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Associated PressBody of Sergeant Killed When U.S. Air Force Osprey Crashed off the Coast of Japan Is Returning Home
PITTSFIELD, Mass. (AP) — The remains of a U.S. Air Force staff sergeant from Massachusetts who was o...
December 16, 2023
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Asia-PacificIndonesian President Joko Widodo Keen to Strengthen ASEAN-Japan Ties
JAKARTA — Indonesian President Joko Widodo — incumbent chair of the Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) ...
December 16, 2023
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Wider WorldJapanese Doctor who Saw Horrors of Gaza Emergency Room Calls for Ceasefire
Physician Yuko Nakajima, a member of Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) who recently...
December 16, 2023
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Travel SpotsFoot Bath Train in Central Japan Resumed after 4 Years Suspension
Kintetsu Railway Co. will resume operation Sunday of a sightseeing train in central Japan that featu...
December 15, 2023
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Politics & GovernmentAnti-Kishida Sentiment Smoldering in Ruling Parties; Lower House Dissolution Timing Grows More Uncertain
With intensifying headwinds against the government and the Liberal Democratic Party, some within the...
December 15, 2023
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Politics & GovernmentKishida Uses on Factions to Deal With Faction-Linked Crisis; PM Seeks to Keep Aso, Motegi and Moriyama on His Side
When Prime Minister and ruling Liberal Democratic Party President Fumio Kishida recently replaced fo...
December 15, 2023
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Environment‘Corridors’ Save Endangered Koalas
BANGALOW, Australia (Reuters) — When Lucy was rescued from a rural property in New South Wales two y...
December 15, 2023
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Politics & GovernmentKishida Holds 1st Meeting with New Cabinet Amid Political Funds Scandal
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida held the first Cabinet meeting that included the four new ministers who...
December 15, 2023
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Washington PostExtinct Woolly Dog was Carefully Bred for Weaving, Ancient DNA Confirms
Ancient DNA from the pelt of a fluffy white dog named Mutton is revealing new details about the wool...
December 15, 2023
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Washington PostInside ‘Bin Stores’ where People Line up to Buy Rejected Goods
In strip mall parking lots around the United States, people start lining up at 7 a.m. to dig through...
December 15, 2023
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Crime & CourtsTokyo Prosecutors Likely to Establish Case against LDP Abe Faction Accountant
The Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office is considering bringing a case against the Liberal Demo...
December 15, 2023
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General NewsTwo Elementary School Students Sent to Hospital in Tokyo for Overdose
Two children at an elementary school in Meguro Ward, Tokyo, were rushed to the hospital with complai...
December 15, 2023
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Washington PostOlder Workers are a Growing Share of the Workforce
Americans 65 and over are playing a larger role in the labor force, shifting the composition of U.S....
December 15, 2023
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Washington PostShohei Ohtani, a One-Man Global Spectacle, Introduced as a Dodger
The spectacle began long before it actually began, as it always seems to do with Shohei Ohtani, the ...
December 15, 2023
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Washington PostE.U. Agrees to Open Membership Talks with Ukraine
BRUSSELS – The European Union on Thursday agreed to open membership talks with Ukraine, an important...
December 15, 2023