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Defense & Security2 Bodies Likely From Missing Japanese Copter Recovered
MIYAKOJIMA, Okinawa (Jiji Press) — Two bodies believed to be from a missing Ground Self-Defense For...
April 17, 2023
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Politics & GovernmentKishida Laments Loss of Two Members Aboard GSDF Copter
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Monday lamented the deaths of two people onboard a Ground Self-Defen...
April 17, 2023
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EconomyUncertain Hovers for Japan’s Mileage-Based Driving Tax on EVs
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — With an eye on potential growth in electric vehicle use in Japan, the governmen...
April 17, 2023
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Yomiuri EditorialLawmaker’s Inappropriate Remarks Put Damper on Discussions
The legislative body is responsible for reviewing how the supreme law should be in response to the c...
April 17, 2023
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Crime & CourtsBomb Suspect’s Home Searched, Possible Gunpowder Found
WAKAYAMA — Steel pipes and what appears to be gunpowder were seized Sunday from the home of 24-year-...
April 17, 2023
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GlobalExperts Explore Ways to Realize Nuclear-Free World at Symposium in Hiroshima
Experts discussed ways to realize a world free of nuclear weapons at a symposium in Hiroshima held S...
April 17, 2023
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MusicMario Music to Join U.S. Library of Congress Archive
WASHINGTON (Jiji Press) — The famous theme music from Nintendo Co.’s classic game title Super Mario...
April 17, 2023
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General NewsHibakusha, Researchers Express Hope for Abolition of N-weapons, Expectations for Upcoming Hiroshima Summit
At a symposium held in Hiroshima on Saturday, a hibakusha survivor of the city’s atomic bombing and ...
April 17, 2023
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General NewsG7 Foreign Ministers Celebrate Birthday of U.S., French Colleagues
KARUIZAWA, Nagano Prefecture — Foreign ministers of the Group of Seven took the occasion of their w...
April 17, 2023
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Yomiuri Editorial
Violent Assaults on Free Speech Must Not Be Tolerated
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was targeted while campaigning for a Liberal Democratic Party candidate...
April 17, 2023
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BaseballLars Nootbaar Homers before Cardinals Beat Pirates in 10th
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Tommy Edman hit an RBI single in the 10th inning, sending the St. Louis Cardinals t...
April 17, 2023
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BasketballRui Hachimura’s Big 2nd Half Leads LA Past Memphis in Game 1
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Rui Hachimura, LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers made an early statement...
April 17, 2023
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Politics & GovernmentKishida Stresses Need for G7 Security After Attack at Speech
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida stressed Sunday that “we must make every effort to provide maximum secu...
April 17, 2023
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Washington PostIowa to Spend Millions Kicking Families Off Food Stamps. More States May Follow.
TAMA, Iowa - As an icy prairie wind slapped down on the empty town, Lisa Spitler pulled on winter gl...
April 17, 2023
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General NewsToyama Gets Hopping With New Breed of Tulip
TOYAMA — It’s the kind of flower that can put some spring in your step this spring. Or hop, as the c...
April 17, 2023