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Figure SkatingHanyu officially announces retirement from international competition
Yuzuru Hanyu officially annouced his retirement from international competition at a press conference...
July 19, 2022
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Asia-PacificJapan, S. Korea agree to seek early settlement of wartime labor issue
Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and his South Korean counterpart Park Jin agreed Monday that the ...
July 19, 2022
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TechnologyFlying car flies 520-meter round trip on test flight in Oita
Oita - A test flight of a flying car was held at the Notsuharu Tenku Hiroba park in Oita City. The f...
July 19, 2022
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General NewsPortable shrine cruise returns to Miyagi city
SENDAI — Two boats carrying mikoshi portable shrines paraded around the beautiful Matsushima Bay off...
July 19, 2022
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Washington PostEuropeans shocked by ‘heat apocalypse’ as temperature records fall
PARIS – An unforgiving heat wave in Western Europe laid bare Monday how extreme temperatures will in...
July 19, 2022
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Manga & AnimeFrench animated film ‘Le Sommet des Dieux’ comes home to Japan
The late Jiro Taniguchi’s manga adaptation of a novel by Baku Yumemakura has been turned into an ani...
July 19, 2022
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Washington PostJuan Soto wins the Home Run Derby as his Nationals future becomes an All-Star focus
LOS ANGELES – The clearest picture of just how much Juan Soto’s suddenly uncertain future with the W...
July 19, 2022
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Washington PostWomen denied abortion rarely choose adoption. That’s unlikely to change.
In the Supreme Court’s momentous decision overturning Roe v. Wade, Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. refer...
July 19, 2022
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Washington PostThe U.S. plan to avoid extreme climate change is running out of time
In 101 months, the United States will have achieved President Joe Biden’s most important climate pro...
July 19, 2022
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SumoFormer sumo champion Wakanohana II dies at 69
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Second-generation Wakanohana, former yokozuna professional sumo grand champion,...
July 19, 2022
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Washington PostPulitzer board rejects Trump’s challenge to Russia stories by Washington Post, N.Y. Times
The board that administers the Pulitzer Prizes rejected former president Donald Trump’s request to r...
July 19, 2022
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ReutersAustralia faces dire environmental risks
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australia has lost more mammal species than any other continent and has one of...
July 19, 2022
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ReutersYellen says U.S. will impose harsh consequences on countries abusing global economic order
SEOUL (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Tuesday that the United States will i...
July 19, 2022
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EconomyJapanese firms in China to call for even playing field in office equipment bids
The Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry in China will submit a letter to the Chinese governmen...
July 19, 2022
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ReutersFrance, UAE sign energy cooperation deal
PARIS (Reuters) – The governments of France and the United Arab Emirates signed on Monday a strategi...
July 19, 2022