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Travel SpotsJapan Tourism / Unique Doll Festival Enlivens Porcelain Town Arita
Hinamatsuri doll festivals celebrating girls’ health and happiness are commonly held across the nati...
January 28, 2023
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General NewsPlastic Bottle Dinosaur Skeleton Makes Debut in Shinjuku
A giant model of a dinosaur skeleton made from about 20,000 empty plastic bottles went on display Fr...
January 28, 2023
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General NewsForeigners Entrants to Japan Up 12-Fold in 2022
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The number of foreigners who entered Japan in 2022 jumped 11.9-fold from the pr...
January 28, 2023
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Asia-PacificChina’s Pessimistic Gen Z is a Challenge for Xi Post-COVID
SHANGHAI (Reuters) — The first weekend after COVID-19 restrictions ended last month, dozens of young...
January 28, 2023
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Travel SpotsIce Sculptures Shimmer in Strange Colors at Hokkaido Festival
Ice sculptures are lit in fantastic colors ahead of the Lake Shikotsu Ice Festival in Chitose, Hokka...
January 28, 2023
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Travel SpotsKochi: Motionless Bird Surprisingly Active
KONAN, Kochi — Despite their reputation as motionless birds, a shoebill that has just arrived at a z...
January 28, 2023
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Asia-PacificSleep-aid Device Launched by Vietnamese Startup at CES
Earable Neuroscience launched its highly-anticipated FRENZ Brainband at the 2023 Consumer Electronic...
January 28, 2023
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Olympics & ParalympicsZelenskyy Vows Campaign to Prevent Russia from Competing in Olympics
BERLIN (Reuters) — Ukraine will launch an international campaign to prevent Russian athletes from be...
January 28, 2023
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Asia-Pacific‘Don’t Date Your Client,’ Philippine Supreme Court Instructs Lawyers in Conduct Code Revision
The Supreme Court has moved to revise the code governing the conduct of Filipino law practitioners, ...
January 28, 2023
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Washington PostData Shows Student Debt Relief Applicants in Each State as Auditors Question Cost
The Biden administration on Friday released a state-by-state breakdown of people who could get assis...
January 28, 2023
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DeliciousSalt Crust Dazzles in Holiday, Mackerel Season
Japanese cooking school founder Takamitsu Aihara shares a recipe for sawara no shiogama yaki (Spanis...
January 28, 2023
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Associated PressUkrainian Presidency: 10 killed in latest Russian Shelling
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A new barrage of Russian shelling killed at least 10 Ukrainian civilians and wo...
January 28, 2023
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EconomyForeign Workers Rise to Record 1.82 Mil.
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The number of foreign workers in Japan at the end of October 2022 rose 5.5% fro...
January 28, 2023
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CompaniesDrone Startup Begins Deliveries Using Starlink
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Telecommunications company KDDI Corp., map maker Zenrin Co. and others launched...
January 28, 2023
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Associated PressUS Inflation and ConsumerSpending Cooled in December
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge eased further in December, and con...
January 28, 2023