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Olympics & ParalympicsFumita Wins Japan’s 1st Greco-Roman Gold in 40 Years; Cocona Hiraki Wins Silver in Women’s Park Skateboarding
PARIS — Kenichiro Fumita won Japan’s first gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling in 40 years, winni...
August 7, 2024
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Olympics & ParalympicsNonoka Ozaki Takes Bronze in 68-kg Freestyle Wrestling; Already Turning Sights to Gold at Los Angeles Olympics
PARIS — Nonoka Ozaki won a bronze medal in the women’s 68-kg freestyle wrestling at the Paris Oly...
August 7, 2024
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EconomyOfficial: Bank of Japan Won’t Raise Rates Amid Instability; Deputy Chief Says Central Bank Will Closely Observe Markets
HAKODATE, Hokkaido — The Bank of Japan will not raise interest rates while financial and capital ...
August 7, 2024
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Washington PostTrump Says Rapper Ye Is ‘Complicated’ but ‘Has a Good Heart’
Calla Kessler/The Washington PostYe the rapper shows President Donald Trump a photo of an airplane i...
August 7, 2024
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Washington PostWashington and Arab States Scramble to Avert an All-out Middle East War
JERUSALEM - The Biden administration is racing to avert an explosion of violence across the Middl...
August 7, 2024
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MarketsJapan’s Nikkei Stock Average Erases Early Loss to End Higher on Remarks by BOJ Official
Toky (Jiji Press)—Japan’s Nikkei 225 stock average wiped out its substantial early loss to end hi...
August 7, 2024
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Yomiuri EditorialA-bomb Anniversaries: Real Voices of Victims Need to Be Conveyed
Seventy-nine years have passed since the atomic bombings, and there is not much time left to hear...
August 7, 2024
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Washington PostTim Walz’s Journey from High School Football Coach to VP Candidate
Some 20 years ago, a lawyer named Kamala Harris won her first political race, becoming the first ...
August 7, 2024
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Yomiuri Editorial
Simultaneous Global Stock Market Plunge: Government, BOJ Should Heighten Their Sense of Caution
The Nikkei Stock Average, which had been on the rise, plunged, triggering a simultaneous worldwid...
August 7, 2024
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Olympics & Paralympics‘Unspectacular and Uninteresting Style’ Leads to Victory; ‘Stubborn’ Fumita Beats China’s Liguo to Win Gold at the Paris Olympics
PARIS--With less than 10 seconds left in the men’s Greco-Roman wrestling final in the 60-kilogram...
August 7, 2024
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ArtArt Museums in Tokushima, Kochi Prefectures Investigating Paintings Suspected of Being Fake; Possibly Done by Master Forger
Two art museums in Shikoku might be the victims of a master forger. The Tokushima Modern Art Muse...
August 7, 2024
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ArtEmailed Response Implicates Beltracchi in Forging 2 Oil Painting Owned by Japanese Art Museums; Apologizes for Causing Confusion
Wolfgang Beltracchi, the world-famous art forger suspected of creating two fake oil paintings own...
August 7, 2024
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Associated PressWeak Spots in Metal May Have Led to Fatal Osprey Crash off Japan, Documents Obtained by AP Reveal
WASHINGTON (AP) — A gear crack that led to a fatal crash of a V-22 Osprey last year may have been...
August 7, 2024
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Associated PressHamas Names Yahya Sinwar, Mastermind of the Oct. 7 Attacks, as Its New Leader in Show of Defiance
BEIRUT (AP) — Hamas on Tuesday named Yahya Sinwar, its top official in Gaza who masterminded the ...
August 7, 2024
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BaseballShota Imanaga Dominant on Mound, Paredes Has a Homer and 4 RBIs and Cubs Top Twins 7-3
CHICAGO (AP) — Shota Imanaga gave up two hits through seven innings, Isaac Paredes hit a three-ru...
August 7, 2024