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Associated Press
Biden, mulling tariff decision, will talk soon to China’s Xi
REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden said Saturday he plans to talk to Chinese leader Xi ...
June 19, 2022
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Associated Press
Warren Buffett’s final charity lunch draws record $19M bid
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An anonymous bidder has shelled out a record $19 million for a private lunch with...
June 19, 2022
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Associated Press
Brazil: police arrest 3rd suspect in Amazon shooting deaths
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil’s federal police said Saturday that a third suspect in the deaths of ...
June 19, 2022
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General News
Rice field rugby events make for splashy fun
FUJIMI, Saitama — Instead of planting rice, players were working to grow the game of rugby in a rice...
June 19, 2022
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Associated Press
US opens COVID vaccine to little kids, shots begin next week
NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. on Saturday opened COVID-19 vaccines to infants, toddlers and preschoolers....
June 19, 2022
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Associated Press
Floods in India, Bangladesh leave millions homeless, 18 dead
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Army troops were called in to rescue thousands of people stranded by massiv...
June 19, 2022
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Associated Press
Biden’s optimism collides with mounting political challenges
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats are going to hold onto the House after November’s midterm elections. The...
June 19, 2022
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Associated Press
Housing market slows retreat from rising seas, bigger storms
Chuck and Terry Nowiski lived in their country-style farmhouse with a wrap-around porch for 36 years...
June 19, 2022
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General News
20% of people in Japan likely have high blood pressure
High blood pressure could be affecting 2 out of every 10 people in Japan, according to a survey by t...
June 19, 2022
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General News
Female firefighters training to be ‘women-only rescue unit’
MORIOKA — A group of female firefighters in Iwate Prefecture, who experienced the Great East Japan E...
June 19, 2022
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Defense & Security
Replacement of Japan’s top defense bureaucrat causes stir
The government’s decision Friday to replace Administrative Vice Defense Minister Kazuhisa Shimada ha...
June 19, 2022
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Kabuki / Noh / Rakugo
National Theatre to reopen in 2029 with new look
The Japan Arts Council, the independent administrative agency that operates the National Theatre in ...
June 19, 2022
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General News
Top court: nuclear accident ‘could not have been avoided’
In the lawsuit where residents who were forced to evacuate following the nuclear accident at the Fuk...
June 18, 2022
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Baseball
Yamamoto tosses 4th no-hitter of NPB season
Orix Buffaloes ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto fired a no-hitter against the Saitama Seibu Lions in Pacific L...
June 18, 2022
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Elections
Kishida visits Toyota plant ahead of national election
TOYOTA, Aichi (Jiji Press) — Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Friday paid a visit to a Toyota Motor C...
June 18, 2022