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TennisKunieda to be 1st Para-Athlete to Receive People’s Honor Award
The government plans to bestow the People’s Honor Award on Shingo Kunieda, 38, who won four gold Pa...
February 4, 2023
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Japan In FocusOsaka: Mirrors Set Up in Smoking Area to Improve Manners
OSAKA — A smoking space surrounded by about 50 mirrored pillars has been set up at Umekita Sotoniwa ...
February 4, 2023
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General NewsEU Ambassador Pays Tribute to Nagasaki A-Bomb Victims
NAGASAKI — Jean-Eric Paquet, the EU ambassador to Japan, visited Nagasaki City on Friday to pay trib...
February 4, 2023
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Crime & CourtsPhilippines Poised to Extradite 2 Japanese Suspects
MANILA — The Philippines is poised to extradite two of the four suspects allegedly linked to a Japan...
February 4, 2023
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Washington PostIs Lab-Grown Steak Kosher? Religious Leaders Weigh Meaty Questions
Is lab-grown meat truly meat? The question is increasingly being asked as consumers prepare for the...
February 4, 2023
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Washington PostFor Some, Life after Ian is ‘more Tragic than the Hurricane Itself’
FORT MYERS BEACH, Fla. – Some nights, Tara Boyd wishes she and her husband had just given up when th...
February 4, 2023
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Political CartoonsCARTOON OF THE DAY (February 4)
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February 4, 2023
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Washington PostElon Musk Found not Liable in Federal Trial over ‘Funding Secured’ Tweet
SAN FRANCISCO – Elon Musk was found not liable for investors’ losses in a securities fraud trial ove...
February 4, 2023
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Washington PostLackluster Earnings Reports Show Big Tech’s Golden Age is Fading
SAN FRANCISCO – In Silicon Valley, it felt like the boom times would never end. The Big Tech compan...
February 4, 2023
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Politics & GovernmentEx-Defense Minister Kishi Offers to Resign as Lawmaker
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Former Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi, a member of the ruling Liberal Democratic ...
February 4, 2023
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Washington PostMom Describes D.C. Metro Shooting Suspect’s Downward Spiral
When Isaiah Trotman visited his family in Ohio this Christmas, his mother said she noticed her 31-ye...
February 4, 2023
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General NewsAuditor: Half of Fukushima Open Tenders Lacked Competition
TOKYO (Jiji Press)—The Board of Audit of Japan said Friday it has found competition was lacking in a...
February 4, 2023
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General NewsPoll: Japanese Feeling Close to Russia at Record Low
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The proportion of Japanese people with positive feelings toward Russia hit a r...
February 4, 2023
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General NewsJapan Govt Panel Calls for Raising Consent Age to 16
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — A Japanese government panel proposed Friday that the age of consent be raised ...
February 4, 2023
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Yomiuri EditorialDo Not Allow Outlaw Organization to Support Invasion
Russian private military company Wagner Group has been recruiting convicts from the country’s prison...
February 4, 2023