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Defense & SecurityJapan govt to set up office to ensure economic security
The government will establish an economic security office within the Cabinet Office, according to a ...
May 27, 2022
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General NewsMane attraction: Dosanko horses work up a sweat
Dosanko horses gallop along a path at Hokkaido University’s Shizunai Livestock Farm in Shin-Hidaka, ...
May 27, 2022
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General NewsBarge carrying Kazu I arrives at Abashiri port
A sightseeing boat that sank off the Shiretoko Peninsula last month with 26 people aboard arrived at...
May 27, 2022
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ObituariesEx-JR Tokai President Yoshiyuki Kasai dies at 81
TOKYO, May 27 (Jiji Press) — Yoshiyuki Kasai, former president of Central Japan Railway Co. , or JR ...
May 27, 2022
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Washington PostRussia’s grain blockade may require U.S. intervention, general suggests
WASHINGTON – The American general slated to become NATO’s next supreme allied commander warned Thurs...
May 27, 2022
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Yomiuri EditorialFocus debate on actual use of money, rather than just OK’ing huge amounts
Diet debate encompassing a host of policy issues is taking place amid turmoil in the international s...
May 27, 2022
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Yomiuri Editorial
Court severely criticizes Yoshikawa’s lack of awareness of responsibility
For a top government official to accept cash from an interested party is outrageous. It must be said...
May 27, 2022
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Washington PostAs timeline emerges, law enforcement criticized for response to school massacre
A gunman roamed outside a Texas elementary school for about 12 minutes, entered without challenge an...
May 27, 2022
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Associated PressChina’s FM visits Kiribati, where fishing ground is at stake
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — China’s foreign minister on Friday arrived on the remote Pacific nati...
May 27, 2022
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Reuters‘Stop playing’ with Russia, end war: Zelenskiy tells West
KYIV (Reuters) - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged the West to stop playing around with Russia an...
May 27, 2022
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Reuters
New Zealand leader plans to discuss contested Indo-Pacific with Biden on Tuesday
Reuters [posttime] JST, [postdate] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand Prime Minister Jaci...
May 27, 2022
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Film & TVTokyo Olympics documentary directed by Kawase screened at Cannes
CANNES, France — The official documentary of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics directed by Naomi Kawase was sc...
May 27, 2022
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GlobalChina and Russia veto new UN sanctions on North Korea
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — China and Russia vetoed a U.N. resolution sponsored by the United States on Th...
May 27, 2022
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Imperial FamilyCrown Prince Akishino attends zoo association meeting
Crown Prince Akishino visited Nasu, Tochigi Prefecture, on Thursday to attend the general meeting of...
May 27, 2022
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General NewsJapan tops WEF tourism ranking for 1st time
DAVOS, Switzerland — Japan has taken the top spot on the World Economic Forum’s latest travel and to...
May 27, 2022