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US & CanadaYoungkin’s Virginia win jolts Democrats, tight race in NJ
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Glenn Youngkin won the Virginia governor’s race early Wednesday, tapping into c...
November 3, 2021
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Asia-PacificRecord rice crop brings problem for farmers in India
MUNAK, India (Reuters) — Farmers in India are gathering in the largest rice crop in history, which p...
November 3, 2021
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Asia-PacificIndonesia: Pink ‘Squid Game’ soldiers entertain test participants
The latest craze for the South Korean hit series “Squid Game” was eerily evident during the recent c...
November 3, 2021
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Politics & GovernmentJCP wants to maintain coalition with CDPJ
The Japanese Communist Party (JCP) expressed its intention to continue cooperation with the Constitu...
November 3, 2021
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General NewsIllumination event puts Himeji Castle in limelight in western Japan
Himeji Castle is lit up by LEDs in an event called “Shiro no Hikari (white illumination) — egret shi...
November 3, 2021
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Politics & GovernmentWill CDPJ maintain ties with JCP in post-Edano era?
The losses suffered by the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan in Sunday’s House of Representat...
November 3, 2021
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Climate ChangeKishida vows $10 billion in assistance to decarbonize Asia
GLASGOW — Prime Minister Fumio Kishida pledged Tuesday to provide up to $10 billion (about ¥1.14 tri...
November 3, 2021
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Political Series
Charting a Course / Concrete measures for growth needed urgently
This is the second installment of a series that explores where the country’s politics go after the r...
November 3, 2021
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General NewsShuri Castle observation deck opens to view reconstruction 2 years after fire at Okinawa landmark
NAHA — Two years after the blaze that destroyed most of Shuri Castle, a World Heritage site in Naha,...
November 3, 2021
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General News
Suicides among working women in Japan increase by nearly 30%
There were 1,698 cases of suicide among working women in 2020, an increase of about 30% from the ave...
November 3, 2021
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CoronavirusJapan to ease entry rules, admit some new foreign visitors
Japan intends to ease its pandemic-related restrictions on entry into the country by lifting its ban...
November 3, 2021
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Politics & Government‘Kishida diplomacy’ gets fully underway
GLASGOW — Prime Minister Fumio Kishida kicked off “Kishida diplomacy” in Glasgow on Tuesday morning,...
November 3, 2021
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BaseballHammerin’ Braves win 1st WS crown since 1995
HOUSTON (AP) — Most of the season, it just seemed this wasn’t their year. They dropped their first f...
November 3, 2021
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General NewsMonkey spotted at various locations in central Tokyo
Multiple witnesses in central Tokyo reported seeing a monkey on Tuesday in areas including Shibuya a...
November 3, 2021
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Yomiuri Editorial
Reevaluate evacuation procedures to protect passengers from train attacks
Another incident has occurred in which passengers were attacked on a train where there was no place ...
November 3, 2021