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CompaniesLawson launches premium onigiri rice balls
Lawson, Inc. launched in this month a campaign of selling onigiri rice balls made with brand-name ri...
July 10, 2022
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Yomiuri EditorialJapan must strive to recover from deep national loss
How great was the mark the former prime minister left on the international community? The condolence...
July 10, 2022
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Yomiuri Editorial
Framework will not function if Russia viewed ambiguously
Responsibility for the food crisis and soaring energy prices lies solely with Russia, the invader of...
July 10, 2022
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Crime & CourtsYamagami sent to prosecutors
A suspect in the fatal attack on former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was sent to prosecutors on suspici...
July 10, 2022
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ElectionsVoting for upper house election starts
People started heading to polling stations on Sunday to vote for the 26th House of Councillors elect...
July 10, 2022
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Associated PressElena Rybakina wins Wimbledon women’s final for 1st Slam
WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — As “unexpectable” and “unbelievable” as Elena Rybakina found her Wimbledon...
July 10, 2022
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Politics & GovernmentTop U.S. diplomat to pay Abe condolence visit to Japan
BANGKOK (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will pay a brief condolence visit to Japan nex...
July 10, 2022
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Associated PressSri Lanka crisis gives India chance to gain sway vs China
NEW DELHI (AP) — Sri Lanka’s strategic location has attracted outsized interest in the small island ...
July 10, 2022
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Politics & GovernmentDeath of LDP power broker set to rock ruling party
Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving leader, continued to exert a strong presen...
July 10, 2022
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Crime & CourtsSuspect stood meters behind Abe during speech
NARA — In the final stages of campaigning for the House of Councillors election Friday, a stump eve...
July 10, 2022
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Crime & Courts‘Shooter stalked Abe in Okayama’ before attack in Nara
NARA — A man arrested in Friday’s fatal shooting of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Nara City ha...
July 9, 2022
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Crime & CourtsSecurity arrangements at murder site criticized
Despite the presence of police officers, a man was able to approach and fatally shoot former Prime M...
July 9, 2022
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Politics & GovernmentMemorable moments in Shinzo Abe’s public life
Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, 67, who was shot while giving a stump speech in Nara City for the ...
July 9, 2022
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Crime & CourtsBody of Japan ex-PM Abe returned to Tokyo
A car believed to be carrying the body of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was shot dead Friday...
July 9, 2022
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ElectionsParty leaders make final campaign pleas in wake of Abe shooting
Political party leaders returned to the campaign trail on Saturday, the final day before Sunday’s...
July 9, 2022