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Technology
Flying car flies 520-meter round trip on test flight in Oita
Oita - A test flight of a flying car was held at the Notsuharu Tenku Hiroba park in Oita City. The f...
July 19, 2022
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General News
Portable shrine cruise returns to Miyagi city
SENDAI — Two boats carrying mikoshi portable shrines paraded around the beautiful Matsushima Bay off...
July 19, 2022
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Washington Post
Europeans shocked by ‘heat apocalypse’ as temperature records fall
PARIS – An unforgiving heat wave in Western Europe laid bare Monday how extreme temperatures will in...
July 19, 2022
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Manga & Anime
French animated film ‘Le Sommet des Dieux’ comes home to Japan
The late Jiro Taniguchi’s manga adaptation of a novel by Baku Yumemakura has been turned into an ani...
July 19, 2022
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Washington Post
Juan Soto wins the Home Run Derby as his Nationals future becomes an All-Star focus
LOS ANGELES – The clearest picture of just how much Juan Soto’s suddenly uncertain future with the W...
July 19, 2022
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Washington Post
Women denied abortion rarely choose adoption. That’s unlikely to change.
In the Supreme Court’s momentous decision overturning Roe v. Wade, Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. refer...
July 19, 2022
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Washington Post
The U.S. plan to avoid extreme climate change is running out of time
In 101 months, the United States will have achieved President Joe Biden’s most important climate pro...
July 19, 2022
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Sumo
Former sumo champion Wakanohana II dies at 69
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Second-generation Wakanohana, former yokozuna professional sumo grand champion,...
July 19, 2022
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Washington Post
Pulitzer board rejects Trump’s challenge to Russia stories by Washington Post, N.Y. Times
The board that administers the Pulitzer Prizes rejected former president Donald Trump’s request to r...
July 19, 2022
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Reuters
Australia faces dire environmental risks
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australia has lost more mammal species than any other continent and has one of...
July 19, 2022
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Reuters
Yellen says U.S. will impose harsh consequences on countries abusing global economic order
SEOUL (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Tuesday that the United States will i...
July 19, 2022
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Economy
Japanese firms in China to call for even playing field in office equipment bids
The Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry in China will submit a letter to the Chinese governmen...
July 19, 2022
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Reuters
France, UAE sign energy cooperation deal
PARIS (Reuters) – The governments of France and the United Arab Emirates signed on Monday a strategi...
July 19, 2022
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Reuters
Twitter claims Musk is ‘slow-walking’ trial over $44 bln deal
WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) – Twitter Inc TWTR.N on Monday accused Elon Musk of trying to “slow walk”...
July 19, 2022
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Delicious
Nagoya Station specialty sweet returns to the scene
A Nagoya Station specialty sweet has been revived after an 11-year hiatus. Named Shachibon, the crea...
July 19, 2022