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Film & TVActor Eiji Akaso Wants to Keep Challenging Himself
To be honest, “Sozoku Tantei” (“Inheritance Detective”), the title of a drama now airing on the N...
February 21, 2025
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ReutersJapan’s Nikkei Stock Average Ends Higher after BOJ Chief’s Comments Ease Rate Hike Concerns (Update 1)
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average reversed losses to end higher on Friday, as commen...
February 21, 2025
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Manga & AnimeFolktale-Inspired Manga Unique in Format Confronts Readers with Harsh Reality; Final Installment of Kanta on Manga
This is the final installment of this column, which began in the spring of 2015. Since last fall,...
February 21, 2025
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Washington PostAmid War of Words, Trump Envoy Meets Ukraine’s Zelensky
BKYIV - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with President Donald Trump’s envoy on Thursda...
February 21, 2025
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ReutersJapan’s Core Inflation Hits 19-month High, Keeping Alive BOJ Rate-hike Bets
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's core consumer inflation hit 3.2% in January for its fastest pace in 19 ...
February 21, 2025
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Washington PostGuantánamo Migrants Have Been Flown from Cuba to Honduras, DHS Says
Venezuelan migrants who had been detained at the Guantánamo Bay Naval Station have been flown to ...
February 21, 2025
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ReutersIsraeli Military Says Body Released by Hamas is not of a Hostage
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The Israeli military said on Friday that one of the bodies released by Hama...
February 21, 2025
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Washington PostJudge Rejects Unions’ Request to Pause Trump Administration Firings
A federal judge on Thursday declined to issue a temporary restraining order pausing President Don...
February 21, 2025
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ReutersHong Kong’s Last Major Pro-democracy Party Moves to Disband
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's Democratic Party said late on Thursday it would start preparati...
February 21, 2025
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ReutersMacron Says He will Tell Trump Not to be Weak with Putin in Washington Visit
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday he will travel to Washington ...
February 21, 2025
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ReutersChina Backs ‘Recent Consensus’ Reached by US, Russia on Ukraine War, Minister Says
BEIJING (Reuters) - China came out in support of U.S. President Donald Trump's bid to strike a de...
February 21, 2025
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General NewsLocals Promote Japan’s Kofu as UFO City; Activities in 2025 Commemorate 50th Anniversary of Alleged Alien Encounter
KOFU — Locals in the city of Kofu plan to hold an event to promote the city this year, which mark...
February 21, 2025
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Associated PressEU Official Meets with Trump Counterparts to Resolve Tariff Threats
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hoping to head off a potential trade conflict, a top European Union official st...
February 21, 2025
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Washington PostTreasury Agrees to block DOGE’s Access to Personal Taxpayer Aata at IRS
The Trump White House and Treasury Department officials have agreed to prohibit the U.S. DOGE Ser...
February 21, 2025
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Associated PressTrump Loyalist Kash Patel is Confirmed as FBI Director by the Senate despite Deep Democratic Doubts
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Thursday narrowly voted to confirm Kash Patel as director of the ...
February 21, 2025