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Imperial FamilyCrown Prince celebrates agricultural award recipients
Crown Prince Akishino attended an event for the Dainihon Nokai (Agricultural society of Japan) on Tu...
July 20, 2022
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CoronavirusNew coronavirus cases nationwide top 150,000
Japan logged more than 150,000 new cases of novel coronavirus infection on Wednesday, exceeding the ...
July 20, 2022
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Crime & CourtsTokyo Games official may have received ¥45 million from sponsor
Haruyuki Takahashi, an executive board member of the organizing committee of the Tokyo Olympics and ...
July 20, 2022
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Figure SkatingHanyu to continue putting it ‘all on the line’ even as a pro
“I can say with confidence, ‘Please continue to have expectations for me,’” were words that stood ou...
July 20, 2022
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Politics & GovernmentAbe faction to keep name following death of leader
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Executives of the largest faction in Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party, w...
July 20, 2022
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CoronavirusTokyo logs 20,401 new cases
Tokyo logged 20,401 new cases of novel coronavirus infection Wednesday, 1.2 times more compared to t...
July 20, 2022
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Politics & GovernmentState funeral for slain ex-PM Abe to be held Sept. 27 at Nippon Budokan arena
The government is in the final stage of coordinating the state funeral for former Prime Minister Sh...
July 20, 2022
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Politics & GovernmentKishida urges continued efforts from South Korea to resolve pending issues
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida held a meeting Tuesday with South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin, dur...
July 20, 2022
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Politics & GovernmentMotegi: Criticism of state funeral ‘out of tune with public’
Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Toshimitsu Motegi brushed aside criticism of the governme...
July 20, 2022
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CoronavirusOsaka forecasts 22,000 new coronavirus cases
OSAKA — A record approximately 22,000 new cases of people testing positive for the novel coronaviru...
July 20, 2022
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General NewsDNA from body found in Sakhalin matches passenger from sunken boat
Russian authorities notified Japan via diplomatic channels on Tuesday that the DNA analysis result ...
July 20, 2022
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BaseballSingle sensation
The American League’s Shohei Ohtani leads off the MLB All-Star Game with a single to center off Nati...
July 20, 2022
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ReutersPutin forges ties with Iran’s supreme leader in Tehran talks
LONDON/DUBAI (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin had talks with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Al...
July 20, 2022
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ReutersChina says U.S. is ‘maker of security risks’ after Taiwan Strait sailing
BEIJING (Reuters) – The United States is a “maker of security risks” in the Taiwan Strait with its f...
July 20, 2022
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Olympics & ParalympicsTokyo Games amid Pandemic Highly Rated Globally: Japan Govt
TOKYO(Jiji Press) — The Tokyo Summer Olympics and Paralympics, held in 2021 amid the novel coronavir...
July 20, 2022