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Defense & SecurityU.S. mediation aids trilateral ties with Japan, South Korea
SINGAPORE/SEOUL — The defense chiefs of Japan, the United States and South Korea have agreed to take...
June 13, 2022
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Crime & CourtsPenal Code revised to create ‘confinement’ sentence
A bill to revise the Penal Code passed the Diet on Monday, introducing the first change to the law’s...
June 13, 2022
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EconomyJapan big firms’ biz sentiment improves in April-June
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Business sentiment among major Japanese companies improved in April-June, a gov...
June 13, 2022
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Defense & SecurityKishi meets Wei, criticizes China-Russia bomber flights near Japan
SINGAPORE — Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi has strongly voiced Japan’s displeasure with China over wh...
June 13, 2022
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MarketsYen falls to 24-year record low
The yen reached its lowest mark in 24 years Monday in Tokyo, temporarily exceeding the ¥135 mark aga...
June 13, 2022
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Associated PressMany baby formula plants weren’t inspected because of COVID
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators have historically inspected baby formula plants at least once a ye...
June 13, 2022
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Associated PressIndia, China growing markets for shunned Russian oil
NEW DELHI (AP) — India and other Asian nations are becoming an increasingly vital source of oil reve...
June 13, 2022
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Associated PressAsian shares sink after inflation-driven retreat on Wall St
BANGKOK (AP) — Shares sank in Asia on Monday after a report that U.S. inflation worsened last month ...
June 13, 2022
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ReutersClimate disasters push children from school to work
DHAKA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) — Twelve-year-old Alamin’s house rested on the bank of the Ilsha ...
June 13, 2022
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MarketsWeakened yen compounds burden on business, household budgets
The effects of the yen’s depreciation this year have gone way beyond foreign exchange markets. The r...
June 13, 2022
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Imperial FamilyCrown Prince, princess attend national congress for the deaf in Hiroshima
HIROSHIMA — Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko attended the 70th National Congress of the...
June 13, 2022
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Yomiuri EditorialMoscow’s unilateral suspension an unacceptable act
The Russian government has announced that it will suspend the implementation of an agreement between...
June 13, 2022
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Associated PressNorth Korea plans crackdown as Kim pushes for internal unity
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his top deputies have pushed for a cra...
June 13, 2022
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Yomiuri Editorial
Expand solidarity through exceptional cooperation
China’s influence in Asia is growing. Japan should continue high-quality cooperation with developing...
June 13, 2022
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Associated PressPulitzer and now top Tony, ‘A Strange Loop’ makes history
NEW YORK (AP) — “A Strange Loop,” an irreverent, sexually frank work about Blackness and queerness t...
June 13, 2022