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Politics & GovernmentJapan to freeze assets of Putin’s daughters as sanctions
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The government on Tuesday decided to freeze the assets of 398 individuals, incl...
April 13, 2022
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Coronavirus
Govt to keep close watch on XE variant
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The government will keep a close watch on the XE omicron variant of the novel c...
April 13, 2022
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Associated PressUkraine says potent Russian hack against power grid thwarted
BOSTON (AP) — Russian military hackers attempted to knock out power to millions of Ukrainians last w...
April 13, 2022
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Associated PressBiden: Russia war a ‘genocide,’ trying to ‘wipe out’ Ukraine
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday said Russia's war in Ukraine amounted to "gen...
April 13, 2022
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MuseumsKuya statue stands as beacon in dark times
A statue of the Buddhist monk Kuya is known for having small statues of Buddhas emerging from his mo...
April 13, 2022
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General NewsBooks on Ukraine, Russia selling well
Books related to Ukraine and Russia are selling well in Japan, as more people apparently seek to lea...
April 13, 2022
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Crime & Courts
Chilean man gets 28 years over murder of Japanese woman
BESANCON, France (Jiji Press) — A French court sentenced a 31-year-old Chilean man to 28 years in pr...
April 13, 2022
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ReutersPutin says peace talks with Ukraine are at dead end, goads the West
LONDON (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday peace talks with Ukraine had hit a dead...
April 13, 2022
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Associated PressPolice focus on van renter in Brooklyn subway shooting probe
NEW YORK (AP) — A gunman in a gas mask and construction vest set off a smoke grenade and fired a bar...
April 13, 2022
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EnvironmentRaicho rock ptarmigan breeding project succeeding across Japan
A project to breed Japanese rock ptarmigan, a bird species designated by the central government as a...
April 13, 2022
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ReutersAfter killer asteroid, mammals got bigger before they got smarter
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — In the aftermath of the asteroid impact 66 million years ago that doomed the...
April 13, 2022
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ReutersTowering ice volcanoes identified on surprisingly vibrant Pluto
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — A batch of dome-shaped ice volcanoes that look unlike anything else known in ...
April 13, 2022
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ReutersOctopus farm makes breakthrough on feeding amid captivity concerns
SISAL, Mexico (Reuters) — When Mexican biologist Carlos Rosas dips his hand into the water of a larg...
April 13, 2022
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ReutersPutin warns the West: Russia cannot be isolated — or held back
President Vladimir Putin warned the West on Tuesday that attempts to isolate Moscow would fail, citi...
April 13, 2022
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ReutersAstrolab unveils space rover, more than a mere ‘moon buggy’
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — A Los Angeles-area startup founded by a veteran spaceflight robotics enginee...
April 13, 2022