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General NewsFuneral held for Abe at Tokyo temple
Family members and people close to former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attended his funeral at a Buddhi...
July 12, 2022
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EconomyUS, Japan vow joint efforts on Ukraine, trade, food crisis
TOKYO (AP) — U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Japan’s finance minister agreed Tuesday to coo...
July 12, 2022
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Imperial FamilyEmperor, Empress ‘deeply saddened’
The Emperor and Empress were represented at former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s wake and funeral by a...
July 12, 2022
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Political CartoonsCARTOON OF THE DAY (July 12)
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July 12, 2022
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Crime & CourtsSources: Suspect planned to follow Abe on campaign stop after Nara
NARA — According to police sources, the man suspected of fatally shooting former Prime Minister Shin...
July 12, 2022
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Politics & GovernmentAbe to be given nation’s highest honor
Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will receive the nation’s highest honor, the Collar of the Supreme ...
July 12, 2022
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Crime & CourtsReligious group says Abe was not member nor adviser but had sent messages
Late former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was not a member nor adviser of the religious group previously...
July 12, 2022
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ElectionsKoike attributes former secretary’s defeat to lack of name recognition
Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike said her former secretary was defeated in the Tokyo constituency in the Hous...
July 12, 2022
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Washington Post‘Hit the kill switch’: Uber used covert tech to thwart government raids
Twenty minutes after authorities raided Uber's Amsterdam office in April 2015, Ligea Wells's compute...
July 12, 2022
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Crime & CourtsSuspect learned how to make guns from YouTube
The man accused of fatally shooting former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told investigators he researche...
July 12, 2022
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DeliciousChiba brewery makes prize-winning umeshu with top-notch sake
KATSUURA, Chiba — Production of umeshu plum liqueur is in full swing at the Yoshino-Shuzo sake brewe...
July 12, 2022
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Defense & SecurityKishida determined to strengthen defense capabilities
After winning an overwhelming victory in Sunday’s House of Councillors election, Prime Minister Fum...
July 12, 2022
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General NewsUse of domestically made drone suspended due to possible glitch
Police and firefighters nationwide have suspended the use of the domestically made Soten drone after...
July 12, 2022
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Washington Post
ISIS planned chemical attacks in Europe, new details on weapons program reveal
In the summer of 2014, as his followers were ravaging the cities of northern Iraq, Islamic State lea...
July 12, 2022
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Washington PostLast year, Cubans took to the streets. Now they’re fleeing the island.
Estimates of how many people marched last summer range from 100,000 to half a million - a narrow sli...
July 12, 2022