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General NewsTokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka See Highest Temperatures This Year; 17.3 C in Tokyo on Tuesday (Update 1)
Unseasonably high temperatures were recorded across Japan on Tuesday as a high-pressure system mov...
February 13, 2024
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Japan In FocusShibuya Cafe Continues to Offer Experience of Listening to Masterpieces; Near 100-Year-old Cafe Maintains Traditional Atmosphere of Years Gone By
In the Dogenzaka district of Shibuya, bustling with young people, there is an old Western-style buil...
February 13, 2024
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ReutersJapan Space Agency Delays H3 Rocket’s Second Launch due to Bad Weather
TOKYO, Feb 13 (Reuters) - The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) said on Tuesday it will dela...
February 13, 2024
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Crime & CourtsMan Arrested in Okinawa Pref. Over Woman Killed by Taxi; Allegedly Laid Woman on National Highway Route
NAHA — A construction worker from Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, was arrested on suspicion of murder ...
February 13, 2024
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Political CartoonsCARTOON OF THE DAY (February 13)
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February 13, 2024
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ReutersJapan’s Nikkei Cruises to 34-year Peak, Briefly Breaching 38,000 Range (Update 1)
TOKYO, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average closed at a fresh 34-year high on Tuesday as ...
February 13, 2024
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Other SportsEsports Gain Traction at Welfare Facilities in Japan
Tokyo (Jiji Press)—Esports, or the competitive playing of computer games online, is finding broader ...
February 13, 2024
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EconomyCombined Sales of Beer, Quasi Beer Rise 6% in January
Combined sales of beer and quasi beer in Japan rose 6% in January compared to a year earlier, four m...
February 13, 2024
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EconomyJapan Producer Prices Up 0.2％ in Jan.
Tokyo (Jiji Press)—Producer prices in Japan edged up 0.2 pct from a year earlier in January, up for ...
February 13, 2024
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Associated PressBiden Says ‘Key Elements’ of a Gaza Deal Are on the Table as He Meets with Jordan’s King Abdullah
WASHINGTON (AP) — Declaring that "every innocent life lost in Gaza is a tragedy,” President Joe Bide...
February 13, 2024
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SoccerBrazilian Soccer’s Crisis Deepens after Missing Out on Paris Olympics
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian soccer fans were already in a funk after a year that saw a string of poor...
February 13, 2024
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Associated PressTrump’s Threat to NATO Allies Draws Little Condemnation from GOP, Reflecting His Grip on the Party
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump 's claim that he once told a NATO ally that he would encourage Russia...
February 13, 2024
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ReutersNorth Korea Develops New Rocket Launcher Controller
SEOUL, Feb 12 (Reuters) - North Korea has successfully developed a new ballistic control system for ...
February 13, 2024
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Politics & GovernmentJapan “Deeply Concerned” about Israeli Military Operation in Rafah
Tokyo (Jiji Press)—Japan is “deeply concerned” about an Israeli military operation in Rafah, the sou...
February 13, 2024
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ReutersOtsuka’s Drug for Alzheimer’s Disease Agitation Fails in Late Stage Study
Feb 13 (Reuters) - Japan's Otsuka Holdings 4578.T said on Tuesday that its experimental drug failed ...
February 13, 2024