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General NewsJapan Newspaper Group Pledges Accurate Reporting on Elections to Counter Fake News on Social Media
The Japan Newspaper Publishers & Editors Association released Thursday a statement on the interne...
June 13, 2025
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Yomiuri EditorialHumanitarian Crisis in Gaza: Residents Cannot Be Saved with Exclusion of U.N.
Can the residents of the Palestinian territory of Gaza be saved if a U.N. organization, which is ...
June 13, 2025
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Passage of Bill on Science Council of Japan: Take Opportunity of Incorporation to Become New Organization
Taking the opportunity of its incorporation, the Science Council of Japan must aim to become an e...
June 13, 2025
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Politics & GovernmentJapan’s Ishiba Offers Condolences over Indian Plane Crash
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Friday sent a message of condolences to Ind...
June 13, 2025
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Imperial FamilyPrincess Kako Pays Courtesy Call on President Lula in Brazil; Attends Ceremony for Anniversary of Japan-Brazil Ties
BRASILIA — Princess Kako, the second daughter of Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko, w...
June 13, 2025
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Associated PressIsraeli Strikes Kill Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Leader, Gen. Hossein Salami
TEl AVIV (AP) — Iranian state television confirmed the head of the paramilitary Revolutionary Gua...
June 13, 2025
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Figure SkatingFigure Skater Mao Asada to Establish Academy to Nurture Top Skaters; Academy to Open in August in Tokyo’s Tachikawa
Female figure skater Mao Asada, who took silver at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, and Kinoshita Gro...
June 13, 2025
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EconomyTariff-Free Rice to Be Auctioned Off 3 Months Early, as Japan Seeks to Tame High Prices for the Staple
The government will auction off the first batch of duty-free rice for the year on June 27, about ...
June 13, 2025
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Politics & GovernmentJapan Govt Vows to Protect Nationals after Israel’s Iran Attack
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said Friday that the gover...
June 13, 2025
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Political CartoonsCARTOON OF THE DAY (June 13)
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June 13, 2025
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Politics & GovernmentJapan to Create 10,000 Jobs Thru Biz Relocations from Tokyo
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japan on Friday set a target of creating 10,000 jobs in areas other than Tok...
June 13, 2025
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ReutersUkraine and Russia Exchange Wounded, Ill Prisoners of War
All of the Ukrainian troops need treatment, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in a mes...
June 13, 2025
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ReutersIran’s Supreme Leader Khamenei Says Israel Will Face Harsh Punishment Following Attack
DUBAI (Reuters) — Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Israel will receive "harsh pu...
June 13, 2025
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ReutersHumanitarian Workers Killed in Gaza Ambush Blamed on Hamas; Internet Cut in Territory
JERUSALEM/CAIRO, June 12 (Reuters) - At least eight Palestinians who worked for the U.S-backed Ga...
June 13, 2025
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Asia-PacificCrashed Air India Flight Made Round Trip Between Delhi, Haneda Earlier This Week
An Air India flight that crashed in Ahmedabad on Thursday, a Boeing 787-8, had earlier made a rou...
June 13, 2025