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Crime & CourtsReligious group says Abe was not member nor adviser but had sent messages
Late former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was not a member nor adviser of the religious group previously...
July 12, 2022
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ElectionsKoike attributes former secretary’s defeat to lack of name recognition
Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike said her former secretary was defeated in the Tokyo constituency in the Hous...
July 12, 2022
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Washington Post‘Hit the kill switch’: Uber used covert tech to thwart government raids
Twenty minutes after authorities raided Uber's Amsterdam office in April 2015, Ligea Wells's compute...
July 12, 2022
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Crime & CourtsSuspect learned how to make guns from YouTube
The man accused of fatally shooting former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told investigators he researche...
July 12, 2022
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DeliciousChiba brewery makes prize-winning umeshu with top-notch sake
KATSUURA, Chiba — Production of umeshu plum liqueur is in full swing at the Yoshino-Shuzo sake brewe...
July 12, 2022
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Defense & SecurityKishida determined to strengthen defense capabilities
After winning an overwhelming victory in Sunday’s House of Councillors election, Prime Minister Fum...
July 12, 2022
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General NewsUse of domestically made drone suspended due to possible glitch
Police and firefighters nationwide have suspended the use of the domestically made Soten drone after...
July 12, 2022
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Washington Post
ISIS planned chemical attacks in Europe, new details on weapons program reveal
In the summer of 2014, as his followers were ravaging the cities of northern Iraq, Islamic State lea...
July 12, 2022
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Washington PostLast year, Cubans took to the streets. Now they’re fleeing the island.
Estimates of how many people marched last summer range from 100,000 to half a million - a narrow sli...
July 12, 2022
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Defense & SecurityRussian naval ship passes through Tsushima Strait
A Russian Navy intelligence-gathering ship was spotted navigating through the Tsushima Strait in the...
July 12, 2022
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ElectionsNew power balance in upper house
LDP: Liberal Democratic Party, CDPJ: Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, Ishin: Nippon Ishin n...
July 12, 2022
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Yomiuri Editorial
Postponement of difficult issues can no longer be tolerated
“Deliberations” on and “postponements” of policies will no longer be tolerated. Prime Minister Fumio...
July 12, 2022
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Yomiuri Editorial
Next administration must also aid unity of U.S., Europe, Japan
The United Kingdom was quick to offer support to Ukraine, which has been invaded by Russia, and has ...
July 12, 2022
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Associated PressAbe’s party vows to finish his work after win in Japan vote
TOKYO (AP) — Days after former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's assassination, his party vowed t...
July 12, 2022
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Outside ContributorsMy Friend, Abe San
Yomiuri Shimbun file photoIndian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, left, and Japanese Prime Minister Shi...
July 12, 2022