time in 20 years, I saw that work on the maglev Chuo Shinkansen Line,...
June 24, 2022
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General News
Punnet prep
Workers pack satonishiki cherries in Higashine, Yamagata Prefecture, the leading cherry production a...
June 24, 2022
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Washington Post
Jan. 6 panel names five Republicans who allegedly sought Trump pardons
WASHINGTON — After gripping testimony from former Justice Department officials describing Donald Tru...
June 24, 2022
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Politics & Government
LDP forecast to secure 36% of votes in proportional representation section
Thirty-six percent of respondents in a Yomiuri Shimbun survey said they will vote for the ruling Lib...
June 24, 2022
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Washington Post
Liz Cheney aims to recruit crossover Democrats in her primary
Rep. Liz Cheney, the Wyoming Republican fighting for political survival after clashing with former p...
June 24, 2022
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Political Cartoons
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June 24, 2022
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Europe
Honoring the fallen
KYIV — Ukrainian flags planted in Kyiv’s Independence Square honor victims of the war, four months a...
June 24, 2022
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General News
DNA of 2 bodies found on Kunashiri match missing Kazu I passengers
DNA samples taken from two bodies found on the shores of island of Kunashiri in the northern territ...
June 24, 2022
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Reuters
N. Korea’s Kim urges stronger war deterrent amid international concern about potential nuclear test
SEOUL (Reuters) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered a strengthening of the country’s defense c...
June 24, 2022
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Yomiuri Editorial
Foster prosperity in Okinawa by reducing its base-related burdens
The tremendous sacrifice borne by Okinawa in the war must be taken seriously again, and the burdens ...
June 24, 2022