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Crime & CourtsPanel seeks to indict ex-Kansai Electric execs over scandals
OSAKA (Jiji Press) — A Japanese panel of citizens has ruled that three former executives of Kansai E...
August 2, 2022
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General NewsHarvest season for Japanese pears starts in Aichi Pref.
NAGOYA — Farmers have started harvesting high-end “Amahibiki” pears in Anjo City, Aichi Prefecture. ...
August 2, 2022
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Coronavirus7th wave triggers rush for booster shots
The number of people visiting COVID-19 vaccination facilities has surged amid the seventh wave of th...
August 2, 2022
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Washington PostGovernment workers feel inflation’s pinch as wages lag
In a red-hot labor market, workers across the United States are negotiating and receiving wage incre...
August 2, 2022
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Washington PostAfter flooding, a Kentucky church offers shelter alongside prayers
HAZARD, Ky. – For a few minutes Sunday morning, Karen Daugherty got a breath of normalcy. Daugherty ...
August 2, 2022
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DeliciousLight, fluffy pancake that has 10-minute time limit
TOTTORI — A pancake, which is made to be eaten “in 10 minutes,” has attracted sweet lovers nationwid...
August 2, 2022
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Washington PostBiden covid case highlights confusing CDC guidance on ending isolation
WASHINGTON – Before President Joe Biden emerged from coronavirus isolation Wednesday, he made double...
August 2, 2022
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EnvironmentVenomous ‘jellyfish’ found on Tokushima beach
TOKUSHIMA — A dozen highly venomous “katsuo no eboshi” (Portuguese men-of-war), a jellyfish-like spe...
August 2, 2022
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Politics & GovernmentRevitalization minister Yamagiwa to serve as minister for startups
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Monday appointed Daishiro Yamagiwa, minister in charge of economic r...
August 2, 2022
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DeliciousGrowing larger farmed eels, helping wild ones
Fishing industry researchers and fishery cooperatives in eel-farming municipalities are working to i...
August 2, 2022
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CoronavirusExpert panel in Japan debates saliva antigen tests for people with no COVID symptoms
The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry proposed to an expert panel Monday that saliva antigen tests ...
August 2, 2022
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General NewsMatchbook lights out as Nittosha to stop manufacturing
KOBE — The nation’s only manufacturer of matchbooks in Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, will cease producti...
August 2, 2022
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General NewsFestival season starts in Tohoku region
The Morioka Sansa Odori Festival started in Morioka on Monday as the first of many popular summer fe...
August 2, 2022
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Political CartoonsCARTOON OF THE DAY (August 2)
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August 2, 2022
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Yomiuri EditorialEven with dramatic tightening policy, can Federal Reserve avoid recession?
The U.S. Federal Reserve Board must walk a difficult tightrope to avoid recession while containing h...
August 2, 2022