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Travel SpotsKumamoto: Retro Sleeper Train Now Cozy Lodgings
TARAGI, Kumamoto — A once popular sleeper train refurbished as a simplified accommodation facility w...
April 23, 2023
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Travel SpotsShimane: Shiba Inu Appointed Goodwill Ambassador for Castle
MATSUE — A 10-year-old Shiba Inu dog that is routinely walked around Matsue Castle has been appointe...
April 23, 2023
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G7 SummitG7 Agriculture Ministers Take Five, Hop on Electric Tractors
MIYAZAKI — Agriculture ministers from the Group of Seven nations took advantage of a break in their ...
April 23, 2023
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Defense & SecurityDefense Minister Orders Missile Prep over N. Korea Launch Notice
One hundred and sixty years after the last men, women and children enslaved on Robert E. Lee's plant...
April 23, 2023
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Crime & CourtsRamen Shop Owner with Yakuza Ties Dead in Possible Shooting
The owner of a ramen restaurant in Kobe who was also a leader of a yakuza-affiliated group died on S...
April 23, 2023
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Washington PostFor Holocaust Survivors in the U.S., More than Remembrance Is Needed
Knowing how easily stories get lost and people forgotten, Larisa Silnicky decided years ago to write...
April 23, 2023
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Defense & SecurityPlanes Arrive in Djibouti for Possible Evacuation of Japanese Nationals from Sudan
Air Self-Defense Force aircraft arrived in Djibouti before dawn on Sunday morning for the possible e...
April 23, 2023
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Washington PostNavy Divers Comb a Pacific Graveyard, Seeking Lost World War II Airmen
The bomber's pilot, 1st Lt. Herbert G. Tennyson, a former hotel clerk from Wichita, Kan., approached...
April 23, 2023
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AFP-JIJIU.S., France Evacuate Citizens to Escape Sudan Battles
KHARTOUM (AFP-Jiji) — U.S. troops swooped in on helicopters to evacuate embassy staff from Sudan’s b...
April 23, 2023
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Washington PostBud Light’s Attempt to Market to New Customers Alienated Old Ones
A couple of weeks ago, Guy Cummins decided to stop selling Bud Light....
April 23, 2023
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Politics & GovernmentVoting underway in Diet By-Elections, Local Polls
Polling stations opened at 7 a.m. Four of the five by-elections are for the House of Representative...
April 23, 2023
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AFP-JIJIThousands Rally Outside U.K. Parliament in Biodiversity Protest
LONDON (AFP-Jiji) — Thousands of protesters descended on Britain’s parliament Saturday as part of a ...
April 23, 2023
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AFP-JIJIMoscow Expels over 20 German Diplomats in Tit-for-Tat Move
MOSCOW (AFP-Jiji) — Russia on Saturday announced the tit-for-tat expulsion of over 20 German diploma...
April 23, 2023
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Associated PressAfter Russia Bombs Own City, Explosive Found at Same Site
Seventeen apartment buildings were evacuated Saturday in a Russian city near the Ukrainian border af...
April 23, 2023
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Associated PressLawmakers War-Game Conflict with China, Hoping to Deter One
WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s April 22, 2027, and 72 hours into a first-strike Chinese attack on Taiwan and...
April 23, 2023