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Social SeriesOkinawa 50 years since return: Living with U.S. bases 3 / Okinawans born to U.S. soldiers, Japanese nationals still suffer from discrimination
Okinawa Prefecture hosts 70% of all U.S. military facilities in Japan. The presence of U.S. bases ha...
April 1, 2022
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Associated PressPakistan’s embattled PM Khan defiant, says he won’t resign
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s embattled Prime Minister Imran Khan remained defiant Thursday, telling t...
April 1, 2022
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Associated PressAs Russia sees tech brain drain, other nations hope to gain
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Russia’s tech workers are looking for safer and more secure professional p...
April 1, 2022
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Defense & SecurityIsles illegally occupied by Russia: draft report
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Foreign Ministry says in a draft of its Diplomatic Bluebook for 2022 that four ...
April 1, 2022
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EconomyJapan business mood sours as Ukraine war, rising fuel price take toll
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese business confidence soured in the first quarter, a quarterly central ban...
April 1, 2022
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ReutersRussia will respond to EU sanctions, says clash with Moscow not good for bloc – RIA
Russia will respond to European Union sanctions and says the 27-nation bloc might realize that a con...
April 1, 2022
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ReutersGeorgia says ‘unacceptable’ for breakaway region to vote on joining Russia
Georgia said on Thursday that plans by the Russian-backed breakaway region of South Ossetia to hold ...
April 1, 2022
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ReutersPutin tells Europe: Pay in roubles or we’ll cut off your gas
Illustration/Reuters file photoA model of the natural gas pipeline is placed on Russian Ruble bankno...
April 1, 2022
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General NewsFamilies of Japanese abductees fight on
It has now been 25 years since the founding of the Association of the Families of Victims Kidnapped ...
April 1, 2022
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General NewsMyriad of changes as fiscal 2022 begins
The Yomiuri Shimbun The Yomiuri Shimbun [posttime] JST, [postdate] A number of changes and new ...
April 1, 2022
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ReutersBiden spurs record emergency oil release in ‘moment of peril’ for world
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — President Joe Biden on Thursday launched the largest release ever from the U...
April 1, 2022
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ReutersUkraine state nuclear firm says all Russian forces have left Chernobyl plant Reuters
LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) — The Ukrainian state nuclear company said on Thursday that all of the Russ...
April 1, 2022
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CompaniesTEPCO plans to hire outside specialists for counterterrorism
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. plans to hire outside specialists to counter terrorism in...
March 31, 2022
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ReutersQatar’s World Cup turf needs chilled stadiums, desalinated water to thrive
DOHA (Reuters) — Winter will come early to soccer stadiums in baking-hot Qatar when groundskeepers b...
March 31, 2022
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ScienceHuge spiders to colonize U.S. East Coast, but it may be good
WASHINGTON (AFP-Jiji) — Big and scary-looking Joro spiders have spread from Asia to the southern Uni...
March 31, 2022