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General NewsFreelance Announcer Hiroshi Ikushima Taking Indefinite Hiatus; Removed from TBS Position Due to Harassment Allegations (UPDATE1)
TBS Radio, Inc. announced Monday that Hiroshi Ikushima has stepped down from his role as host of ...
January 27, 2025
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General NewsFuji TV Chair, President Quit Over Masahiro Nakai Scandal; Express Regret For Not Sufficiently Helping Woman Involved
The chairman and president of Fuji Television Network, Inc. (Fuji TV) both resigned Monday amid t...
January 27, 2025
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SumoMongolian Hoshoryu Still Coming to Grips with Remarkable Victory that Propelled Him to Sumo’s Highest Rank
Ozeki Hoshoryu was as surprised as anyone of his amazing comeback on the final day of the New Yea...
January 27, 2025
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Politics & GovernmentNoda Questions Ishiba on Corporate Donations, Surname System; Disclosure Not Prohibition, PM says
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Monday the government would focus on “disclosure rather than p...
January 27, 2025
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Japan In FocusEnjoy Making, Eating Oyaki Steamed Buns at Showa-Era School Building Deep in Mountains of Ibaraki Pref.
DAIGO, Ibaraki — Daigo Oyaki School, a tourist facility that has been renovated from an abandoned...
January 27, 2025
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ReutersUS, Colombia Reach Deal on Deportations; Tariff, Sanctions Put on Hold
WASHINGTON/BOGOTA (Reuters) - The U.S. and Colombia pulled back from the brink of a trade war on ...
January 27, 2025
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CompaniesJapan’s Fuji TV Chairman, President Resign Over Nakai Scandal (UPADTE 1)
Fuji Media Holdings Inc., the parent company of Fuji Television Network Inc., on Monday announced...
January 27, 2025
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ReutersDon’t Let AI ‘Rip off’ Artists, Beatles Star Mccartney Warns UK Government
Beatles musician Paul McCartney has warned that artificial intelligence could be used to “rip off...
January 27, 2025
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General News‘Circulation’ Is Concept of Japan Pavilion at 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo; Meteorite From Mars to Be Displayed
Circulation is the concept of the upcoming 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo’s Japan Pavilion, which was unv...
January 27, 2025
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General NewsFuji TV Board Meeting to Be Held Over Scandal; To Discuss Employee’s Alleged Involvement, President Quitting
Fuji Television Network, Inc. was to hold an emergency board meeting on Monday afternoon over all...
January 27, 2025
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Yomiuri EditorialU.S. Economic Policy: Trump Urged to Show Restraint Regarding Tariff Policy
The protectionist tariff policy of U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration, which advocates ...
January 27, 2025
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Yomiuri Editorial
Subsidies for Pain-Managed Childbirth: Safe Childbirth System Should Get First Priority
The Tokyo metropolitan government will begin subsidizing pain-managed childbirth, which uses anes...
January 27, 2025
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Washington PostTrump’s New Trade War May Prove Far More Disruptive Than His First
President Donald Trump wasted no time last week before lobbing tariff threats at just about every...
January 27, 2025
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Washington PostHow the Tiktok Ban Brought Americans and Chinese Closer
Last week, as TikTok went briefly dark, hundreds of thousands of users flocked to the Chinese soc...
January 27, 2025
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Washington PostTrump Officials Issue Quotas to ICE Officers to Ramp up Arrests
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials have been directed by Trump officials to aggre...
January 27, 2025