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Politics & GovernmentJapanese Foreign Minister Attends NATO Meeting; Iwaya Cites Security Concerns Shared by Europe, Asia
BRUSSELS — Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya stressed the indivisibility of Euro-Atlantic and Indo-P...
April 4, 2025
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Associated PressA behind-the-Scenes Look at Nintendo Switch 2
NEW YORK (AP) — Nintendo's Switch 2 is bigger and better than its predecessor of eight years past...
April 4, 2025
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Associated PressRubio Tries to Reassure Wary Allies of US Commitment to NATO as Trump Sends Mixed Signals
BRUSSELS (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the Trump administration's new envoy to N...
April 4, 2025
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ScienceSpanish Fossils May Represent Ancient Human Species
Scientists have unearthed in Spain fossilized facial bones roughly 1.1 million to 1.4 million yea...
April 4, 2025
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EnvironmentSri Lanka Counts Monkeys, Peacocks to Tackle Crop Damage
DAMBULLA, Sri Lanka (Reuters) — Sri Lanka began a wildlife census on March 15 to count monkeys, p...
April 4, 2025
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Associated PressTrump Says Musk Will Probably Leave in ‘a Few Months’
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Thursday that Elon Musk would likely leave his admi...
April 4, 2025
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MarketsNikkei Sinks below 34,000 amid Global Sell-Off over Trump Tariffs
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Tokyo stocks sank further on Friday amid a global sell-off triggered by U.S....
April 4, 2025
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Politics & GovernmentGovt Partially Releases Moritomo Scandal Documents; Widow of Finance Ministry Bureaucrat Given 2,000 Pages
Documents related to a scandal surrounding the sale of state-owned land to private school operato...
April 4, 2025
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Yomiuri EditorialU.S. Reciprocal Tariffs: Outrageous Move Will Destroy Free Trade System / Japan Must Help Develop Countermeasures
This is an outrageous move that will destroy the free trade system that has been the driving forc...
April 4, 2025
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Associated PressMyanmar Earthquake Death Toll Rises to 3,145 as More Bodies Found
BANGKOK (AP) — The death toll from the earthquake that hit Myanmar nearly a week ago rose Thursda...
April 4, 2025
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BaseballDodgers’ Freddie Freeman Lands on Injured List Following Fall in His Shower at Home
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Freddie Freeman's fall landed him on the injured list.
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CompaniesJapanese Companies, Farmers Fear Heavy Impact of Trump’s New Tariffs; Automakers Brace for 20％ Hit to Profits
The combination of additional automobile tariffs and the reciprocal tariffs imposed by the admini...
April 4, 2025
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General News8 Thematic Pavilions Unveiled Ahead of Osaka-Kansai Expo
OSAKA — Eight thematic pavilions, which will serve as the core of the upcoming 2025 Osaka-Kansai ...
April 4, 2025
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BaseballFormer Ace Tanaka Revels in 1st Win in 586 Days in Debut for Giants
NAGOYA — Masahiro Tanaka looked in sharply as the catcher put down the signal. With one out and r...
April 4, 2025
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EconomyJapan’s Household Spending Down 0.5％ in Feb.
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Household consumption spending in Japan fell 0.5% from a year earlier in inf...
April 4, 2025