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Asia-PacificChina headhunting Taiwan’s semiconductor engineers in bid to boost self-sufficiency
TAIPEI — China is headhunting semiconductor engineers from Taiwan via various methods, including off...
July 18, 2022
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CoronavirusNearly 330,000 COVID-19 patients recuperating at home in Japan
The number of a housebound COVID-19 patients reached 329,538 nationwide as of July 13, growing twof...
July 18, 2022
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Asia-PacificCambodia: Preserving French colonial structures can lead to more tourism assets
A city is not purely defined by its high-rise buildings and modern roads infrastructure — historic b...
July 18, 2022
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Washington PostJudge unmoved as Bannon vows to go ‘medieval’ at trial
WASHINGTON – Former Trump adviser and right wing podcaster Steve Bannon promised the contempt of Con...
July 18, 2022
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CompaniesJapan’s Ito-Yokado revamps Chiba Pref.-store floor design to attract more customers
Ito-Yokado Co. has overhauled the layout of its Makuhari store in Chiba to allow customers to purch...
July 18, 2022
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EconomyJapan’s tech companies focus on work-style reforms to secure talent
Technology companies in Japan are focusing on work-style reforms to improve working conditions in a...
July 18, 2022
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EconomyLarge power storage facility to be built in Wakayama Pref.
A large-scale power storage facility capable of storing enough electricity to meet the daily needs o...
July 18, 2022
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Crime & CourtsUnification Church complains about “untruthful” media reports
TOKYO (Jiji Press)—The Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, better known as the Unifi...
July 18, 2022
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Washington PostAn attack on a military base in Somalia shows al-Shabab’s deadly power
MOGADISHU, Somalia – In the predawn hours, the militants of al-Shabab attacked the peacekeepers’ bas...
July 18, 2022
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Washington PostA new gold rush pits money and jobs against California’s environment
GRASS VALLEY, Calif. – Where the Sacramento Valley steepens into the Sierra Nevada, Susan Love found...
July 18, 2022
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Washington PostTexas House report on Uvalde shooting blames all agencies at the scene
The most exhaustive report yet on the May 24 mass shooting inside a Uvalde, Texas, elementary school...
July 18, 2022
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Associated PressJennifer Lopez, Ben Affleck wed in Las Vegas drive-through
NEW YORK (AP) — Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck were wed Saturday in a late-night Las Vegas drive-thr...
July 18, 2022
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Crime & CourtsShooting suspect in slaying of Japan ex-PM Abe focused on making a ‘precision’ weapon
NARA — When police investigating the shooting of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe entered the suspec...
July 18, 2022
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General NewsForests absorbing less CO2 as aging trees left uncared for
Although the forest area in Japan hardly changed, the amount of greenhouse gases absorbed by forest...
July 18, 2022
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General NewsThai tourists get warm welcome in Gunma Prefecture
MAEBASHI — Tourists from Thailand recently got an enthusiastic welcome in the town of Minakami, as m...
July 17, 2022