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Japan In FocusButtercream Cakes Sell Out Like Hotcakes at Tokyo Cafe
Close to the Nishi-Shimbashi crossing in Minato Ward, Tokyo, there stands a dessert cafe with a char...
January 15, 2024
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General NewsJapan to Use Property Rights to Profit from Farm Products Overseas
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japan’s agriculture ministry will create a mechanism to earn more profits overs...
January 15, 2024
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Crime & CourtsMan Shot at Starbucks Dies; Suspect Man who Fled Scene Believed to be Gang Member
The man who was shot Sunday at a Starbucks outlet in Shikokuchuo, Ehime Prefecture, was later confir...
January 15, 2024
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Yomiuri EditorialDigitization of Medical Records: Share Information Among Hospitals to Provide Effective Treatments
Records kept by medical institutions are important histories of each patient and indispensable data ...
January 15, 2024
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Yomiuri Editorial
Foreign Minister’s Trip to 9 Countries: Japan Should Make Every Diplomatic Effort to Achieve Ceasefire
Japan has pledged continued support for Ukraine and expressed its intention to build new cooperative...
January 15, 2024
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General NewsJapanese Fishery Products Promoted at Event in Brazil
SAO PAULO (Jiji Press) — Japan’s agriculture ministry held an event in Sao Paulo on Sunday to promot...
January 15, 2024
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ReutersTaiwan Loses Ally Nauru, Accuses China of Post-Election Ploy (UPDATE 1)
SYDNEY/TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan lost one of its few remaining diplomatic allies Nauru to China on M...
January 15, 2024
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General NewsTokyo Police Mark 150th Anniversary of Founding
Tokyo (Jiji Press)—Tokyo’s Metropolitan Police Department pledged continued efforts to maintain secu...
January 15, 2024
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Noto Peninsula EarthquakePolice Continue Search for Missing Persons in Ishikawa Pref. amid Snowfall (Update 1)
Police officers searched for people whose whereabouts remain unconfirmed around collapsed houses ami...
January 15, 2024
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Politics & GovernmentAbe Faction Executives Say Decision on Kickbacks Handled by Group’s Leader
Several executives of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s Abe faction have denied collusion regard...
January 15, 2024
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Politics & GovernmentJapan, U.S., S. Korea Rap North’s Latest Missile Launch
Tokyo (Jiji Press)—Senior diplomats of Japan, the United States and South Korea strongly condemned S...
January 15, 2024
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SoccerJapan Forced by Vietnam to Rally in Opener
DOHA (AFP-Jiji) — Asian Cup favorite Japan survived a scare in its tournament opener on Sunday again...
January 15, 2024
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Washington PostTrump-dominated Iowa Race Barrels to Contentious Finish in Frigid Weather
Republican presidential candidates trudged through blistering subzero temperatures in Iowa on Sunday...
January 15, 2024
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Washington PostSpeaker Johnson Reaches a Crossroads in Leading an Unruly House GOP Conference
Just a few weeks into his tenure as House Speaker, Mike Johnson (R-La.) called Rep. Max L. Miller in...
January 15, 2024
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Other SportsRyoyu Kobayashi Leaps to 1st World Cup Win of Season
Ryoyu Kobayashi followed up his overall victory at ski jumping’s prestigious Four Hills Tournament b...
January 15, 2024