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PerspectivesLEGEND / ‘Drifter’ Boo Takagi Still an All-Star Ukulele Player at 91
Today, at the age of 91, Boo Takagi has a big public presence as a comedian and also as a leading...
November 4, 2024
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Crime & CourtsJudge Under Investigation of Suspected Insider Trading; Large Gains from Stock Trading Soon After FSA Assignment
A judge, who is under investigation on suspicion of insider trading during his temporary assignme...
November 4, 2024
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Politics & GovernmentJapan Opposition Party CDPJ Struggling to Make Its Presence Felt; Faces Difficulties in Joining Forces With Other Parties
The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, which drastically increased its number of seats in ...
November 4, 2024
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General NewsNuclear Debris Moved out of Reactor Containment Vessel; Removal at Fukushima Plant Accomplished After 3-Year Delay
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc. has moved nuclear fuel debris out of a containment ve...
November 3, 2024
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General NewsCeremony for Order of Culture Awardees Held at Imperial Palace
Tokyo (Jiji Press)—The Japanese Order of Culture was conferred on seven people, including manga a...
November 3, 2024
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AFP-JIJIIran Arrests Female Student Who Stripped to Protest Harassment
Iranian authorities arrested a female student on Saturday after she staged a solo protest against...
November 3, 2024
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Defense & SecurityChina Sent ‘Monster’ Patrol Ship Around Japan’s Senkaku Islands in June, Likely Responding to U.S. Dispatch
One of the China Coast Guard’s largest patrol ships made a rare move of sailing around the Senkak...
November 3, 2024
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ObituariesFamed Japanese Painter Atsushi Uemura Dies at 91; Master of ‘Bird-and-Flower’ Genre Received Order of Culture
Japanese-style painter Atsushi Uemura, celebrated for his elegant bird-and-flower paintings, died...
November 3, 2024
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ReutersTGI Friday’s Operator Files for Bankruptcy amid Financial Woes
TGI Fridays, an American casual dining chain, said on Saturday that it has filed for Chapter 11 b...
November 3, 2024
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ReutersFBI Dismisses Video Claiming It Apprehended Groups Committing Ballot Fraud
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The FBI said on Saturday that a video claiming it had apprehended three li...
November 3, 2024
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ReutersUS Warns Iran at UN of ‘Severe Consequences’ in Case of New Attacks
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States warned Iran at the United Nations Security Council o...
November 3, 2024
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ReutersNorth Korean White Paper Says South’s President Has Raised Risk of Nuclear War
SEOUL(Reuters) - North Korean state media released a white paper on Sunday accusing South Korean ...
November 3, 2024
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ReutersMoldova Claims Russia Plans to Disrupt Expatriate Voting in Sunday’s Runoff
CHISINAU (Reuters) - Moldova has told several EU nations that it believes Russia will try to disr...
November 3, 2024
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Associated PressIran’s Supreme Leader Threatens Israel and US with ‘A Crushing Response’ over Israeli Attack
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran's supreme leader on Saturday threatened Israel and the U....
November 3, 2024
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Associated PressThe Man Who Took in Orphaned Peanut the Squirrel Says It’s ‘surreal’ Officials Euthanized His Pet
NEW YORK (AP) — A man who took in an orphaned squirrel and made it a social media star vowed Satu...
November 3, 2024