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Baseball
Yanagita earns MVP as Pacific sweeps series
Another big blast helped the Pacific League sweep the two-game All-Star series against the Central L...
July 28, 2022
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Asia-Pacific
S. Korea’s Park vows to find solution to labor row with Japan
SEOUL (Jiji Press) — South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin on Wednesday stressed the need to find a...
July 28, 2022
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Asia-Pacific
South Korea / Hit Netflix drama ‘Squid Game’ nominated for 14 Emmy awards
Netflix’s South Korean megahit “Squid Game” has been nominated for 14 awards at the 74th Primetime E...
July 28, 2022
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Other Sports
Opening ceremony held for summer inter-high championships
The opening ceremony for the summer national high school championships was held Thursday at the Ast...
July 28, 2022
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General News
NPO leader hopes to promote intercultural cohesion in Japan
A growing number of children in Japan have foreign roots, with one or both parents having a non-Japa...
July 28, 2022
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Coronavirus
Tokyo to log more than 40,000 COVID-19 cases for the 1st time
Tokyo is expected to log more than 40,000 new novel coronavirus infection cases Thursday, surpassing...
July 28, 2022
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Associated Press
WNBA’s Griner tells drug trial: ‘My career is my whole life’
KHIMKI, Russia (AP) — American basketball star Brittney Griner testified at her drug possession tria...
July 28, 2022
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Crime & Courts
Aoki’s headquarters raided in connection with Tokyo Games bribery case
Prosecutors began raiding the main office of leading business attire retailer Aoki Holdings Inc. on ...
July 28, 2022
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Politics & Government
Indonesia to remove import curbs on Japanese foods
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Wednesday announced the complete removal of...
July 28, 2022
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Associated Press
Asian shares, oil prices mostly higher after Fed rate hike
BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mostly higher in Asia on Thursday after the Federal Reserve ratcheted up ...
July 28, 2022
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Associated Press
Kim threatens to use nukes amid tensions with US, S. Korea
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un warned he’s ready to use his nuclear weapo...
July 28, 2022
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Crime & Courts
4 TEPCO ex-execs appeal compensation order
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Four former executives of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. on Wednesd...
July 28, 2022
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General News
Heatstroke sufferers triple in Japan in June
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The number of people taken to hospital by ambulance due to heatstroke totaled 1...
July 28, 2022
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Crime & Courts
Governors offer prayer to Shinzo Abe at shooting site in Nara Pref.
NARA — Governors attending the National Governors' Association conference in Nara visited the site o...
July 28, 2022
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General News
Japan’s 2nd monkeypox case confirmed in Tokyo
A new case of monkeypox, which has been spreading alarmingly around the globe, has been confirmed in...
July 28, 2022