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ReutersFor Japan’s Aging Soccer Players, 80 is the New 50
TOKYO, April 19 (Reuters) - Mutsuhiko Nomura's soccer career has spanned 18 World Cups, or 70 years,...
April 19, 2023
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ReutersSouth Korea’s Yoon Opens Door for Possible Military Aid to Ukraine
SEOUL, April 19 (Reuters) - South Korea might extend its support for Ukraine beyond humanitarian and...
April 19, 2023
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ElectionsLDP Execs to Give Campaign Speeches Only Indoors for Security
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Japanese government and the ruling Liberal Democratic Party have decided th...
April 19, 2023
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Associated PressKim Says N Korea Finishes Development of 1st Spy Satellite
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country has completed the develop...
April 19, 2023
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General NewsSixth Body Likely from Missing Chopper Found
Tokyo, April 18 (Jiji Press)—A sixth body, apparently that of one of the 10 people aboard a Japanes...
April 19, 2023
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BaseballShohei Ohtani Homers in Bronx, 100 Years to Day after Ruth Hit 1st
NEW YORK (AP) — Shohei Ohtani homered at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday, 100 years to the day Babe Ruth h...
April 19, 2023
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Associated PressRocket Science: Alaska Sky Spiral Caused by SpaceX Fuel Dump
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Northern lights enthusiasts got a surprise mixed in with the green bands of...
April 19, 2023
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General NewsHay Fever Committee to Compile Steps Including Cedar Removal
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has instructed a cabinet-level meeting on hay fever at its first meetin...
April 19, 2023
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General NewsFinance Ministry to Issue Kansai Expo Commemorative Coins
The Finance Ministry will issue coins commemorating the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo, ministry officials h...
April 19, 2023
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Crime & CourtsSecurity Beefed Up at Campaign Venues After Attack on Japan PM Kishida
Security has been conspicuously beefed up at public campaign stops across the nation in the wake of ...
April 18, 2023
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Crime & CourtsBomb Thrown at Japan PM Could Have Been Fatal at Lower Trajectory
How deadly were the explosive devices allegedly in the possession of Ryuji Kimura, the suspect arres...
April 18, 2023
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Defense & SecuritySearch Continues for Missing GSDF Personnel
Following the recovery of four bodies from waters near where a Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter ...
April 18, 2023
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Crime & CourtsExplosive Device Thrown at Kishida Might Have Contained Metal Parts to Make It More Lethal
WAKAYAMA — Metal parts that appear to be nuts were attached to an explosive device that was thrown a...
April 18, 2023
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Politics & GovernmentG7 Foreign Ministers Committed to Maintaining International Order
The foreign ministerial meeting of the Group of Seven nations held in the resort town of Karuizawa, ...
April 18, 2023
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Crime & CourtsFisherman Used Wrestling Move to Subdue Kishida Attacker
Seeing what turned out to be an explosive device thrown in the direction of Prime Minister Fumio Kis...
April 18, 2023