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Associated PressIOC Lines Up French Alps to Host 2030 Winter Olympics and Salt Lake City for 2034 Edition
Salt Lake City being preferred as a shoo-in to host the 2034 Winter Olympics was expected. The surpr...
November 30, 2023
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Associated PressCanada says Google will pay $74 million annually to Canadian news industry under new online law
TORONTO (AP) — Canada's government said Wednesday it reached a deal with Google for the company to c...
November 30, 2023
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Associated PressIndian Official Plotted to Assassinate Sikh Separatist Leader in New York, US Prosecutors Say
NEW YORK (AP) — An Indian government official directed a plot to assassinate a prominent Sikh separa...
November 30, 2023
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General NewsOsaka Expo Advance Tickets Put on Sale, with 500 Days to Go
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Advance tickets for the 2025 World Exposition in the western Japan city of Osak...
November 30, 2023
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MarketsJapan’s Nikkei Edges Lower; Set for Best Month in 2 Years
TOKYO, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average eased slightly on Thursday but stayed on trac...
November 30, 2023
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Politics & GovernmentShinjiro Koizumi, Other Lawmakers to Work Toward Lifting Smartphone Ban in Diet
House of Representatives members from five separate parties, including former Environment Minister S...
November 30, 2023
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Politics & GovernmentJapan Prime Minister Kishida to Call for Cooperation in Decarbonization at Dubai COP28
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will deliver a speech at the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) to ...
November 30, 2023
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PerspectivesBento Box Shop at Toulouse Market Forges Japan-France Connection
TOULOUSE, France — This autumn, I was in Toulouse in southwestern France to cover the Rugby World Cu...
November 30, 2023
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ReutersPeru Court Again Rules Ex-President Fujimori Can Leave Prison
LIMA (Reuters) — Ex-Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori should be released from prison, a top consti...
November 30, 2023
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ReutersChina’s Xi Visits Financial Hub Shanghai
SHANGHAI (Reuters) — China President Xi Jinping visited Shanghai, where he went to several venues an...
November 30, 2023
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ReutersUS Top Diplomat Blinken Visits Israel to Discuss Gaza Truce, Aid
TEL AVIV (Reuters) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived on Thursday in Tel Aviv where he...
November 30, 2023
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Japan In FocusScenes of a Nara Period-Style Pilgrimage to Temple Reenacted in Iwata, Shizuoka Pref.
IWATA, Shizuoka — An event reenacting a Nara period (710-784) pilgrimage in Totoumi Province, today’...
November 30, 2023
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Political CartoonsCARTOON OF THE DAY (November 30)
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November 30, 2023
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Politics & GovernmentJapan, U.S. Designate 2024 as Tourism Promotion Year
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japanese tourism minister Tetsuo Saito and U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanue...
November 30, 2023
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PerspectivesKogei Dining Presents Culture to All Five Senses
What an abundance of riches, and what an honor to experience them. From the moment the Kogei Dinin...
November 30, 2023