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ElectionsJapan Campaign Offices Struggle to Attract Votes over the Phone
A series of high-profile break-ins in which culprits phoned ahead of time to get private information...
April 8, 2023
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Political PulseJapan’s Policy Options Are Cramped by Its Unrevised Constitution
The original manuscript of the Constitution of Japan is kept in the National Archives, near the grou...
April 8, 2023
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Politics & GovernmentJapan Seeks to Increase Hydrogen Supply by Six Times by 2040
Japan aims to raise its annual hydrogen supply to six times the current level by 2040. The governme...
April 8, 2023
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General NewsRemoval of Dead Whale ‘Yodo-Chan’ Cost Osaka City over ¥80 million
The cost of removing a whale that died after straying into the Yodo River estuary via Osaka Bay in J...
April 8, 2023
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Social SeriesMental Health Impact / Japan Experts Call for Drastic Measures to Fight Online Addiction
In late March, an 18-year-old high school student from Nagano Prefecture and his parents visited the...
April 7, 2023
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Asia-PacificCould Closer U.S.-Taiwan Ties Push China to the Brink?
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen’s meeting with U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy on...
April 7, 2023
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Crime & CourtsE-Money Fraud Gets 19 Japanese Men Arrested in Cambodia
Nineteen Japanese members of a fraud group have been detained by Cambodian authorities. The Tokyo Me...
April 7, 2023
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MarketsTokyo Stocks Stage Modest Rebound in Lackluster Trading
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Tokyo stocks turned moderately higher in sluggish trading Friday ahead of a clo...
April 7, 2023
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General NewsSearch Continues for Missing GSDF Helicopter, Crew
An uninflated life raft found in waters off Miyako Island in Okinawa Prefecture had been on the Grou...
April 7, 2023
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ReutersSenators Seek Probes into Report on Undisclosed Luxury Trips by Supreme Court’s Thomas
WASHINGTON, April 6 (Reuters) – Conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has for deca...
April 7, 2023
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ReutersSpecial Report: Tesla Workers Shared Sensitive Images Recorded by Customer Cars
LONDON/SAN FRANCISCO, April 6 (Reuters) – Tesla Inc assures its millions of electric car owners that...
April 7, 2023
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Washington PostSouth Korea Wants School Bullies Outed When They Apply for College or Jobs
South Korea’s governing party plans to put forward legislation that would permanently attach school ...
April 7, 2023
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Washington PostDid Roy Lichtenstein Create Art or Copy It? A New Film Stokes the Controversy
Hy Eisman sits at his professional drawing board, much the way he has for seven decades. He is remin...
April 7, 2023
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Washington PostBiden Administration Says Schools may Bar Trans Athletes from Competitive Teams
The Biden administration on Thursday proposed new regulations that would allow schools to bar transg...
April 7, 2023
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Washington PostProtesters Storm BlackRock Building, Clash with Police over France’s Pension Changes
Protesters briefly invaded the building containing the office of a major global money manager and de...
April 7, 2023