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General NewsTokaido Shinkansen Line Resumes Operation between Tokyo, Shin-Yokohama Stations after Suspension due to Heavy Rain (Update 1)
The Tokaido Shinkansen line had suspended operations between Tokyo and Shin-Yokohama stations bec...
August 21, 2024
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General NewsTokyo’s JR Yamanote Line Resumes Service after Suspension Due to Heavy Rain (Update 1)
JR Yamanote Line had suspended service on its inner and outer loops due to heavy rain since aroun...
August 21, 2024
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Associated PressAlaska Air Clears a Big Hurdle in Its Proposed Merger with Hawaiian Airlines
Alaska Air is one step closer to acquiring Hawaiian Airlines after the U.S. Department of Justice...
August 21, 2024
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Politics & GovernmentFormer CDPJ Chief Yukio Edano Announces Bid for Leadership, Pledges to Lead ‘Sustainable Wage Increases’
Yukio Edano, a former head of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, officially announced ...
August 21, 2024
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GolfShigeki Maruyama Named International Team’s Final Assistant for Presidents Cup
International team captain Mike Weir named Japan’s Shigeki Maruyama as his fifth and final assist...
August 21, 2024
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General NewsAomori Municipalities Ink N-fuel Storage Safety Deal
AOMORI (Jiji Press) — Five municipalities in Aomori Prefecture and the operator of a temporary st...
August 21, 2024
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ReutersThailand Says Mpox Case Recorded in Traveller from Africa
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand has detected an mpox case in a European man who arrived from Africa ...
August 21, 2024
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ReutersRFK Jr to Weigh Dropping US Presidential Bid to Join Forces with Trump
Independent U.S. presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is considering ending his campaign ...
August 21, 2024
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ReutersJapan Sees Record Visitors for Second Straight Month on Weak Yen
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan set a second-straight monthly record for visitors in July, official data ...
August 21, 2024
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Politics & GovernmentJapan, India Boost Security Ties With Eye on China;Interests Also Aligned on Trade in Defense Goods
NEW DELHI — The confirmation of accelerating security cooperation at the Japan-India two-plus-two...
August 21, 2024
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ScienceNASA Images Unlock Complex History of 2 Near-Earth Asteroids
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — In the moments before NASA’s DART spacecraft slammed into the asteroid Dim...
August 21, 2024
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Associated PressAnwar Meets with Modi as India and Malaysia Work to Expand Ties and Defense Cooperation
NEW DELHI (AP) — India and Malaysia will seek to expand economic ties and strengthen cooperation ...
August 21, 2024
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Associated PressObamas Close DNC’s Second Night with Rousing Harris Endorsement and Pointed Warnings about Trump
CHICAGO (AP) — Warning of a difficult fight ahead, former President Barack Obama and Michelle Oba...
August 21, 2024
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Politics & GovernmentTokyo, New Delhi Agree on Shipment of Stealthy Antennas to India; 2nd Time for Japan to Transfer Finished Defense Equipment
NEW DELHI — Japan and India have agreed on a plan for Japan to export stealthy antennas for naval...
August 21, 2024
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ScienceNewly Unearthed Pompeii Victims Found with Coins, Gems
ROME (Reuters) — Archaeologists in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii have discovered the remains ...
August 21, 2024