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ReutersUS Farm Agency Fires 70 Foreign Researchers Following National
WASHINGTON, July 18 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture said it has fired 70 foreign contract re...
July 20, 2025
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BaseballPete Crow-Armstrong Hits 1 of Cubs’ 5 Solo Homers to Back Imanaga in 6-0 Win over Red Sox
CHICAGO (AP) — All-Star Pete Crow-Armstrong hit his 26th homer, one of five solo shots for the Cu...
July 20, 2025
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DeliciousChicken Namban-Zuke Ideal for Humid Days; Recipe Uses Ume Plum for Refreshing Taste
On humid days, the true value of a refreshing flavor becomes apparent. Akihiko Murata, the owner ...
July 20, 2025
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DeliciousEasy-to-Swallow Chocolate Conceived Out of Japanese Mother’s Love for Son
KYOTO — A Tokyo chocolate shop owner spent two years working with a Kyoto confectionery company t...
July 20, 2025
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General News‘Wind Phones’ Spread Globally as Tools to Cope with Grief; Disconnected Public Telephone Booths Let People ‘Talk’ to Lost Loved Ones
MORIOKA — Telephone booths modeled after the “Kaze no Denwa” (Wind phone) in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefe...
July 20, 2025
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General NewsKyoani Arson Victim’s Picture Book to Become Anime Series; Former Colleagues Aim to Carry on Creator’s Legacy
KYOTO — Friends and former colleagues of Yoshiji Kigami, an animator who died in the July 2019 ar...
July 20, 2025
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ElectionsUpper House Election: Party Leaders Make Final Appeals Ahead of Upper House Election; LDP-Komeito Majority’s Survival Key Focus of Speeches
Party leaders made their final appeals to voters on Saturday, the final day of campaigning for Su...
July 19, 2025
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CompaniesSluggish Tesla Sales Lead Panasonic to Delay Start of EV Battery Production at New U.S. Plant
Panasonic Holdings Corp. has decided to postpone the start of full operations of its newly built ...
July 19, 2025
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CompaniesKEPCO Eyes Building, Replacing Nuclear Reactors in Japan; 1st Time Geological Surveys to Be Resumed Since Fukushima Accident
Kansai Electric Power Co. has formulated its policy of resuming geological surveys to build a nuc...
July 19, 2025
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General NewsBear Suspected in 2 Fatal Attacks Years Apart in Hokkaido Killed; DNA Samples Link Cases
SAPPORO — The DNA of a bear killed on Friday matches that of the bear that killed a 52-year-old n...
July 19, 2025
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ElectionsUpper House Election: Political Parties Intensify Debates on Foreign Workers; Some Try to Capitalize on Voters’ Economic Discontent
Political parties in Japan are intensifying debates over the acceptance of foreign workers as the...
July 19, 2025
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Imperial FamilyJapanese Imperial Family Spends Time at Nasu Villa in Tochigi Prefecture for Vacation
NASU, Tochigi — The Emperor, the Empress and their daughter Princess Aiko arrived at the Nasu Imp...
July 19, 2025
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Yomiuri EditorialMine Ban Convention: 6 Countries Urged to Reconsider Withdrawal Decision
Six European countries including Ukraine, which is currently subject to aggression from Russia, h...
July 19, 2025
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Yomiuri Editorial
Murder of 3rd-Year Junior High Student in Fukui: Prolonged Retrial Proceedings Hamper Redress for False Conviction
The former defendant, who was 21 years old at the time of his arrest, has already turned 60. Alth...
July 19, 2025
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Japan In FocusNagasaki: 3D Image Data of Buddhist Statue to Be Provided to South Korean Temple; For Creation of Replica of Original
TSUSHIMA, Nagasaki — A temple in Tsushima, Nagasaki Prefecture, earlier this month provided a Sou...
July 19, 2025