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ReutersU.S. Professional Skier Named as One Victim of Japan Avalanche
TOKYO, Jan 30 (Reuters) – One of two foreign men swept up in an avalanche in Japan while back-countr...
January 31, 2023
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ReutersJapan Inc Strives to Lure Skilled Workers as Inflation, Labor Crunch Bite
TOKYO, Jan 31 (Reuters) – From inflation allowances to the reskilling of workers, firms in Japan are...
January 31, 2023
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CoronavirusJapan to Maintain COVID-19 Border Control Measures against China
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japan will maintain for the time being its COVID-19 border control rules for tr...
January 31, 2023
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General NewsFirm to Distribute Pollen-Detecting Robots across Japan
A Japanese weather forecasting company is preparing to distribute pollen-detecting robots across the...
January 31, 2023
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MarketsNikkei Average Edges Up in Narrow Trading
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The benchmark Nikkei stock average inched up in range-bound trading Monday, whi...
January 31, 2023
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Politics & GovernmentTokyo Police Start Cybersecurity Drill
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Metropolitan Police Department started a joint drill with private businesse...
January 31, 2023
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Associated PressPakistan Mosque Suicide Bomber Kills 59, Wounds Over 150
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A suicide bomber struck a crowded mosque inside a police compound in Pakis...
January 31, 2023
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Defense & SecurityWomen’s Economic Independence to Be Discussed at G-7 Meeting in June
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Women’s economic independence and gender inequality will be the two main topics...
January 31, 2023
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BaseballMLB hopeful Tsutsugo building sports facility in hometown at own expense
Yoshitomo Tsutsugo, who has a minor league contract with Major League Baseball’s Texas Rangers, sho...
January 31, 2023
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General News4 Finnish Men Found Safe After Descending Mountain in Niigata Pref.
Four Finnish men went missing while backcountry skiing on Mt.Maeyama in Myoko City, Niigata Prefectu...
January 31, 2023
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General NewsJapan Eyeing Measures against Aum Cult Successor Group over Asset Reports
The government is eyeing measures against Aleph, the mainstream successor to the Aum Supreme Truth c...
January 31, 2023
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Crime & Courts‘Luffy’ Group Suspected of Having Scammed Victims Out of ¥3.5 Billion
A group led by four Japanese men currently being held at a Philippine immigration detention center a...
January 30, 2023
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ReutersChina Says COVID Situation at ‘Low Level’ after Holiday
BEIJING (Reuters) - China said on Monday that the COVID-19 situation in the country was at a "low le...
January 30, 2023
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Political CartoonsCARTOON OF THE DAY (January 31)
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January 30, 2023
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SoccerMitoma Strike Knocks Out Holder Liverpool
BRIGHTON, England (AFP-Jiji) — Brighton dumped English F.A. Cup holder Liverpool out of the competit...
January 30, 2023