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General NewsHeavy Snow Expected in Tokyo and Wider Region on Friday
The Meteorological Agency has said heavy snow is expected in the Kanto-Koshin region on Friday, part...
February 9, 2023
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Asia-PacificK-pop Industry Spreads Its Wings with ‘Glocalization’
The K-pop industry is strategically expanding its wings beyond the Asian continent to unexplored mar...
February 9, 2023
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ArtFree exhibit of Yumeji Takehisa’s beautiful women offered in Tokyo
Delve into the world of beautiful women as depicted by painter Yumeji Takehisa (1884-1934), in a fre...
February 9, 2023
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General NewsTurkish Ambassador Thanks Japan for Quake-relief Assistance, Calls for Further Support
Turkish Ambassador to Japan Korkut Gungen on Wednesday spoke of the devastation in Turkey following ...
February 9, 2023
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Yomiuri EditorialHow Extensive is Collusion Involving Organizing Committee and Corporations?
Another scandal involving an alleged case of systemic misconduct linked to the world’s largest sport...
February 9, 2023
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CoronavirusJapan May Ease Border Controls for China Visitors by End of Feb.
The government plans to ease COVID-19-related border control measures for visitors from China as ea...
February 9, 2023
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ReutersUkraine’s Zelenskiy tells France, Germany to provide ‘game changing’ weapons
PARIS, Feb 8 (Reuters) - France and Germany have the opportunity to be "game changers" in the war ag...
February 9, 2023
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ReutersTurkey leader acknowledges earthquake relief problems as death toll passes 12,000
KAHRAMANMARAS/ANTAKYA, Turkey, Feb 8 (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday admitted ther...
February 9, 2023
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TechnologyStudy Says Electric Car Batteries Could Be Key to Boosting Energy Storage
PARIS (AFP-Jiji) — Electric car batteries could be used to boost power storage in the future, inject...
February 9, 2023
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Travel Spots‘Phantom Bridge’ Emerges from Frozen Lake in Northern Japan
A walker surveys the ruins of the now-you-see-it, now-you-don’t Taushubetsu River Bridge at Lake Nuk...
February 9, 2023
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Associated PressProbe into US Olympic failings stunted by red tape in DC
DENVER (AP) — More than 27 months since it was greenlighted by Congress, the panel established to in...
February 9, 2023
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Science
China to Build Ground Stations on Antarctica to Support Satellites
BEIJING (Reuters) — China, only the third country to put a man in space after the Soviet Union and t...
February 9, 2023
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Associated PressTyre Nichols documents: Officer never explained stop to him
MEMPHIS, Tennessee (AP) — The officer who pulled Tyre Nichols from his car before police fatally bea...
February 9, 2023
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Climate ChangeGraves Sink, Fisheries Shrink As Climate Change Hits Fiji
TOGORU, Fiji (AFP-Jiji) — The sea has already swallowed the village graveyard in Togoru, Fiji, and l...
February 9, 2023
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CompaniesWill Ferrell, Alicia Silverstone star in Super Bowl ads
NEW YORK (AP) — The Super Bowl is advertising's biggest, glitziest stage....
February 9, 2023