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CompaniesToyota’s Woven City Sets Stage for Advanced Technology Experiments, Aims for Advancements in Multiple Directions
Toyota Motor Corp. on Thursday officially launched Woven City, a cutting-edge demonstration site ...
September 28, 2025
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BaseballSoftBank wins back-to-back Pacific League titles
The Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks clinched their two consecutive Pacific League championship by defeatin...
September 27, 2025
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General NewsInternational Pavilions Offering Discounted Goods Before Expo Closes; Big-Ticket Items Half Price as Event Approaches Ends
OSAKA — With less than three weeks to go until the end of the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo, shops in so...
September 27, 2025
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SumoYokozuna Hoshoryu Sets Up Final-Day Showdown with Onosato
Yokozuna Hoshoryu took little time to keep his hopes alive of winning the Autumn Tournament. Less...
September 27, 2025
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ReutersSarkozy Jailing Reignites Debate over French Political Justice Ahead of Le Pen Appeal
PARIS, Sept 27 (Reuters) - Former President Nicolas Sarkozy's prison sentence has deepened divisi...
September 27, 2025
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General NewsFall Colors in Akita Pref.; Yellow Grass at Peak on Mt. Chokai
Yellow-tinged grass at Ryugahara wetland on Mt. Chokai in Yurihonjo, Akita Prefecture, is now at ...
September 27, 2025
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Japan In FocusNagasaki: Inspired by TV Drama, Local Group Plants Cosmos on Hill Overlooking Gunkanjima
NAGASAKI — A project is underway to create a cosmos field on a hill in Nagasaki where Hashima Isl...
September 27, 2025
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Japan In FocusTokyo Facility Founded in the Wake of Great Kanto Quake Spearheads Specialized Elder Care Efforts, Research for 100 Yrs
A five-minute walk west from Ring Road No. 8 through a quiet residential neighborhood, you’ll dis...
September 27, 2025
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Associated PressDario Vitale Debuts as Versace Creative Director in ‘Intimate’ Event with Vips and Sex-Charged Looks
MILAN (AP) — Versace's "intimate event" to launch Dario Vitale as the new creative director durin...
September 27, 2025
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Politics & GovernmentJapan Innovation Party Leaders Positive on Holding Coalition Talks with Ruling Parties
The leader and other high-ranking members of the opposition Japan Innovation Party have started t...
September 27, 2025
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Politics & GovernmentAudit Finds Mismanaged Government Funds to International Institutions, Account for 30% of Total Cases
Government bodies have mismanaged funds that were provided to the United Nations and other intern...
September 27, 2025
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Associated PressFacing Global Isolation at UN, a Defiant Netanyahu Says Israel ‘Must Finish the Job’ against Hamas
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Surrounded by critics and protesters at the United Nations, Israeli Prime M...
September 27, 2025
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Associated PressICE Arrests Leader of Iowa’s Largest School District, Says He Was Living and Working in US Illegally
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Federal immigration agents targeted the well-liked leader of Iowa's large...
September 27, 2025
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General NewsUkrainian Ballet Dancers Give Special Performance for Peace at Expo; Troupe Formed by Japanese Ballerina Amid Conflict
OSAKA — Ukrainian ballet dancers who fled to Japan following Russia’s aggression against their ho...
September 27, 2025
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General NewsWoman Found on Mountain in Shiga Pref., Later Confirmed Dead; No Identification Found
A woman was found lying face down in a rocky area of Mt. Ryozen in Shiga Prefecture at about 2 p....
September 27, 2025