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Climate ChangeUruguay Bucks 2024 Global Warming Trend
MONTEVIDEO (AFP-Jiji) — The world experienced its hottest year since records began in 2024, but i...
January 23, 2025
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Associated PressTrump’s Threat of Tariffs and Sanctions on Russia over Ukraine May Fall Flat
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump threatened on Wednesday to impose stiff taxes, tariffs a...
January 23, 2025
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Yomiuri EditorialMalicious Posts on Social Media: The Cruelty of Slandering Even Dead People
There is no end of people online getting hurt by others’ malice. Heartless expressions can someti...
January 23, 2025
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Weekly EditionThe Japan News / Weekly Edition (1/24-1/30)
Our weekly ePaper presents the most noteworthy recent topics in an exciting, readable format. View t...
January 23, 2025
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General NewsEx-Aquarium Director Accused of Fraud Over Rare Tortoises; Facility Allegedly Falsified Reports to Receive Subsidies
Four people, including a former director and an incumbent vice director of the Sunshine Aquarium ...
January 23, 2025
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Yomiuri Editorial
U.S. National Baseball Hall of Fame Vote: Ichiro Fascinated Fans with Displays of Skillful Running, Hitting, Fielding
An unprecedented left-handed batter raised in Japan has accomplished yet another feat. His brilli...
January 23, 2025
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Climate ChangeThe ‘Climate Archive’: How Scientists Study the Ancient Past
PARIS (AFP-Jiji) — It is official: 2024 was the hottest year since 1850, around the time scientis...
January 23, 2025
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Travel SpotsOld Daruma Dolls Burned in Purification Rite in Central Japan City; JR Shinetsu Line Will Get New Stop There Called Toyooka Daruma Station
TAKASAKI, Gunma — About 10,000 old Japanese daruma dolls were ritually burned during a memorial s...
January 23, 2025
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CompaniesFuji TV Shares Fall after Mashiro Nakai’s Retires Amid Scandal
Shares in Fuji Media Holdings Inc, which owns Fuji TV, fell more than 10% early afternoon on Thur...
January 23, 2025
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Music2 Beatles Songs from ’90s to Be Remixed with AI for Clearer Vocals by John Lennon, Says George Harrison’s Son
Two songs by the Beatles, originally released in the 1990s, are set to be remixed using artificia...
January 23, 2025
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Asia-PacificChinese Paper: Treated Water from Fukushima N-plant Has No Abnormalities; CCP-Affiliated Newspaper Reports ‘No Indication’ Water Has Affected Marine Life
BEIJING — Regarding the issue of the discharge of treated water into the ocean from the Fukushima...
January 23, 2025
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Associated PressTrump Highlights Partnership Investing $500 Billion in AI
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday talked up a joint venture investing up to $50...
January 23, 2025
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BaseballNew Dodgers Pitcher Roki Sasaki Vows to ‘Move Forward’
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Dodgers Pitcher Roki Sasaki pledged Wednesday to “move forward” on beha...
January 23, 2025
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General NewsEX-SMAP Leader Masahiro Nakai to Retire over Scandal, Apologizes for Causing ‘Distress’
Masahiro Nakai, former leader of disbanded male pop group SMAP, will retire from show business ov...
January 23, 2025
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General NewsMinpaku Lodging Services Rapidly Expanding in Tochigi Pref.; Numbers Rise as More Foreign Tourists Visit Area
UTSUNOMIYA — Minpaku private lodging services using vacant houses and vacation homes have expande...
January 23, 2025