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Yomiuri EditorialRide Wave of WBC Enthusiasm into Domestic Season
The professional baseball season in Japan has arrived, hot on the heels of the 2023 World Baseball C...
March 30, 2023
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Associated PressMusk, Scientists Call for Halt to AI Race Sparked by ChatGPT
Are tech companies moving too fast in rolling out powerful artificial intelligence technology that c...
March 30, 2023
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Crime & CourtsJapan Man Directs Police to Skeleton Buried in His Yard
CHIBA — Skeletal remains were found in a yard in Kisarazu, Chiba Prefecture, after the 37-year-old r...
March 30, 2023
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FashionAnteprima’s Wirebags Bring Light and Love to a Dark World
MILAN — Japanese fashion brand Anteprima might just throw some people for a loop as what comes to mi...
March 30, 2023
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Yomiuri Editorial
Govt, Educators must Devise Ways to Cultivate Children’s Ability to Think
It is important to effectively utilize digital teaching materials as a supplement to paper textbooks...
March 30, 2023
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Companies5 Toshiba Ex-Execs Ordered to Pay Damages over Accounting Scandal
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Tokyo District Court on Tuesday ordered five former Toshiba Corp. executive...
March 30, 2023
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MusicFrom Sendai to the World: Monkey Majik’s New Album Released for the 1st Time in 3 Years
Sendai-based twin-vocal band Monkey Majik packaged three years’ worth of pent-up creative energy in ...
March 30, 2023
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EconomyTPP Members Seen Opening Door to Britain
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japan, Australia and other members of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade ...
March 30, 2023
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ReutersTaiwan President Starts Sensitive U.S. Stopover; China Warns against Meetings
WASHINGTON/TAOYUAN, Taiwan, March 29 (Reuters) – Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen arrived in New York...
March 30, 2023
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General NewsChairs gifted to 2011 quake babies encourage families
There were 104 babies born on the very day that Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures were struck ...
March 30, 2023
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General NewsBar Association Calls for Changes to Japan school’s haircut rules
OSAKA — School rules that call for students to style their hair in a certain way do not violate the ...
March 30, 2023
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General NewsJapan Telegram Service Providers Seek to Reinvigorate Market
Telegram service providers, including major telecommunications companies, are seeking ways to revita...
March 29, 2023
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ReutersBOJ’s New Deputy Chief Flags Chance of Change to Yield Control Policy
TOKYO, March 29 (Reuters) - Bank of Japan (BOJ) Deputy Governor Shinichi Uchida said on Wednesday a ...
March 29, 2023
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General NewsNew Evacuation Plan for Mt. Fuji Eruption
Residents of areas within the reach of potential lava flows should Mt. Fuji erupt are urged to evacu...
March 29, 2023
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Politics & GovernmentGovt Aims to Have Insurance Cover Expenses for Childbirth
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The government has started talks to extend the public medical insurance to cove...
March 29, 2023