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Asia-PacificSingapore: Tiles that support marine biodiversity added to seawalls
While seawalls are the traditional defense for Singapore’s coasts against rising sea levels, scienti...
June 2, 2022
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Asia-Pacific
Cambodia: Rising fertilizer, pesticide, fuel prices slow rice farming
Although the monsoon season this year started with ample rainfall for growing rice, some farmers are...
June 2, 2022
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Asia-PacificLaos: Fuel shortages causing hardships for motorists
Fuel businesses and importers are struggling to supply enough fuel to meet public demand due to fluc...
June 2, 2022
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Associated PressNightclub needle attacks puzzle European authorities
PARIS (AP) — Across France, more than 300 people have reported being pricked out of the blue with ne...
June 2, 2022
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Associated PressVocab questions reduce spelling bee to 3 letters: A, B or C
OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — The Scripps National Spelling Bee was rolling smoothly through the second day ...
June 2, 2022
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Wider WorldThe double life of Eva B, Pakistan’s veiled rapper
KARACHI (AFP-Jiji) — Pakistan’s breakthrough rapper Eva B has racked up millions of views online, bu...
June 2, 2022
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Asia-PacificShanghai lockdown over but China’s economy far from returning to normal
SHANGHAI — The lockdown imposed on Shanghai has been lifted after two months, but there is little li...
June 2, 2022
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General NewsWriter Mariko Hayashi ‘to be named Nihon University chair’
Writer Mariko Hayashi has been unofficially named the new chairperson of Nihon University in Tokyo, ...
June 2, 2022
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Imperial FamilyEmperor Emeritus postpones visit to exhibition
The Emperor Emeritus’ visit to an exhibition in Tokyo on Thursday was postponed, as he appeared slig...
June 2, 2022
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Travel SpotsTohoku : Experience a dawn unlike any other at the Kamiwarizaki in Miyagi Prefecture
A phenomenon that is best observed over a span of one to two weeks in February and October each year...
June 2, 2022
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ObituariesFamed Japanese Photographer Takeyoshi Tanuma Dies at 93
Tokyo (Jiji Press)—Prominent Japanese photographer Takeyoshi Tanuma, known for documenting children ...
June 2, 2022
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General NewsDamage spotted on hull of salvaged Kazu I sightseeing boat
Holes and cracks have been observed on the bottom of the salvaged hull of the Kazu I sightseeing boa...
June 2, 2022
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Cultural Viewpoints
Doubling down on ‘daro’: Admirable alignment in Japanese communication
At first, the UQ mobile commercials, launched in 2016, were simply bewildering. Two large, furry cha...
June 2, 2022
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Defense & SecurityJapan’s de facto aircraft carrier Izumo to be dispatched to Indo-Pacific from mid-June
Japan’s helicopter-carrying destroyer Izumo, which continues to be upgraded as a de facto aircraft c...
June 2, 2022
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FashionDazzling costumes displayed in Kobe
KOBE — An exhibition showcasing stage costumes from Takarazuka Revue Company’s dramatic productions ...
June 2, 2022