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EconomyRents Mark 30-Year-High Rate of Rise; Decrease in Disposable Income May Dampen Personal Consumption
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Travel SpotsCherry Blossoms Met with Unseasonal Snow in Hokkaido
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Japan In FocusShizuoka Marks Tea Season with Kanaya Festival
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ReutersRubio Says Concrete Ukraine Proposals Needed Now, or US Will Step Back
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ReutersThree People Killed in Shooting in Sweden’s Uppsala, Police Say
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ReutersJapan’s Nikkei Stock Average Posts First Monthly Gain for Year on Trade Talk Hopes (UPDATE 1)
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ReutersGermany’s SPD to Decide on Backing Coalition with Merz
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Associated PressJudge Orders Trump Administration to Restore $12 Million for Pro-Democracy Radio Free Europe
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Associated PressMiddle East Latest: Israel Frees a Gaza Medic Detained since Troops Killed 15 Rescue Workers
Israel released a Palestinian medic who has been held prisoner since soldiers killed 15 of his co...
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Associated PressTrump to Offer Automakers Some Relief on His 25% Tariffs, after Worries They Could Hurt US Factories
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed executive orders Tuesday to relax some of his 25%...
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EconomyJapanese Govt Mulls Raising Number of Cars to be Imported Under Simplified Screen System in U.S. Tariff Negotiations
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