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Travel SpotsYamagata Hanagasa Matsuri Flower Hat Festival Opens with 3,800 Dancers Parading; Traditional 3-Day Event Runs through Thursday
About 3,800 kimono-clad dancers holding hanagasa hats decorated with safflowers, the flower of Ya...
August 6, 2025
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EconomyJapan’s Real Wage Falls for Sixth Straight Month in June
TOKYO, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Japan's real wages fell in June for the sixth consecutive month as infla...
August 6, 2025
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CompaniesInsurer Aflac Tops Quarterly Profit Estimates on Steady US Premium Gains
Aug 5 (Reuters) - Health and life insurer Aflac AFL.N on Tuesday beat Wall Street estimates for s...
August 6, 2025
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Associated PressIndia and the Philippines Stage Joint Naval Drill in the Disputed South China Sea
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — India and the Philippines have staged joint naval exercises in the dis...
August 6, 2025
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CompaniesMazda Forecasts Nearly $1 Billion Profit Hit from U.S. Tariffs
TOKYO, Aug 5 (Reuters) - Mazda Motor 7261.T said on Tuesday it expects a 145.2 billion yen ($987....
August 6, 2025
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SumoSumo Scene / ‘Gomenfuda’ Signage Stand as Remnant of Edo Sumo Tournaments Fundraising for Shrines, Temples
The present-day grand sumo tournament originated from “kanjin zumo,” — events held to raise funds...
August 6, 2025
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ReutersBrazil, Japan Beef Talks Focus on Smaller Brazilian States, Upsetting Industry
SAO PAULO, Aug 5 (Reuters) - Ongoing talks to open the Japanese market to Brazilian beef are focu...
August 6, 2025
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ObituariesIon Iliescu, Romania’s First Freely Elected President after 1989 Revolution, Has Died at 95
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Ion Iliescu, Romania’s first freely elected president after the fall of...
August 6, 2025
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ScienceMore Squids Than Fish in Cretaceous Period Ocean
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The ancient ocean was full of squids, whose population exceeded that of fish...
August 6, 2025
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Associated PressMassive Central California Wildfire Threatens More Than 800 Structures and Leaves 3 Injured
SANTA MARIA, Calif. (AP) — More than 800 structures are threatened by a massive wildfire in centr...
August 6, 2025
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ScienceUtility Workers in Peru Unearth Pre-Incan Tomb with 1,000-year-old Remains
LIMA (AP) — Utility workers excavating trenches to expand underground gas networks in Peru’s capi...
August 6, 2025
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General NewsSurvivors Recount Experiencing A-Bomb Effects in Both Hiroshima and Nagasaki
80 years ago this month, two atomic bombs were dropped on Japan. Under a pair of mushroom clouds ...
August 6, 2025
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ScienceExoplanet Lashed by Huge Flares from Its ‘Angry Beast’ Star
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Scientists are tracking a large gas planet experiencing quite a quandary a...
August 6, 2025
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ScienceOnishi Encourages Yui in Mission Handover Ceremony on ISS; New Crew Member Will Stay on Station for 6 Months
Astronaut Takuya Onishi, who will leave the International Space Station (ISS) this week, gave enc...
August 6, 2025
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CompaniesHitachi Mulls Selling Domestic Large Household Appliances Business; Company Continuing Restructuring Efforts
Hitachi, Ltd. is considering selling its domestic major household appliance business, The Yomiuri...
August 5, 2025