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Associated PressLower US job gain in August could aid Fed’s inflation fight
WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s employers added a healthy number of jobs last month, yet slowed their hi...
September 3, 2022
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Associated PressG-7 pledges to move forward with Russia oil price cap system
BERLIN (AP) — Finance ministers from the Group of Seven industrial powers on Friday pledged to impos...
September 3, 2022
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Yomiuri EditorialChina must address U.N. report on human rights violations
A U.N. body that monitors human rights issues around the world has publicly acknowledged China’s hum...
September 3, 2022
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Yomiuri Editorial
Scheme should help redirect personal savings to investment
It is a longstanding task to invigorate the economy by redirecting households’ financial assets, wh...
September 3, 2022
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September 3, 2022
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BaseballYakult’s Murakami hits 50-HR milestone
Tokyo Yakult Swallows slugger Munetaka Murakami became the youngest player in Japan pro baseball hi...
September 3, 2022
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Travel SpotsSummer stars on the slopes of ski resort
NIHONMATSU, Fukushima —About 600,000 LED lights are illuminating the summer slopes at the Adatara Re...
September 3, 2022
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General NewsHokkaido town’s ‘flying pumpkins’ ready for harvest
Dark-green pumpkins hang from a greenhouse lattice in the Hokkaido town of Naganuma, which boasts Ja...
September 3, 2022
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EconomyConvenience stores in Japan become ‘one-stop shops’ with more clothes, household goods
Major convenience store operators are finding new business opportunities in areas such as clothing a...
September 3, 2022
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Japan In FocusNagasaki: Film remembers U.S. POWs sacrificed for dam
SASEBO, Nagasaki — A high school student has made a documentary about the history of a local dam, ho...
September 3, 2022
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Political PulseFraught relations with China call for ‘shitataka’ approach by Kishida
“Shitataka” is a Japanese word with multiple meanings that even Japanese find difficult to explain i...
September 3, 2022
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Wider WorldSituation in Sahel region a wake-up call regarding population explosion
BISSAU — Africa’s population is expected to keep growing through the second half of this century, ne...
September 3, 2022
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Climate ChangeTokyo, Kuala Lumpur ink accord to deepen ties
The Tokyo metropolitan government and Kuala Lumpur signed a letter of intent Thursday, aiming to str...
September 2, 2022
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Defense & SecurityFirst in-person IPEF talks to be held in LA next week
WASHINGTON — Los Angeles is to host on Sept. 8 and 9. the first in-person meeting of the Indo-Pacifi...
September 2, 2022
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CoronavirusJapan to revise laws for future pandemics, require hospitals to provide beds
The government on Friday discussed measures to combat a potential future pandemic and decided to rev...
September 2, 2022
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