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EconomyMoves spread among top utilities to turn away corporate power contracts
Out-of-control fuel price hikes that are jacking up the cost of electricity have created a situation...
April 19, 2022
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General NewsNES enthusiast sets Guinness record with mosaic using 4,256 cartridges
Yorihito Ishida, 38, a resident of Moriyama, Shiga Prefecture, has been recognized by Guinness World...
April 19, 2022
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General News40％ of kindergartens, day care centers face flood risks; a few have no evacuation plans
About 40% of kindergartens, day care centers and early childhood education centers in major cities a...
April 18, 2022
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General NewsRussian family-run restaurant in Japan supports Ukrainian refugees
CHIBA — A Russian woman and her daughter who run a Russian restaurant in Chiba are offering to suppo...
April 18, 2022
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General NewsKeidanren, universities call for allowing use of info on interns
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, and Japanese universities on Monda...
April 18, 2022
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Associated PressMexican leader fails to pass limits on foreign energy firms
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador failed to find enough votes late Su...
April 18, 2022
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Associated PressGovernor: Missiles in western Ukrainian city kill 6
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Multiple explosions apparently caused by missiles struck the western Ukrainian ...
April 18, 2022
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EuropeTokyo 2020 judoka in Kyiv speaks about horrors of Russian invasion
Kyiv city council member Georgii Zantaraia spoke to The Yomiuri Shimbun via social media about the h...
April 18, 2022
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ElectionsIshin trying to shape up for this summer’s upper house election
Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Innovation Party) has aggressively fielded candidates in local elections ...
April 18, 2022
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Associated PressSyrian fighters ready to join next phase of Ukraine war
BEIRUT (AP) — During a visit to Syria in 2017, Vladimir Putin lavished praise on a Syrian general wh...
April 18, 2022
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General NewsShogi prodigy Fujii commands ‘pieces’ in human shogi match
The traditional spring event Ningen Shogi, or human shogi, was held Sunday for the first time in thr...
April 18, 2022
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Associated PressShanghai reports 1st deaths from current COVID-19 outbreak
BEIJING (AP) — Shanghai authorities on Monday reported the first COVID-19 deaths of the latest outbr...
April 18, 2022
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ReutersPresident Raisi says Iran will target heart of Israel if it acts against Iranian nation
DUBAI (Reuters) — Iran's armed forces will target Israel's heart if it makes "the slightest move" ag...
April 18, 2022
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Markets
Japan’s 10-year bond yields track U.S. peers to scale 3-week high
TOKYO (Reuters) — Japan's 10-year government bond yields touched a three-week high in early trade on...
April 18, 2022
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Reuters
Explosions reported in Ukraine’s Lviv, Dnipropetrovsk regions
Authorities in Ukraine's Western and Southern regions of Lviv and Dnipropetrovsk reported multiple e...
April 18, 2022