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Asia-PacificRising water levels make Thailand’s ‘floating train’ a big hit with tourists
LOP BURI, Thailand (Reuters) — Tickets have been selling out fast in Thailand for rides on a special...
November 18, 2022
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General NewsGiant panda Xiang Xiang expected to be returned to China early next year
Xiang Xiang, the popular female giant panda kept at Ueno Zoo in Taito Ward, Tokyo, is likely to be s...
November 18, 2022
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Yomiuri EditorialUse leaders’ agreement as step to rebuild international cooperation frameworks
As the conflict deepens between Western countries and China and Russia, it is significant that count...
November 18, 2022
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Yomiuri Editorial
New era of space development dawns with Artemis missions
A new era of space exploration is about to begin. Japan, by working together with North America and ...
November 18, 2022
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ScienceJapanese astronaut to join NASA Gateway mission
A Japanese astronaut will be on board the Gateway space station when it orbits the moon during NASA’...
November 18, 2022
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CoronavirusMedical association: Response at Aichi vaccine site was ‘inadequate’ when woman died after receiving COVID jab
NAGOYA — The response of the medical staff was inadequate in the moments leading up to the death of ...
November 18, 2022
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Ramen of JapanShojin Ito / Organic ramen that soaks right into you
Shojin Ito, a ramen shop that opened last summer in Tsujido in Kanagawa Prefecture’s Shonan area, i...
November 18, 2022
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Washington PostWho is Hakeem Jeffries?
WASHINGTON – Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) is poised to succeed a history-making woman and make hist...
November 18, 2022
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Cultural ViewpointsThe 20 years it took me to find American writer Zora Neale Hurston
I met Zora for the first time, I think, in the second year of my PhD program. I didn’t really “meet”...
November 18, 2022
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Washington PostPelosi stepping down as top House Democrat after 2 decades in leadership
WASHINGTON – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), who broke Congress’s glass ceiling as the first ...
November 18, 2022
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Washington PostYale defends mental health policies under fire from students, alumni
Yale University President Peter Salovey wrote a letter to Yale alumni Wednesday defending the univer...
November 18, 2022
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Washington PostTrump would act ‘like a little elementary schoolchild,’ former spiritual adviser says
IRVING, Tex. – A televangelist who served as a spiritual adviser to Donald Trump says the former pre...
November 18, 2022
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Washington PostMessi’s likely last World Cup inspires hope in a beleaguered Argentina
ROSARIO, Argentina – It’s match day at Abanderado Grandoli, a small, working-class soccer club here ...
November 18, 2022
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Political CartoonsCARTOON OF THE DAY (November 18)
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November 18, 2022
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Manga & AnimeTatsunoko anime studio celebrates 60th anniversary
Tatsunoko Production Co., known for such TV anime as “Time-Bokan,” “Gatchaman” and “Speed Racer,” ce...
November 18, 2022