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Crime & CourtsClam shipments from Japan’s major production area suspended amid false labeling of foreign products
Shipments of asari clams produced in Kumamoto Prefecture were suspended from Feb. 8, in the wake of ...
February 14, 2022
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Olympics & ParalympicsSki jumper Kobayashi earns large hill silver
BEIJING — Ski jumper Ryoyu Kobayashi claimed the silver medal in the large hill individual event at ...
February 13, 2022
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Associated PressJapan, U.S., South Korea meet in Hawaii to discuss North Korea
HONOLULU (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met his Japanese and South Korean counterpart...
February 13, 2022
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General NewsFujii takes Osho shogi title, becomes youngest 5-title holder
Shogi prodigy Sota Fujii captured the Osho title after sweeping a best-of-seven series against defen...
February 13, 2022
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Olympics & ParalympicsJapan rolls past ROC in Olympic curling pool play
Japan took down the Russian Olympic Committee 10-5 in round robin play in women’s curling on Saturda...
February 13, 2022
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Olympics & ParalympicsSmiles turned upside down as Japan KO’d
Japan, which was looking to break into the final four in the women’s ice hockey tournament at the Be...
February 13, 2022
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Associated PressBiden warns Putin of ‘severe costs’ of Ukraine invasion
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. President Joe Biden told Russia’s Vladimir Putin that invading Ukraine would ...
February 13, 2022
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Olympics & ParalympicsJapanese ski jumper Kobayashi earns silver in large hill ski jumping
Japanese ski jumper Ryoyu Kobayashi won silver medal in the men’s large hill ski jumping at the Beij...
February 12, 2022
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Olympics & ParalympicsMorishige skates to bronze in 500
Wataru Morishige won the bronze medal in the men’s 500 meters in speed skating at the Beijing Winter...
February 12, 2022
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Olympics & ParalympicsJapan sets an Olympic record in the women’s speed skating team pursuit
BEIJING (AP) — Japan has set an Olympic record in the quarterfinals of the women’s speed skating tea...
February 12, 2022
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Olympics & ParalympicsGold medalist Hirano: ‘I gave it my all’
ZHANGJIAKOU, China — Gold medal-winning snowboarder Ayumu Hirano expressed satisfaction with his per...
February 12, 2022
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CoronavirusKishida mulls easing COVID border controls
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Saturday that he is considering “a policy direction for relaxing b...
February 12, 2022
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Olympics & ParalympicsFujisawa gives Japan thrilling win over Denmark in women’s curling
BEIJING — Skip Satsuki Fujisawa’s super shot with the final stone gave Japan three points and a dram...
February 12, 2022
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Olympics & ParalympicsValieva’s future to be decided in closed-door boardroom, not ice rink
BEIJING (Reuters) — Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva’s Winter Olympics will be decided not on th...
February 12, 2022
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General News40% of local govts in 2011 quake areas to forgo memorial services
Eleven years after the Great East Japan Earthquake, 40% of local governments in areas heavily affect...
February 12, 2022