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Associated PressChief: No evidence parade-crash suspect knew anyone on route
WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — The SUV driver who plowed into a Christmas parade in suburban Milwaukee, killi...
November 23, 2021
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Associated PressBiden to keep Powell as Fed chair, Brainard gets vice chair
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Monday he is nominating Jerome Powell for a second four-y...
November 23, 2021
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Japan In FocusYamanashi: 800 years later, warrior honored anew in hometown
CHUO, Yamanashi — It has been 800 years since the death of Asari Yoichi, a warrior who governed pres...
November 23, 2021
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Politics & GovernmentScandal-tainted Kinoshita resigns as Tokyo assembly member
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Tokyo metropolitan assembly member Fumiko Kinoshita, indicted without arrest af...
November 23, 2021
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Politics & GovernmentJapan eyes setting up child agency in FY 2023
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Japanese government is making arrangements to set up an agency tasked with ...
November 23, 2021
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CompaniesGovt to oppose Shinsei Bank’s defense of SBI takeover bid
Shinsei Bank’s attempt to fend off a takeover bid by major online financial services provider SBI Ho...
November 23, 2021
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General NewsPromise of ‘paradise’ drew residents of Japan to emigrate to North Korea over 4 decades ago
While it might be hard to believe today, from 1959 to 1984, 93,000 people emigrated from Japan to No...
November 23, 2021
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Associated Press5 dead, 40 injured after SUV speeds into Christmas parade
WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — A joyous scene of marching bands and children dancing in Santa hats and waving...
November 22, 2021
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Europe
Fresh protests, violence against Covid restrictions
BRUSSELS (AFP-Jiji) — A fresh wave of protests broke out in several European cities and in some Fren...
November 22, 2021
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Asia-PacificAustralia to re-open borders to students, workers
SYDNEY (AFP-Jiji) — Australia announced Monday it will again welcome foreign students and skilled wo...
November 22, 2021
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ElectionsSurvey: Runoff likely in Japan’s largest opposition party’s leadership race
A runoff between the top two candidates is becoming increasingly likely in the Constitutional Democr...
November 22, 2021
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Global
U.S., Australia, U.K. sign key deal in nuclear sub alliance
SYDNEY (AFP-Jiji) — Australia formally embarked Monday on a hotly contested program to equip its nav...
November 22, 2021
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CompaniesJapan Inc. revisits telework as COVID-19 cases fall
A survey conducted by The Yomiuri Shimbun on major companies’ views on telework revealed that the ne...
November 22, 2021
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General NewsMiyagi town unveils final monument preserving memories of 2011 disaster
ONAGAWA, Miyagi — A group that includes those who were junior high school students when the Great Ea...
November 22, 2021
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Associated PressEl Salvador to build cryptocurrency-fueled “Bitcoin City”
LA LIBERTAD, El Salvador (AP) — In a rock concert-like atmosphere, El Salvador President Nayib Bukel...
November 22, 2021