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Associated PressSweden Moves a Step Closer to NATO Membership after Turkey’s Parliamentary Committee Gives Approval
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The Turkish parliament’s foreign affairs committee gave its consent to Sweden’...
December 27, 2023
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Associated PressIsraeli Military Says Gaza Ground Offensive Has Expanded into Urban Refugee Camps
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli forces on Tuesday expanded their ground offensive into urban refuge...
December 27, 2023
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Politics & GovernmentGovt Orders 4 Insurers to Improve Practices
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Financial Services Agency on Tuesday issued business improvement orders to ...
December 27, 2023
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TechnologyNRA OK’s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant Restart; Approval by Local Governments Still Needed (Update 1)
The Nuclear Regulation Authority decided Wednesday to effectively lift a ban on operations of Tokyo ...
December 27, 2023
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EconomyWinter Bonus Average at Big Companies Hits 3rd-highest Figure
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — This year’s winter bonuses at large companies averaged ¥906,413 in Japan, marki...
December 27, 2023
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Other SportsNoya Inoue Becomes Two-Weight Undisputed Champion with Tapales Knockout
Japan's Naoya Inoue became the second male boxer to be a four-belt undisputed champion in two weight...
December 27, 2023
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TechnologyGovt to Subsidize Battery Production Equipment; Manufacturers to be Encouraged to Form Alliances
A new subsidy program to support makers producing equipment for the production of storage batteries ...
December 27, 2023
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General NewsEnglish Edition of WWII Survivors’ Memories Completed, Available Online
HIROSHIMA — A dual language (Japanese/English) book of remembrances by survivors of the 1945 U.S. at...
December 27, 2023
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Other SportsBoxing’s ‘Monster’ Naoya Inoue 1st Japanese to Claim All 4 Belts in 2 Divisions (Update 1)
Naoya Inoue became just the second boxer in history to hold belts from all four major sanctioning bo...
December 26, 2023
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EconomyTax-Free Investment Program to be Expanded in January; Japan Seeks to Promote Shift From Savings to Investments
The Nippon Individual Savings Account (NISA) investment program will be expanded in January by signi...
December 26, 2023
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General NewsCar Discovered at Site of Landslide in Nara Prefecture
NARA — Rescue workers on Tuesday uncovered a car at the site of a landslide that buried part of a na...
December 26, 2023
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SumoOzeki Kirishima Determined to Earn Promotion to Yokozuna on 1st Try
Ozeki Kirishima will get his first chance for promotion at the upcoming New Year Grand Sumo Tourname...
December 26, 2023
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ObituariesTV Actor Kamar De Los Reyes of ‘One Life to Live’ and ‘Call of Duty’ Dies at 56
Kamar de los Reyes, a television, movie and voice actor best known for playing a gang member-turned-...
December 26, 2023
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General NewsJapan Job Availability Ratio Slides to 1.28 in Nov.
TOKYO, Dec. 26 (Jiji Press) — Japan’s seasonally adjusted ratio of effective job openings to seekers...
December 26, 2023
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Crime & CourtsProsecutors Admit Inappropriate Questioning in 2019 Vote-Buying Case
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Supreme Public Prosecutors Office on Monday admitted inappropriate question...
December 26, 2023