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Defense & SecurityN. Korea fires short-range ballistic missile into Sea of Japan
SEOUL — North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile toward the Sea of Japan around 6:53 a.m. S...
September 25, 2022
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EconomyGovt aims to boost economy by easing entry for intl travelers
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, now visiting New York, announced his intention to increase the number ...
September 25, 2022
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RussiaUkrainian recalls terror of life at Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant
KYIV — A worker of the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine has r...
September 25, 2022
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Social SeriesIn search of lost time 20 years after Pyongyang summit / Angry over lack of progress, families seek summit
This is the fourth installment of a five-part series reflecting on the experiences of Japanese natio...
September 24, 2022
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Politics & GovernmentMany foreign dignitaries expected to attend Abe’s state funeral
The state funeral for former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday will be attended by dignitaries fr...
September 24, 2022
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ReutersU.S. sending ‘dangerous signals’ on Taiwan, China tells Blinken
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – China has accused the United States of sending “very wrong, dangerous signals”...
September 24, 2022
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BaseballWard homers twice, Ohtani earns win as Angels beat Twins 4-2
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Taylor Ward homered twice and Shohei Ohtani took a no-hitter into the fifth innin...
September 24, 2022
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Politics & GovernmentWhite House announces delegation to attend Abe’s state funeral
WASHINGTON — The White House on Friday announced the 12-member U.S. delegation for the state funeral...
September 24, 2022
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Defense & SecurityU.S.-led alliance intends to hold China in check in Pacific region
NEW YORK — A U.S.-led alliance, which includes Japan, Australia, Britain and New Zealand, intends t...
September 24, 2022
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Washington PostThey lost their mom to a Kabul bombing. Now their dad finally joins them.
DULLES, Va – Mina Stanekzai stared at the families happily greeting each other inside the Dulles Air...
September 24, 2022
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Washington PostPeople are fleeing Puerto Rico, Guam and every other U.S. territory. What gives?
For much of the postwar era, America’s territories thrived. Remnants of the age of imperialism, the ...
September 24, 2022
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Washington PostAs crackdown eases, China’s Xinjiang faces long road to rehabilitation
KASHGAR, China – A lone guard looks out through the bars of the metal gate onto a dusty village road...
September 24, 2022
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Travel SpotsFukui: Eyeglasses-themed ryokan inn opens in ‘city of glasses’
SABAE, Fukui —Sabae Megane House is one of the latest additions to the many lodging facilities that ...
September 24, 2022
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CompaniesToyota to terminate production in Russia
Toyota Motor Corp. has announced plans to terminate production at its St. Petersburg plant and suspe...
September 24, 2022
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General NewsTyphoon No. 15 causes landslides, heavy rain, killing 1 in Shizuoka Pref.
Typhoon No. 15 moved eastward over waters south of Honshu before dawn Saturday and had weakened into...
September 24, 2022