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Associated PressFederer on GOAT debate in AP Interview: How can you compare?
LONDON (AP) — Roger Federer is a father of four — two girls who are 13, two boys who are 8 — and so ...
September 22, 2022
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EconomyFed attacks inflation with another big hike and expects more
WASHINGTON (AP) — Intensifying its fight against high inflation, the Federal Reserve raised its key ...
September 22, 2022
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GlobalZelenskyy vows Ukraine will win as Russia redoubles effort
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Ukraine’s president implored the world Wednesday to punish Russia for its inva...
September 22, 2022
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GlobalBiden: Russia’s Ukraine abuses ‘make your blood run cold’
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — President Joe Biden declared at the United Nations on Wednesday that Russia ha...
September 22, 2022
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Social SeriesIn search of lost time 20 years after Pyongyang summit / Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea embrace 20 years of freedom, fight for return of others
North Korea admitted to abducting Japanese nationals at the first Japan-North Korea summit held on S...
September 22, 2022
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General NewsJapan Post issues stamps commemorating 150th anniversary of railways in Japan
A sheet of stamps issued by the Japan Post Co. and commemorating 150 years of railway operation in J...
September 22, 2022
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General NewsEfforts to investigate overseas transplants hit legal wall
Health ministry officials last month questioned the director of a Tokyo-based nonprofit organization...
September 21, 2022
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General NewsPerson dies after being hit by Tokaido Shinkansen train
The Nozomi No. 229 train, heading to Shin-Osaka from Tokyo, struck a person who had gotten onto the ...
September 21, 2022
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Crime & CourtsMan sets self on fire over Abe state funeral
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — A man set himself on fire near the prime minister’s office in Tokyo Wednesday, ...
September 21, 2022
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Politics & Government7 Imperial family members, not Imperial couple, will attend state funeral for Abe
Based on precedent, the Emperor and Empress as well as the Emperor Emeritus and the Empress Emerita ...
September 21, 2022
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ArtArtwork by student sells for $11,340 at Christie’s
NEW YORK (Jiji Press) — A folding screen with a painting created by a Japanese student of a Tokyo Un...
September 21, 2022
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Politics & GovernmentJapan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida calls for U.N. reform in General Assembly speech
NEW YORK — Prime Minister Fumio Kishida called for reform of the United Nations in his speech at the...
September 21, 2022
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General NewsTokyo cools down due to cold air from north
Commuters wearing long sleeves walk near JR Tokyo Station in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, on Wednesday morni...
September 21, 2022
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Asia-PacificStreaming to survive: Thailand’s out-of-work elephants face crisis
SURIN, Thailand (Reuters) — In the northeastern village of Ban Ta Klang in Thailand, Siriporn Sapmak...
September 21, 2022
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Politics & GovernmentKishida, Truss confirm reinforcement of Japan-U.K. security cooperation
NEW YORK / LONDON — Prime Minister Fumio Kishida met the leaders of the United Kingdom and Turkey in...
September 21, 2022