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Associated PressWHO: COVID cases and deaths continue to fall globally
GENEVA (AP) — The number of coronavirus cases reported globally has dropped for a second consecutive...
April 9, 2022
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Politics & GovernmentRussia vows countermeasures against Japan
A Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Friday that Moscow will take countermeasures against To...
April 9, 2022
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Japan In FocusFukui: Port city remembers arrival of Jewish refugees
TSURUGA, Fukui — During World War II, Jewish refugees who escaped Nazi persecution were given a warm...
April 9, 2022
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General News
Displaced Ukrainian children join schools in Japan
This week, public schools welcomed a handful of Ukrainian children who have recently arrived in Japa...
April 9, 2022
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Associated PressRights court orders Peru not to release jailed ex-president
LIMA, Peru (AP) — The Inter-American Court of Human Rights on Friday ordered Peru to “refrain” from ...
April 9, 2022
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Associated PressMissile kills at least 52 at crowded Ukrainian train station
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A missile hit a train station in eastern Ukraine where thousands had gathered F...
April 9, 2022
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Associated PressWill Smith gets 10-year Oscars ban over Chris Rock slap
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The motion picture academy on Friday banned Will Smith from attending the Oscars ...
April 9, 2022
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Political PulseStatecraft is shackled by constant election campaigning
Yomiuri Shimbun file photoPrime Minister Fumio Kishida, second from right, poses as he places a rose...
April 9, 2022
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CoronavirusCoronavirus cases rising in regional areas, stoking fears of a resurgence in Japan
Seven prefectures including Akita and Miyazaki have logged record-high coronavirus cases this month,...
April 9, 2022
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EconomyJapanese government aims to increase fruit exports via Hanshin Port
Aiming to increase exports of fruit, the government is working to promote maritime transport of the ...
April 9, 2022
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Defense & SecurityOkinawa development policy draft emphasizes ‘security importance’ of islands to territorial waters
The draft of the government’s basic policy for the promotion and development of Okinawa, which will ...
April 8, 2022
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Science‘Love hormone’ oxytocin turns lions into kittens
WASHINGTON (AFP-Jiji) — Here kitty kitty ... Scientists who spent years spraying oxytocin up the n...
April 8, 2022
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Politics & GovernmentJapan to expel 8 Russians from embassy
Japan has ordered a number of Russian diplomats to leave the country, the Foreign Ministry has annou...
April 8, 2022
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ObituariesRemembering mangaka Motoo Abiko, half of the ‘two as one’ duo of Fujiko Fujio
“Two as one.” Fujiko Fujio was often introduced in this way. This is because the name was a nom de p...
April 8, 2022
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ObituariesLate Japanese mangaka Fujiko Fujio A forever linked to legendary apartment house
The death of the famed mangaka known as Fujiko Fujio A at the age of 88 was met with great sadness a...
April 8, 2022