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Politics & GovernmentIshiba Remains Silent on Attending Nuclear Weapons Ban Meeting
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Wednesday stopped short of clarifying wheth...
January 8, 2025
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ReutersUrgency Mounts in Search for Survivors of Powerful Tibet Earthquake
BEIJING (Reuters) - Over 400 people trapped by rubble in earthquake-stricken Tibet were rescued, ...
January 8, 2025
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TechnologySouth Korean Team Develops ‘Iron Man’ Robot That Helps Paraplegics Walk
DAEJEON, South Korea (Reuters) — South Korean researchers have developed a lightweight wearable r...
January 8, 2025
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EnvironmentConservationists Hail Snail-saving Project
LONDON (AFP-Jiji) — Conservationists in the U.K. and Portugal hailed on Dec. 28 a breeding progra...
January 8, 2025
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Washington PostThe Best and Weirdest New Tech at CES 2025
LAS VEGAS - At the world’s biggest consumer electronics show, when we say something was a “favori...
January 8, 2025
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Washington PostFate of U.N. Palestinian Refugee Agency in Limbo as Israel Readies Ban
QALANDIA CAMP, West Bank - The U.N. agency that provides aid and services to millions of Palestin...
January 8, 2025
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Science‘Dinosaur Highway’ Dating Back 166 Million Years Ago Found in England
LONDON (AP) — A worker digging up clay in a southern England limestone quarry noticed unusual bum...
January 8, 2025
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Washington PostNASA Collected Mars Rocks to Haul to Earth. It still Doesn’t Know How.
For more than a year, scientists and aerospace engineers have been awaiting NASA’s decision on ho...
January 8, 2025
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CompaniesResona Bank Apparently Hit by Another Cyberattack
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Resona Bank was apparently hit by another cyberattack on Tuesday, as its int...
January 8, 2025
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Washington PostCan 35 Roommates Cure Loneliness? This Co-living Housing Firm Thinks So.
Washingtonians are likelier to live alone than residents of any other major U.S. city, according ...
January 8, 2025
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Defense & SecurityJapan, Indonesia to Resume Talks on Combat Ship Exports, Also Agree on More Active Exchanges of Human Resources
JAKARTA — Defense Minister Gen Nakatani and his Indonesian counterpart Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin has ag...
January 8, 2025
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Washington PostHow Should the News Industry Cover Trump? Ten Top Journalists Weigh in.
How should the media cover the second Trump presidency? With just days to go before he is once ag...
January 8, 2025
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General NewsJapan’s Traffic Death Toll Falls to 3rd-Lowest in 2024
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The traffic death toll in Japan in 2024 fell by 15 from a year earlier to 2,...
January 8, 2025
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General NewsHeavy Snow Kills 4, Causes Various Damage in Aomori Prefecture in 1st Week of 2025; More Cold Weather Expected
AOMORI — Heavy snow has killed four people and caused much other damage in Aomori Prefecture due ...
January 8, 2025
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Yomiuri EditorialWorld economy: Trump’s tariff policy puts unity to test / Don’t let rules that underpinned prosperity collapse
The return to power of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, who advocates an “America First” policy...
January 8, 2025