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Associated PressTim Scott will Endorse Donald Trump ahead of New Hampshire Republican Primary, AP Source Says
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina is expected to endorse former President Donald...
January 20, 2024
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Political PulseCompanies Should Make More Serious Efforts to Address Low Birth Rate
A year has passed since Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced “unprecedented measures” to address t...
January 20, 2024
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Noto Peninsula EarthquakeFew Shelters for Elderly, Disabled Manage to Open after Japan’s Noto Earthquake
Authorities in Ishikawa Prefecture are finding it difficult to open a sufficient number of welfare s...
January 20, 2024
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Travel SpotsRed Plum Tree in Full Bloom at Western Japan’s Chorakuji Temple; Expected to Last Until Late January
KIHOKU, Mie — Spring has arrived early this year, as a 300-year-old Japanese red plum tree is now in...
January 20, 2024
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TechnologyJapan’s Probe SLIM Successfully Lands on the Moon
Japan's lunar probe successfully landed on the moon at 12:20 a.m. Saturday, the Japan Aerospace Expl...
January 20, 2024
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Politics & GovernmentPrime Minister Kishida’s dissolution plan of his faction shakes up Liberal Democratic Party
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has shocked the Liberal Democratic Party with a plan to dissolve his ow...
January 19, 2024
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Politics & GovernmentLDP’s Abe, Nikai Factions to Disband over Political Funds Scandal
The Abe faction, which was formerly led by late Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, decided to disband in a m...
January 19, 2024
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Noto Peninsula EarthquakeAssessment of Around 30,000 Quake-Damaged Homes Begins in Japan’s Wajima
WAJIMA, Ishikawa — Officials on Friday started assessing the damage caused to homes by the powerful ...
January 19, 2024
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Politics & GovernmentLDP Former Secretary General Toshihiro Nikai Announces Intention to Dissolve His Faction (UPDATE1)
Toshihiro Nikai, a former secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party, on Friday expressed his...
January 19, 2024
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Imperial FamilyNew Year Poetry Reading Held at Imperial Palace in Tokyo; This Year’s Works Inspired by ‘Wa’ or Harmony
The annual ceremony of the Utakai Hajime, or the Imperial New Year’s Poetry Reading, was held in ...
January 19, 2024
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Crime & CourtsIndictments Filed Regarding 3 LDP Factions; Unreported Funds of Abe, Nikai, Kishida Factions Exceed ¥950 Million (UPDATE 1)
Indictments were filed Friday against those who were in charge of accounting for three factions of t...
January 19, 2024
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Washington PostJapan will Attempt to Land a Spacecraft on the Moon Precisely
TOKYO – Japan will attempt to land its high-precision “Moon Sniper” explorer on the lunar surface on...
January 19, 2024
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Yomiuri EditorialNew JCP Chairperson: Can Generational Change Expand Party Strength?
The Japanese Communist Party seems to be aiming to rebuild its strength through a new initiative wit...
January 19, 2024
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Washington PostMcConnell, Republican Lawmakers Sign Supreme Court Brief on Keeping Trump on Ballot
Nearly 180 congressional Republicans signed on to an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in suppo...
January 19, 2024
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Yomiuri Editorial
Support for The Vulnerable in Disasters: Act with Urgency to Prevent Disaster-Related Deaths
The cold in areas affected by the Noto Peninsula Earthquake has become more severe, and a number of ...
January 19, 2024