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Politics & GovernmentCabinet Approval Rating Shows Slight Boost for Kishida
The approval rating for the Kishida Cabinet was 41%, up 2 percentage points from the previous month,...
February 20, 2023
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ReutersNZ Says Cyclone Damage Could Exceed $8 Bil. Announces Emergency Funding
WELLINGTON (Reuters) — New Zealand warned on Monday the final cost of the devastating Cyclone Gabri...
February 20, 2023
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Asia-PacificPhilippine Poachers of Turtles Turn Protectors
LA UNION, Philippines (Reuters) — Armed with a wooden stick, a bucket and a headlamp, Philippine con...
February 20, 2023
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Associated PressRecord 6,542 Guns Intercepted at U.S. Airport Security in ’22
ATLANTA (AP) — The woman flying out of Philadelphia’s airport last year remembered to pack snacks, p...
February 20, 2023
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Travel SpotsOver 1,000 Traditional Dolls Crowd Pyramid Display in Saitama Pref.
SAITAMA — An arrangement of some 1,800 traditional hina dolls on a stepped pyramid makes its debut a...
February 20, 2023
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Defense & SecurityJapan Foreign Minister Underlines Country’s Commitment to ‘Contribute to Security’
MUNICH — Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi on Saturday underlined Japan’s determination to play a r...
February 20, 2023
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Asia-PacificAsian Development Bank Report Says Greener Trade and Investment Key to Nation’s Future
Greener trade and investment is crucial to tackling climate change in Asia and the Pacific, includin...
February 20, 2023
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Washington PostSalman Rushdie Calls Revisions to Roald Dahl Books ‘Absurd Censorship’
LONDON - A decision to change hundreds of words in Roald Dahl's children's books has drawn condemnat...
February 20, 2023
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Defense & SecurityJapan Seeks UNSC Meeting Over North Korean Missile Launches
Japan is seeking an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council over North Korea’s recent missile...
February 20, 2023
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Washington PostSmaller, safer, cheaper? Modular nuclear plants could reshape coal country
WISE, Va. - As Michael Hatfield scanned the landscape from atop the abandoned mine where he once wor...
February 20, 2023
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Washington Post40 Years of Debt: Student Loan Borrowers’ Struggles Expose Flaws in System
When C.W. Hamilton took out his first student loan in 1977, the Education Department wasn't even a f...
February 20, 2023
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Washington PostThe Former Trump Aide Crafting the House GOP’s Debt Ceiling Playbook
WASHINGTON - Last month, amid the raucous battle to elect House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, former presi...
February 20, 2023
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Washington PostPutin, Czar with No Empire, Needs Military Victory for His Own Survival
MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin likes to portray himself as a new czar like Peter the Great or Iva...
February 20, 2023
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Yomiuri Editorial
Be Prepared for Increasingly Dangerous Military Provocations
North Korea has once again demonstrated that it is steadily building up nuclear and missile capabili...
February 20, 2023
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Yomiuri Editorial
Munich Conference Reinforced Solidarity Against Russia’s Outrageous Acts
It is highly significant that the foreign ministers of the Group of Seven (G7) industrialized nation...
February 20, 2023