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CompaniesPanasonic group to expand housing-related business in India
Panasonic group is strengthening its housing business in India by increasing lineups, mainly of its ...
December 12, 2022
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Books & LiteratureSurvey: 26％ of municipalities have no bookstores
Of the 1,741 municipalities in Japan, 456, or 26.2%, have no bookstore at all, according to a survey...
December 11, 2022
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Washington PostA desperate road trip to remind America about its Afghan allies
OMAHA, Neb. - The pitch was well practiced by the time they reached Sen. Deb Fischer's Omaha distric...
December 11, 2022
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Washington PostStumbling with their words, some people let AI do the talking
Ben Whittle, a pool installer and landscaper in rural England, worried his dyslexia would mess up hi...
December 11, 2022
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Washington PostU.S. troops are back in Somalia and scrambling to help its special forces
BALEDOGLE MILITARY AIR BASE, Somalia - The U.S. military is scrambling to make up for lost time in S...
December 11, 2022
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CompaniesJapanese company’s lander rockets toward moon with UAE rover
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A Tokyo company aimed for the moon with its own private lander Sunday, b...
December 11, 2022
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General NewsNuclear experts lay flowers for Hiroshima A-bomb victims
HIROSHIMA (Jiji Press) — Experts participating in an international meeting on nuclear abolition in H...
December 11, 2022
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Politics & GovernmentDiet OKs Civil Code revision
OKYO (Jiji Press) — The Diet enacted legislation Saturday to revise the Civil Code, including change...
December 11, 2022
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Associated PressNobel Peace Prize winners blast Putin’s invasion of Ukraine
OSLO, Norway (AP) — The winners of this year's Nobel Peace Prize from Belarus, Russia and Ukraine sh...
December 11, 2022
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Associated PressPeru’s president asks Cabinet to take anti-corruption pledge
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru’s newest president, Dina Boluarte, swore in her Cabinet on Saturday just thre...
December 11, 2022
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Associated PressRussia grinds on in eastern Ukraine; Bakhmut ‘destroyed’
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces have turned the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut into ruins, Pr...
December 11, 2022
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BaseballMets add latest pricey arm, land Senga for $75M
NEW YORK (AP) — Japanese pitcher Kodai Senga and the New York Mets have agreed to a $75 million, fiv...
December 11, 2022
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Defense & SecurityFor 1st time in 19 years, LDP ranking member visits Taiwan
TAIPEI — Koichi Hagiuda, chairperson of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s Policy Research Counci...
December 11, 2022
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Figure SkatingJapan’s figure skaters dominate Grand Prix Final
TURIN, Italy — Shoma Uno and Mai Mihara won the men’s and women’s singles at the ISU Grand Prix Fina...
December 11, 2022
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Politics & GovernmentKishida calls tax hike ‘essential’ to strengthen Japan’s defense
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has expressed his intention to raise taxes in stages toward fiscal 2027...
December 11, 2022