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Jiji PressJapan Sees Record 42.43 Million Foreign Entrants in 2025
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The number of foreigners entering Japan rose 15.4% from the previous year to...
January 31, 2026
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Jiji PressJapan Government Data Confirms No Forex Intervention in January
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japanese Finance Ministry data confirmed Friday that there had been no forei...
January 31, 2026
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Washington PostRFK Jr. Picks Promoters of Debunked Vaccine-Autism Claims for Key Panel
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has reshaped a key federal autism advisory board, appointi...
January 31, 2026
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Defense & SecurityJapan, Britain to Boost Cyber Cooperation to Share Threat Info as Takaichi, Starmer Meet in Tokyo
Japan and Britain will establish a bilateral strategic cyber partnership at talks between Prime M...
January 31, 2026
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Yomiuri EditorialPrudential: Incredible Rampant Wrongdoing at Life Insurance Firm
It is nothing short of astonishing that many sales staff at a major life insurance company were i...
January 31, 2026
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Washington PostJeff Landry Is Trump’s Envoy to Greenland. He Wants to Celebrate Gumbo.
After an eventful week in Davos, Switzerland - where President Donald Trump variously referred to...
January 31, 2026
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Washington PostICE Launches Nationwide Program for Covert Surveillance of Immigrants
ICE’s lead contractor for a new program to covertly surveil and photograph undocumented immigrant...
January 31, 2026
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Jiji PressJapanese Actress Ryoko Yonekura Not Indicted over Drug Case
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Public prosecutors have stopped short of indicting Japanese actress Ryoko Yo...
January 31, 2026
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Washington PostFate of Colorado River Hangs in Balance as Political Battle Brews
For a life-sustaining natural resource relied on by tens of millions of people and fought over by...
January 31, 2026
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Olympics & ParalympicsMilano Cortina 2026: Olympic Flame Reaches Livigno 1 Week Before Games Open; Cheering Crowd, Fireworks Greet Final Runner
LIVIGNO, Italy — The torch relay for the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics reached the Italian mount...
January 31, 2026
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Travel SpotsYamaguchi: Lion Cubs Draw Visitors; Rare Opportunity to Interact with Them Up Close
MINE, Yamaguchi — Recently born lion cubs are attracting crowds at Akiyoshidai Safari Land in Min...
January 31, 2026
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Washington Post‘Ghost Forests’ Are Even More Widespread Than We Thought
From above, there’s no mistaking the loss.
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Washington PostTrump Says U.S. Will Decertify Canadian-Made Planes, Threatens 50% Tariff
President Donald Trump said he is “decertifying” all aircraft built in Canada and threatened to i...
January 31, 2026
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ReutersMap Reveals Landscape under Antarctica’s Ice
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Scientists have devised the most detailed map to date of the terrain hidde...
January 31, 2026
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Washington PostICE Buys Warehouses for Mass Detention Network, Rattling Locals
One industrial building the federal government plans to overhaul into an immigrant detention cent...
January 31, 2026