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ReutersTrump Urged Japan PM to Avoid Escalation in China Dispute, Sources Say
TOKYO, Nov 27 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump asked Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaich...
November 27, 2025
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Associated Press3 Arrested in Hong Kong, as a High-Rise Fire Leaves at Least 44 Dead and 279 Reported Missing
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades burned through the night, leaving at least...
November 27, 2025
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Crime & CourtsYakuza Exec. Pleads Innocent over Ohsho President Shooting
Kyoto, Nov. 26 (Jiji Press)—A ranking gang member in a first trial hearing Wednesday pleaded not ...
November 27, 2025
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ReutersHong Kong Tower Fire Toll Rises to 44, Police Arrest Three
HONG KONG, Nov 27 (Reuters) - A huge fire still burning in a Hong Kong residential apartment comp...
November 27, 2025
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Politics & GovernmentJapan’s Opposition Parties Prepare for Snap General Election, Plot Alliance
Opposition parties are preparing in case the highly popular Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi dissolv...
November 27, 2025
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Associated PressLandslides and Flash Floods on Indonesia’s Sumatra Island Leave at Least 17 Dead and 6 Missing
MEDAN, Indonesia (AP) — Rescuers recovered more bodies in the search for dozens of people buried ...
November 26, 2025
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General NewsHokkaido Expected to Restart Reactor at Tomari Nuclear Plant, Which Could Cut Electricity Costs by 11%
Hokkaido Gov. Naomichi Suzuki plans to indicate that he will approve the restart of the No. 3 rea...
November 26, 2025
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ReutersFire Engulfs Residential High-rise Buildings in Hong Kong
HONG KONG, Nov 26 (Reuters) - A fire engulfed multiple high-rise towers of a residential housing ...
November 26, 2025
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Olympics & ParalympicsTokyo 2025 Deaflympics Closing Ceremony Held in Shibuya
The closing ceremony of the Tokyo 2025 Deaflympics, sponsored by The Yomiuri Shimbun and others, ...
November 26, 2025
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SumoNewly Promoted Ukrainian Sumo Wrestler Aonishiki Expresses ‘Strong Desire’ to Aim for Highest Rank of Yokozuna
Aonishiki’s promotion from sekiwake to ozeki — the second highest rank in professional sumo — was...
November 26, 2025
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Film & TV‘Kokuho’ Becomes Highest Grossing Domestic Live-Action Film, Breaking 22-Year-Old Record
“Kokuho,” which depicts the life of a kabuki actor, has become the highest grossing domestic live...
November 26, 2025
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General NewsDefendant in Killing of Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Felt ‘Troubled’ by Abe’s Video Message to Unification Church Group
Tetsuya Yamagami, 45, who is on trial over the killing of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Nar...
November 26, 2025
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Washington PostAt Pardoning Ceremony, Trump Informs Turkey of All He’s Accomplished
Imagine being Gobble.
...November 26, 2025
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Washington PostEPA to Abandon Air Pollution Rule That Would Prevent Thousands of U.S. Deaths
The Environmental Protection Agency is abandoning a rule that would strengthen limits on fine-par...
November 26, 2025
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General NewsUkrainian Sumo Champion Aonishiki’s Ceremonial Apron Design Inspired by 80’s Street Artist Keith Haring, Conveys Message for Peace
Aonishiki, the Ukrainian sumo wrestler who won the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament, has a one-of-a-k...
November 26, 2025