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Japan In FocusYamaguchi: Teen puts her heart into helping homeless cats
YAMAGUCHI — A 14-year-old girl is the head of a shelter for stray cats in Yamaguchi City. Himemo Te...
February 5, 2022
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Japan In FocusKyoto: Stepping-stones add flair to urban river crossing
KYOTO — The Kamo River runs about 23 kilometers from north to south in the middle of the urban area ...
February 5, 2022
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Olympics & ParalympicsBeijing Winter Olympics open, with Xi center stage
BEIJING — The 2022 Winter Olympics kicked off in Beijing on Friday with the world still in the throe...
February 5, 2022
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Olympics & ParalympicsBeijing Winter Olympics kick off with limited spectators
BEIJING — The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics kicked off in the Chinese capital on Friday. This is the...
February 5, 2022
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Olympics & ParalympicsBeijing Olympics’ opening ceremony dazzles with midwinter show
BEIJING — Ahead of the Beijing Olympics’ opening ceremony at the National Stadium, known as the Bird...
February 5, 2022
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Asia-PacificSubway stations closed, Tiananmen Square under heavy security as Games begin
BEIJING – On alert for protests and terrorist attacks against the Beijing Winter Olympics, Chinese a...
February 5, 2022
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CoronavirusTokyo govt seeks more emergency hospital beds
The Tokyo metropolitan government has requested hospitals to increase their number of emergency beds...
February 5, 2022
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CoronavirusForeign students struggle to find work amid pandemic
The spread of the novel coronavirus is hampering foreign nationals’ efforts to find work in Japan, w...
February 5, 2022
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Associated PressHouse passes bill to boost U.S. computer chip production
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats on Friday muscled legislation through the House that they say positions ...
February 5, 2022
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Olympics & ParalympicsBeijing officially opens Winter Olympics amid pandemic
Six months after the delayed Tokyo Olympics came to an end, the Beijing Winter Olympics officially b...
February 4, 2022
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Politics & GovernmentJapanese govt eyes fully online divorce mediation settlements
The government will submit a bill to the ordinary Diet session as soon as early March that will like...
February 4, 2022
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CoronavirusTokyo new virus cases fall below 20,000
Tokyo logged 19,798 new cases of infection with the novel coronavirus on Friday, with the daily tall...
February 4, 2022
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Coronavirus6th wave taking longer to peak than expected
The curve is being flattened, but Japan’s latest wave of novel coronavirus infections is taking long...
February 4, 2022
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Associated PressPutin in Beijing for Games, Xi talks amid Ukraine tensions
BEIJING (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday arrived in Beijing for the opening of the ...
February 4, 2022
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CoronavirusGuidelines eyed to prevent low-risk COVID patients filling hospital beds
The government is mulling guidelines to determine when low-risk coronavirus patients who are receivi...
February 4, 2022