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YIESEx-defense minister stresses urgent need for defense budget boost
Former Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera stressed the need for Japan to increase its defense budget ...
September 23, 2022
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ScienceWater found in samples brought from asteroid Ryugu
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Water has been found in samples from the asteroid Ryugu brought to Earth by Jap...
September 23, 2022
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Yomiuri EditorialA step toward dealing with extreme fall in yen’s value
The government and the Bank of Japan have intervened in the currency market to buy yen and sell doll...
September 23, 2022
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Yomiuri Editorial
Russia must not repeat its follies with ‘referendums’ in occupied regions
It was tantamount to an admission by Russian President Vladimir Putin himself that Russia’s unilater...
September 23, 2022
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MusicPolice footage of Beatles tour to be released in censored form
Footage taken by police for security purposes during The Beatles’ tour of Japan in 1966 has been re...
September 23, 2022
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Performing Arts
Kikuchi, Tanaka bring ‘Dream Boys’ back
The “Dream Boys” are back! Fuma Kikuchi of the boy band Sexy Zone and Juri Tanaka of SixTONES are...
September 23, 2022
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Associated PressTrump’s legal woes mount without protection of presidency
WASHINGTON (AP) — Stark repudiation by federal judges he appointed. Far-reaching fraud allegations b...
September 23, 2022
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Associated PressAlex Jones testifies in trial over his Sandy Hook hoax lies
WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) — Alex Jones took the stand Thursday at his Connecticut defamation trial, ackn...
September 23, 2022
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Associated PressWhy is a NASA spacecraft crashing into an asteroid?
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — In the first-of-its kind, save-the-world experiment, NASA is about to cl...
September 23, 2022
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Associated PressOne day after Zelenskyy speech, US, Russia square off at UN
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — One day after Ukraine’s president laid out a forceful case against Russia’s in...
September 23, 2022
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EconomyKeidanren chair holds online talks with Chinese Premier
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Masakazu Tokura, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, held ...
September 23, 2022
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Associated PressAt least 9 killed as Iran protests over woman’s death spread
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Clashes between Iranian security forces and protesters angry over...
September 23, 2022
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Associated PressMore consumers buying organic, but US farmers still wary
CHURDAN, Iowa (AP) — In the 1970s when George Naylor said he wanted to grow organic crops, the idea ...
September 23, 2022
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Associated PressConstitution stops Charles becoming Britain’s ‘green’ king
LONDON (AP) — On a blustery November day last year Britain’s future king stood before world leaders ...
September 23, 2022
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Asia-PacificAt U.N., Micronesia denounces Japan plan to release Fukushima water into Pacific
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) — The president of the Pacific island state of Micronesia denounced at the...
September 23, 2022