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Washington PostNo, Moderate Drinking Isn’t Good for Your Health
Drinking moderate amounts of alcohol every day does not - as once thought - protect against death fr...
April 1, 2023
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Travel SpotsMie: VTuber Tie-Up Boosts Attendance at Theme Park
SHIMA, Mie — A theme park that once prided itself on never being unpleasantly crowded has experience...
April 1, 2023
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RussiaMoscow Prison for US Reporter was Used in Stalin’s Purges
Lefortovo prison, where American journalist Evan Gershkovich has been jailed on espionage charges, d...
April 1, 2023
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Associated PressBaldwin Codefendant Gets 6 Months Probation on Gun Charge
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A codefendant in the case against actor Alec Baldwin in the fatal 2021 shootin...
April 1, 2023
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US & CanadaAP Sources: Trump Facing at Least 1 Felony Charge in NY Case
NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is facing multiple charges of falsifying business reco...
April 1, 2023
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EconomyJobless Rate Rises to 2.6％ in February
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japan’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in February rose 0.2 percentage p...
April 1, 2023
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Political PulseNew Blood Needed in Caregiving Field, Where the Elderly Serve the Elderly
With Japan’s declining birthrate and aging population, there is a serious shortage of young human re...
April 1, 2023
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General NewsTwin Stroller Users Face Difficulty Boarding Buses, Trains
A recent post on social media has started a public conversation about how hard it is to use public t...
April 1, 2023
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CompaniesJFTC: Cartels ‘Disregarded Principles of Market Liberalization’
Three power companies hit with fines by the Japan Fair Trade Commission for forming cartels sought t...
April 1, 2023
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General NewsEx-Ministry Official Sought to Place Peer at Head of Company
The former vice minister of land, infrastructure, transport and tourism asked a private company whos...
March 31, 2023
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Companies5.29 Mil. Sets of NTT Docomo Customer Info Feared Exposed
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — NTT Docomo Inc. said Friday that up to 5.29 million sets of personal informatio...
March 31, 2023
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CompaniesToyota’s St Petersburg Plant Handed Over to Russian State
MOSCOW (Reuters) — Russia said on Friday Japanese carmaker Toyota’s factory in St Petersburg had bee...
March 31, 2023
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Defense & SecurityJapan-China defense hotline soon to be operational
The governments of Japan and China on Friday announced the completion of work to open a hotline betw...
March 31, 2023
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CompaniesTEPCO Cuts Planned Electricity Price Hikes to 17%
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. said Thursday that it has narrowed i...
March 31, 2023
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ReutersSamsung Considers Chip Test Line in Japan for Advanced Chip Packaging – Sources
TOKYO/SEOUL (Reuters) — South Korea’s Samsung Electronics Co. is considering setting up a chip test...
March 31, 2023