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MarketsYen Hits 8-week High Anticipating BOJ’s Interest Rate Hike Policy
NEW YORK (Reuters) — The yen touched an eight-week high versus the dollar on Thursday after a Ban...
February 7, 2025
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Associated PressTrump Administration Sues Chicago in Latest Crackdown on ‘Sanctuary’ Cities
CHICAGO (AP) — The Trump administration sued Chicago on Thursday alleging that 'sanctuary' laws i...
February 7, 2025
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Associated PressBaseball Star Shohei Ohtani’s Ex-Interpreter Is Sentenced to 4 Years and 9 Months in Sports Betting Case
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — The former interpreter for baseball star Shohei Ohtani was sentenced Thu...
February 7, 2025
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Politics & GovernmentMinistry Aims to Standardized Product Information by FY 2026; Cited as Solution for Labor Shortages, Rising Costs
The trade ministry plans to standardize the way information is labeled on processed foods and dai...
February 7, 2025
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General NewsANA, JAL Cancel More Flights As Heavy Snowfall Continues in Japan
All Nippon Airlines and Japan Airlines announced further flight cancellations for Thursday and Fr...
February 6, 2025
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Politics & Government‘Little PM’ Takao to Attend Ishiba-Trump Meeting as Interpreter; Official Previously Interpreted During Meetings Between Trump and then PM Abe
A senior Foreign Ministry official who once interpreted for then Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will a...
February 6, 2025
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CompaniesGoogle Scraps Diversity-Based Hiring Targets
Alphabet’s Google is scrapping its goal to hire more employees from underrepresented groups and i...
February 6, 2025
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Associated PressBaseball Star Shohei Ohtani’s Ex-Interpreter to Appear in Court for Sentencing in Betting Case
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The former interpreter for Japanese baseball star Shohei Ohtani is expected to...
February 6, 2025
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BaseballThings to Know about the Sports Betting Case against the Ex-Interpreter for Baseball’s Shohei Ohtani
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — The former interpreter for baseball star Shohei Ohtani is set to be sent...
February 6, 2025
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Associated PressParked Delta Plane Apparently Clipped by Japan Airlines Plane That Was Taxiing at Seattle Airport
SEATTLE (AP) — A Japan Airlines plane that was taxiing on the tarmac of Seattle-Tacoma Internatio...
February 6, 2025
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Associated PressArgentina Says It Will Withdraw from the World Health Organization, Echoing Trump
BUENOS AIRES (AP) — Argentina's president has ordered the country's withdrawal from the World Hea...
February 6, 2025
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Other SportsThe LA Rams Will Be the Home Team in 2026 for the First NFL Game in Australia
The league announced Wednesday that it will be playing a game in 2026 in Melbourne at the Melbour...
February 6, 2025
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Weekly EditionThe Japan News / Weekly Edition (2/7-2/13)
Our weekly ePaper presents the most noteworthy recent topics in an exciting, readable format. View t...
February 6, 2025
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CompaniesUnited Steelworkers Union Chief Files Motion to Dismiss Lawsuit by US Steel, Nippon Steel
United Steelworkers president David McCall filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed against him ...
February 6, 2025
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Asia-PacificMyanmar Pro-Democracy Rebels Condemn Junta’s Airstrikes; In Tokyo, NUG Officials Decry Civilian Deaths
Four years after the military coup in Myanmar, high officials of a democratic organization condem...
February 6, 2025