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Associated PressStocks meander higher, scoring record highs for S&P 500, Dow
A wobbly day of trading on Wall Street ended with most stock indexes managing slight gains, enough f...
December 30, 2021
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Crime & CourtsFormer care worker rearrested for another murder
MITO (Jiji Press) — The police served a former employee of a nursing home in the eastern prefecture ...
December 30, 2021
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General News11 hospitals in Japan hit by ransomware attacks since 2016
In a time when critical infrastructure has been exposed to cyber-attacks around the world, The Yomiu...
December 29, 2021
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Asia-PacificPopular actress marries Chinese Communist Party official: media in China don’t report it
BEIJING — News that one of China’s most popular actresses had remarried may be hard to find in the m...
December 29, 2021
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General NewsTop 10 Japanese news stories of 2021
It’s not unusual in an Olympic year for sports to dominate the top Japanese news rankings of the yea...
December 29, 2021
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General NewsControversial Sado mine proposed for UNESCO nod
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — A government panel proposed Tuesday that a gold mine site on the island of Sado...
December 29, 2021
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Politics & GovernmentPolitical contributions decline in Japan amid pandemic
Companies and organizations are starting to reduce their political contributions amid the spread of ...
December 29, 2021
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SumoMitakeumi the one to watch in 2022, but with some reservations
Who is the sumo wrestler to watch in 2022? Looking at recent results, I would definitely have to go ...
December 29, 2021
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General NewsFormer SMAP member Shingo Katori ties the knot
Actor Shingo Katori, a former member of the now-disbanded pop group SMAP, has gotten married, his ma...
December 29, 2021
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Politics & GovernmentJapan to set up embassy in Kiribati in fiscal 2022
The Foreign Ministry plans to set up a new embassy in Kiribati, an island nation in the South Pacifi...
December 29, 2021
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Asia-PacificExiled Tiananmen student leader Wang Dan barred from seeing mother before her death in Beijing
BEIJING — Wang Dan, a former student leader of the 1989 pro-democracy protests that led to the Tiana...
December 29, 2021
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Imperial FamilyJapan’s Princess Kako turns 27
Princess Kako, the second daughter of Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko, turned 27 on We...
December 29, 2021
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Associated PressHong Kong police raid online news outlet, arrest 6
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong police raided the office of an online news outlet on Wednesday after arre...
December 29, 2021
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General NewsEarly taste of New Year festiveness
The iconic Nakamise street in the Asakusa district of Tokyo is packed with visitors on Tuesday. The ...
December 29, 2021
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ObituariesJohn Madden, Hall of Fame coach and broadcaster, dies at 85
John Madden, the Hall of Fame coach turned broadcaster whose exuberant calls combined with simple ex...
December 29, 2021